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Highland Capital Management has hired six regional sales directors in the Pacific Northwest, Florida, North Texas, Long Island, the Midwest and Southeast, and expanded its sales team at its home office in Dallas.

With a new branch manager, the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based firm forays into an increasingly competitive Seattle market.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said earnings doubled, beating analysts’ estimates on a surge in underwriting revenue and gains from the firm’s own investments.

Herbert Allison Jr., the onetime president of Merrill Lynch & Co. who oversaw the U.S. government’s bank-bailout program following the financial crisis that led to his former company becoming a unit of Bank of America Corp., has died. He was 69.

Eaton Vance has hired Vincent Leon as director of offshore sales, reporting to John Moninger, managing director, retail sales. Leon hails from 3D Asset Management where he served as national sales manager.

Alternative mutual fund shop Collins Capital has appointed Casey Wamsley as a director, focusing on both the mutual fund and limited partnership businesses of Collins Capital.

Most advisors like to think they know a thing or two about marketing, but Dave Grant says he didn’t realized the impact his 3-year old would have had on building his business and its marketing strategy.

BMO Global Asset Management is expanding its institutional sales and trust and custody units with the addition of Sean Curry as a relationship manager, consultant relations, and Kimberly Palleon as manager for trust and custody services.

Russell Investments has appointed Mark Schlafly as managing director of client solutions for the firm’s U.S. advisor-sold business.

Two wealth management giants, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, kicked off the second quarter with record earnings despite market and interest rate volatility.