Industry

After one year at the company, Scott Carmack has been promoted to work alongside founder John Lekas to develop investment operations.

Bond behemoth PIMCO is making a push into the equities space with the hire of Geoffrey Johnson as an executive vice president and global equity portfolio manager. He will begin with the firm in April and will be based in the Newport Beach office.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management has hired financial services veterans Kristopher Carney and Angela Smith Domzal to join its Tri-State wealth management team.

Wade D. Pfau will oversee Retirement Management Analyst designation program as curriculum director.

RBC Wealth Management has reeled in a Morgan Stanley Smith Barney financial advisor team overseeing more than $350 million in client assets.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Retirement Revolution, a recordkeeping and custodial service provider to third party administrators and plan sponsors, has named Frank Bruno as its new national sales director. Bruno will be in charge of managing the sales team for all of Retirement Revolution products.

Richard F. Aster, Jr., president of Aster Investment Management Company, Inc. and portfolio manager of Meridian Fund, Inc., passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012.

Sam Kiefer built his career serving high-net-worth families in Boston’s non-profit, philanthropic, healthcare and sports industry circles.

There are certain questions RIAs should ask before making a transition to a new broker-dealer. Pat McEvoy, President of Woodbury Financial Services, spoke with Financial Planning about his thoughts on what these questions should be.

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