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Keith Johnson is expected to enhance Curian’s practice management platform with new advisor-facing educational content, sales and marketing presentations, tools and resources.

Merrill Lynch Wealth Management hired Gary L. Burgess to serve as senior vice president, resident director for its Chicago-Monroe office. Burgess most recently served as managing director and regional executive at Deutsche Bank, where he led the firm's Chicago business.

The head of global wealth management for Jefferies & Co. discusses his 31 years in the securities business.

Brian Saltzman, formerly with AllianceBernstein in New York City, has joined Neuberger Berman Group LLC as a wealth advisor and vice president in the firm’s Manhattan office.

Michael Hamm has left a position as vice president at Cambridge Investment Research in Fairfield, Iowa, to become a senior vice president at The Legend Group in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Stewart Head of EMEA Client Mgt. at BNY Mellon; Franklin Templeton Names Two New Hires; BlackRock Appoints Powers Director/Trustee; Dillon Gage Names Friedman EVP

Just a few days after Bob Oros left Trust Company of America as national sales manager, Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services has confirmed he will start next week as executive vice president of RIA sales and relationship management.

National Planning Corporation has expanded its new business development team by hiring two new full-time recruiters, doubling the size of the recruiting team at the independent broker-dealer.

James Boyle, president of John Hancock Financial Services, announced that Brian Heapps has been named president of John Hancock Financial Network.

James Boyle, president of John Hancock Financial Services, announced that Brian Heapps, CLU, ChFC, was named president of John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN).

Independent brokerage LPL Financial has hired eight new advisors who manage about $200 million in client assets in Massachusetts.

Focus Financial Partners LLC, a firm that has grown by acquiring independent advisor teams across the United States, has hired a former Fidelity Investments director to help advisors transition as it looks to cull more top talent from the nation's biggest brokerages.

Mann Dagan Now Trustees Of F Squared Investments; Direxion Names Abreu Senior Sales Director

Securities America promoted Michael Belluomini to regional director of branch office development for the Northeastern region.

New York-based RIA firm HS Management Partners has hired Robert Gebhart as its new senior vice president and senior investment officer.

HSBC Global Asset Management has hired Damion J. Hendrickson as a senior vice president and head of RIA sales.

Mike Anderson has held a string of high-level positions at financial services firms, including president of Accutrade, a subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding, as well as TD Ameritrade itself.

James King, senior vice president and head of Prudential Retirement's Stable Value Market Group, has been elected chairman of the board of the Stable Value Investment Association. He began his term Jan. 1.

Fifth Third Securities Inc., a subsidiary of Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank, has promoted Mike Collins to area investment manager for the bank’s Northern Cincinnati and Western Ohio region.

UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired two financial advisor teams from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in New Jersey and California.