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Aston Asset Management, LP has promoted Mark Kim to managing director, Southeast region where he will be responsible for external sales. Kim has been with Aston for seven years.

In his new role, Peter Dorsey will oversee advisor recruitment, practice management consulting, relationship management and sales strategy for the firm.

1492 Capital Management is jumpstarting its mutual fund business with the addition of Michael Micciche as vice president of sales, responsible for developing the sales strategy across market segments and investors.

Industry veteran John Morris joins Bank of the West’s Wealth Management Group as head of its investment products offering for affluent and high-net-worth clients.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. has promoted Jamie Kosharek to southeast regional director for the Financial Institutions Division.

Financial advisors John Waszolek and his son Eric Waszolek have joined Raymond James & Associates from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where they managed $200 million in client assets and had more than $800,000 in annual production.

Aston Asset Management, LP has promoted Mark Kim to managing director, Southeast Region where he will be responsible for external sales. Kim has been with Aston for seven years.

Former SunAmerica executive Frank Hayn will support existing retirement plan business and will help NPH representatives grow their practices in the retirement plan and 401(k) space.

Portland, Ore.-based Invest n Retire, LLC, a record keeper for tax-deferred retirement plans, has appointed Agustin J. (Gus) Fleites as chief executive officer.

The independent broker-dealer network National Planning Holdings, Inc. has named Frank Hayn vice president of retirement plans.

Benjamin F. Edwards & Co. has tapped Wells Fargo to hire a three-member advisory team to staff its new Ohio office, and also added a new financial consultant in Illinois.

Fifth Third Securities hires regional investment manager for Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania.

Wilshire Associates Inc. has promoted John Hindman to the role of president of the firm.

Analytical market data provider Benchmark Solutions has appointed Tim Grant has head of sales and marketing.

Oppenheimer & Co. has hired three experienced senior professionals to expand the capabilities of its Institutional Equity Derivatives Group’s options desk.

Global accounting firm Ernst & Young has expanded its West Coast asset management tax practice with four new hires.

Leslie Christian, former CEO, and CIO of Portland, Ore.–based Portfolio 21 Investments, has left the firm.

Greg Francfort, who most recently served as director of Neuberger Berman’s global equity research team, will be joining the firm’s MLG Group, which manages approximately $7 billion in assets for individuals, institutions and mutual funds.

Sentinel Investments has announced management changes at four of its mutual funds.

Paul Harvey has joined Stifel Nicolaus Weisel's European investment banking team as a managing director in the firm's London office, heading up its European technology practice.