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Expect reinforcements to Sentinel Investments' defined contribution team.

3D Asset Management has added three sales executives to its business development team.

Mark Cahn, general counsel at the Securities and Exchange Commission, is leaving the agency at the end of the year to return to the private sector.

Upon completion of the addition of two West Coast advisories by the end of 2012, hybrid RIA Washington Wealth Management will reach over $1 billion in recruited assets under management, representing a 900% increase since December 2011.

Huntington Bank has named Gregory Forbes as Senior Vice President for business development for Huntington Asset Services. Forbes will focus on expanding market share in servicing larger fund companies and institutional clients.

MountainView Securities, a broker/dealer focused on the fixed income markets, has hired Amber Lindsay as Managing Director of Fixed Income Sales.

Ben Johnson, who has led Morningstar’s passive fund research in Europe and Asia, has been named director of passive fund research globally.

The importance of FA training finds general consensus, but there is disagreement on details like the best delivery method or even what constitutes training

Hirings this month include Morgan Stanley adding Leon Ciobataru, Luiz Boruchowski and Cheryl Young.

Sure, investors still feel nervous, companies are hesitating to spend cash, and all attention is on fixed income and bond funds. But Neil Hennessy of Hennessy Funds insists equity mutual funds are the way to go.

Analytic Investors is welcoming back a familiar face. The firm has named George Matthews Head of Consultant Relations and Business Development.

The Financial Services Institute elected David Stringer, Stephen Chipman, and Dick Lampen to its board for next year.

John Hancock Financial, the US division of Manulife Financial Corporation, has named Sebastian Pariath as head of John Hancock Operations, effective January 1, 2013.

Mark A. Ritter will lead the growth and development of Susquehanna Trust and Investment Company.

Kayne Anderson Rudnick, a boutique investment adviser and affiliated manager of Virtus Investment Partners, has promoted Doug Foreman to co-chief investment officer, effective January 1, 2013.

Portland, Ore.-based alternative mutual fund shop Bandon Capital Management has added Terry Swenson as Managing Principal, responsible for the firm’s distribution strategy in intermediary channels.

Loomis, Sayles & Company has added Peter Frick as an emerging markets debt portfolio manager alongside co-managers Edgardo Sternberg and Dave Rolley.

Nicholas Pollard and Gwendolyn Boykin, formerly of Northern Trust, joined the Private Client Reserve’s office in Palm Beach. And Jack Randall, a 40-year veteran of the wealth management industry, joined the team in Naples.

Nuveen Investments has added equities veteran Bob Doll to its asset management team.

Securities and advisory firm, Multi-Financial Securities Corporation, announced today the signing of two new advisors, Dave Strunc and Nicholas Russell, founders of Sunrise Wealth Advisors, an Orlando, FL, based advisory firm.