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Wealth management firm Glenmede hired Larry Hatch as director of its Cleveland office, the firm’s only office in Ohio.

Advisors Scott Christie, John Aitchison and Ryan Jennings will ply their trade from the firm’s new Scottsdale, Ariz. office.

Richard Ward ends a three decade-plus run at Merrill Lynch to join Stifel Nicolaus.

The industry veteran will be chief counsel and chief compliance and ethics officer in the in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.

San Francisco, Calif.-based consulting shop Callan Associates has hired today Yosangel G. Haddad as vice president, based in Callan’s new location in Summit, New Jersey.

As chair of the Disciplinary and Ethics Commission at the CFP Board of Standards, certified financial planner Chris Beard takes his role seriously. "Our role is to be the gold standard in financial planning," he explains.

Financial services-focused private equity shop Lightyear Capital LLC has appointed Jerry W. Miller, former president and chief executive officer of Van Kampen Investments, as a senior advisor on behalf of its affiliated funds.

Austin, Texas-based Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed Peng Chen as chief executive officer, Asia (ex-Japan). Chen joined Dimensional on July 1 from, where he served as president of its global investment management division.

Calamos Investments has created the three-person Calamos Value Equity Team, consisting of active, fundamental value investors Jeff Miller, Ariel Fromer and Tammy Miller.

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The SEC named Norm Champ director of the agency’s division of investment management, replacing Eileen Rominger, who is retiring.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Norm Champ as director of the agency’s Division of Investment Management, replacing outgoing Eileen Rominger, who is retiring.

BNY Mellon has hired Christopher Ross as a senior portfolio manager in its wealth management office in Washington, D.C.

Peter Young and Dana Grabarchuk will help grow the firm’s sales and trading operations.

Eaton Vance Investment Counsel, a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., has hired William M. Gillen to the position of vice president, Business Development, responsible for enhancing EVIC's presence in the marketplace and overall marketing efforts.

PIMCO’s founder this week gave his readers a bit more than his usual insights on the state of the market.

BlackRock Asset Management's Toronto-based arm has crowned Noel Archard, the global asset management firm¹s current head of U.S. iShares, to succeed Bill Chinery as chief executive officer.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney hired the Seminara Group—comprised of advisors Frank Seminara, Peter Seminara, Robert Knorr and Andrew Goldberg—in Florham Park, N.J., from UBS. They had $660 million in client assets under management and $6.69 million in production. Other new hires include Phil Huffman and Craig Cox from Merrill Lynch in Pasadena, Calif.; Susan Rosenthal, Sandra Puff and Monica Tew, also from Merrill Lynch, in Durham, N.C.; Richard Jenkin and Thomas Ferrante from UBS in Jericho, N.Y.; and Patricia Glass from Credit Suisse in New York's Park Central Branch.

The head of International Wealth-USA and Correspondent and Advisor Services for RBC Wealth Management-U.S. discusses her 18 years in the securities business.

On June 29, 2012, BlackRock Asset Management¹s Toronto-based arm has crowned Noel Archard, the global asset management firm¹s current head of U.S. iShares, to succeed Bill Chinery as chief executive officer.