ST. LOUIS, August 18, 2025 – Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) today announced that the Knox Financial Group has joined the firm’s Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated broker-dealer subsidiary in Augusta, Georgia.
Led by 28-year investment industry veteran Charlie Knox, Managing Director/Investments, the Knox Financial Group includes Lee Knox, Financial Advisor; Goodwin Sauls, Client Relationship Manager; and Kathleen Brown, Client Service Associate. The team comes to Stifel from Raymond James, where they were responsible for $582 million in client assets.
“We’re incredibly excited to move our practice to Stifel,” said Charlie Knox. “Stifel’s client-first culture and lack of bureaucracy will improve our ability to serve our valued clients. Also, the opportunity to work with Dick Ferguson and several others whom I’ve spent most of my career with adds an extra layer of assurance that we made the right move.”
“I have been close friends with Charlie for over 40 years and have had the pleasure of working with him for 25 years,” said Dick Ferguson, Managing Director, Southern Region. “Charlie has built a great practice, and I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be able to work with him again at Stifel. We’re excited to welcome him and his team to the Stifel family.”