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President Barack Obama will nominate former US attorney Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, replacing incumbent Chairman Elisse Walter, the New York Post reports.

Jacques Longerstaey has joined F-Squared Investments as a senior vice president of investments.

Dallas-based Pyxis Capital has added a wholesaler to cover the New York Metropolitan area.

Hartford Mutual Funds has named Jac McLean as head of distribution, a newly created position, responsible for retail sales, institutional sales and key account management.

Brett Meili recently joined U.S. Bancorp Fund Services as legal counsel to provide support for the organizations’ growing alternative investment products and services.

Jay Nolan has joined RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC as a portfolio specialist to act as a liaison between investors and portfolio managers.

Fidelity Investments has closed off one of its funds to new investors.

Nasdaq OMX Group said it hired Bradley J. Peterson as its global chief information officer.

Pyxis Capital is ramping up its sales force with the addition of four wholesalers to cover Texas, Illinois, California and the Northeast.

Malcolm MacColl has left the firm he founded, Crosswind Investments, to join Brown Advisory.

Quant shop Analytic Investors has hired Paul Runge as a Director of Business Development to focus on institutional investors, with an emphasis on public pension plans.

David Duffy joined the group as sales director and will be responsible for the firm’s residential mortgage business in the Mid-Atlantic region, focusing primarily on Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

The TCW Group has appointed Meredith Jackson as General Counsel, effective January 15.

Pioneer Investments ventures further into Western Europe and Latin America with a new hire today.

As the new Head of Personal Retirement, Jeff Cimini will help grow the firm’s Personal Wealth & Retirement division to meet the changing demands of the industry.

CLS Investments has appointment of Brian Clark as a wholesaler, covering Southern California, parts of Nevada, and all of Utah.

Goldman Sachs says it will begin publishing values of the assets held in its money market mutual funds in the United States on a daily basis.

DoubleLine Capital ended 2012 with more than $50 billion in its coffers. But the three-year-old bond shop is not resting on its laurels.

Principal Funds is expanding its sales team with a new position.

Scott Cooley, chief financial officer at Morningstar will resign from his post this year but the company expects him to remain in his role until it names a replacement.