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David Wray, president of the Plan Sponsor Council of America, will retire from his post as president of the PSCA at the end of September.

On August 2, 2012, Sentinel Investmentsf chief executive Christian Thwaites yesterday saw four members of his investment team, including Charles Schwartz, Betsy Pecor, Matthew McGeary, and Matthew Spitznagle, walk away from their posts.

On August 2, 2012, Pioneer Investments is boosting its coverage of Registered Investment Advisors with the addition of Brian Kilar as a wholesaler for the RIA Channel.

Citi Private Bank has hired Deutsche Bank executive Steven Young as a managing director and ultra-high-net-worth private banker in New York.

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Stifel Nicolaus has hired Richard Ward in Irvine, Calif. He joins from Merrill Lynch, where he had more than $74 million in client assets under management and $680,000 in annual production.

As the London games take center stage, former athletes turned financial advisors talk about the big event and their careers.

Kenneth Fortini, Ralph Labriola and Nicholas DiMenna will join Stifel after more than twenty years each at Wells Fargo Advisors.

On July 31, 2012, Gemini Fund Services has promoted Andrew Rogers to chief executive officer and Kevin Wolf to president. The promotions became effective in the second quarter.

The investment solutions provider has tapped a new CEO and president and relocated two offices as it responds to recent growth.

On Julr 31, 2012, Kate Healy has been named the new managing director of marketing for TD Ameritrade Institutional, responsible for the development of marketing strategies and focusing on the independent registered investment advisors channel.

On July 31, 2012, John (Jack) Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, Inc., has a new gig.

Mirae Asset Global Investments has appointed Howard Atkinson as the Global Head of ETF Sales and Marketing. Atkinson is currently the president of Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc., a subsidiary of MAGI.

A former AllianceBernstein investment guru is taking a stab at public service.

Raleigh, N.C.-based Hatteras Funds is hosting its own alternative investments road show. The series of forums across the U.S. will allow advisors, home office research teams and consultants to meet the managers of the Hatteras alternative mutual funds, which include Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund, Long/Short Equity Fund, and Long/Short Debt Fund.

Estee lauder’s chief executive officer, Fabrizio Freda, is giving BlackRock, Inc.’s Board of Directors a makeover. Well, sort of.

Los Angeles-based del Rey Global Investors, LLC, has expanded its sales and marketing groups with the addition of Dean C. Phillips as vice president, National Sales and Marketing, and Dennis McCarthy, vice president, Institutional Sales.

Timothy P. Mertz joined Northern Trust as a senior private banker and relationship manager and will lead a three-person banking team.

Elisabeth Baldwin joins Raymond James Morgan Keegan’s Gainesville, Ga., office after managing over $100 million at BB&T.

The trio brings the total staff to 19, up from 12 a year ago when the firm purchased the asset management business of Chicago-based Talon Asset Management.