James Stames
James Stames is a registered investment advisor at Oppenheimer & CO. INC., based in Richmond, VA, with 50 years of industry experience. Their practice areas include Financial Planning & Coaching, High Net Worth, Retirement Planning. Their firm serves 37,605 clients with $32B in assets under management.
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Oppenheimer offers several investment management programs with different fee structures:
- Fahnestock Asset Management (FAM): Fees up to 2.5% of your portfolio. Commissions are also charged on certain FAM accounts.
- Alpha: Clients pay brokerage commissions and ticket/handling charges on securities transactions.
- Preference: Fees up to 2.25% of your portfolio. Additional charges may apply based on trading activity.
Minimum account sizes vary depending on the program and the types of investments included in the account. The minimum annual fee for FAM and Preference accounts is $250, but this is waived if the account is at least $50,000 or household advisory accounts are at least $250,000.
Location
9020 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 250, Richmond, VA, 23235
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Regulatory History (2)
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October 2025Customer Dispute
March 1995Employment History
Current Registrations
Oppenheimer & CO. INC.
Oppenheimer & CO. INC.Broker
Previous Registrations
UBS Financial Services INC.
UBS Financial Services INC.Broker
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis IncorporatedBroker
State Registrations12 states
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