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Raymond James Financial has agreed to buy back $300 million in auction-rate securities from clients and pay a fine of $1.7 million as part of a settlement the Securities and Exchange Commission and the states of Florida, Texas, Indiana, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, according to Bruce Kelly’s InvestmentNews article entitled “Raymond James to pony up $300M to buy back ARS.” The agreement reportedly calls on Raymond James to extend an offer to repurchase the securities within 30 days, and leave it open for 75 days.