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The firm added research teams and begins coverage of master limited partnerships.

The Denver-based company hired Edward DeMarino as vice president and director of financial institutions.

Joanne Frawley has worked at a string of prominent firms in her financial services technology career, but she never felt those companies shared her level of motivation for providing portfolio performance data that strictly adhered to industry standards.

The vice chairman's departure follows a management shuffle that put another executive in the top post at the firm's investment bank.

Valli Kindred and Chad Stephens together manage $170 million, from which they generated $1.7 million in production, according to the company.

Catie Tobin succeeds Mike Kavanagh as head of RBC Correspondent and Advisor Services.

Wells added an advisor in South Carolina and another in Georgia.

RBC Capital Markets plans to announce Wednesday that Francisco Gonzalez has joined its municipal finance group to focus on large issues.

James Kern joins the firm from JPMorgan, where he was a senior member of the financial institutions group.

Thomas Hirsch will oversee financial advisors serving clients across Kentucky while also serving his own clients as a senior vice president of investments.