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Prudential Retirement has named Kara Segreto chief marketing officer, in charge of marketing, brand and promotional programs for the firm’s defined contribution, defined benefit, stable value, retirement income, retirement plan strategies, pension risk transfer and non-qualified benefits lines of businesses.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has tapped Irene Tse, a former managing director and portfolio manager from Duquesne Capital Management, to effectively replace the retiring Althea Duersten.

Over the last couple of years, HighTower has built a nationwide partnership of financial advisory practices by luring in the cream of the crop among registered reps and independent advisors with its open-architecture setup. Now, it has created a group investment solutions division, and put Matthias Paul Kuhlmey in charge.

The Boston-company attracted assets from 146 breakaway brokers last year as average assets per breakaway increased by nearly 50% from 2009.

The wirehouse says we’re in the middle of a multi-year bull cycle for equities.

The Top 10 will be named from this group of 100.

The company announced it hired Eli M. Salzman to expand its institutional capabilities in U.S. large-cap value

Chris Brewster joined the firm as non-producing manager of the Columbus, Ohio office, which has 10 financial advisors and 27 associates.

Just days after the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a recommendation that all financial advisors practice within the fiduciary standard of care, BlackRock announced it has hired an executive for that role in the company.

Dynasty Financial Advisors announced that Bank of America had agreed to settle its suit brought after Merrill Lynch’s Michael Brown brought his team to Dynasty in December.