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Former New York Banking Superintendent Richard Neiman has joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as vice chairman of the firm's global financial services regulatory practice. Neiman was also a member of the Congressional panel overseeing the implementation of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP).

The New England Patriots winning three Super Bowl trophies is not all about luck and talent. If businesses apply the same team principles, they too can have their share of winning seasons.

Chris Paulitz, who spent more than a decade working as a spokesman and strategic advisor for both House and Senate leadership offices, hired as organization's director of communications and media relations.

State Street Global Advisors this week announced a pair of executive moves, naming Bill Street as its news global head of fixed income alpha strategies and Brian Kinney as its new global head of fixed income beta strategies.

Robert W. Baird & Co. has continued its San Francisco expansion by hiring financial advisors Jonathan Fitzgibbons and Joyce Linker from ThinkEquity LLC.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired UBS financial Advisor Christopher Bollenbach to its Century City, Calif. office.

UBS Wealth Management Americas has hired financial advisor David Mattia from Convergent Wealth Advisors to serve in its Rochester, N.Y. office.

Giant financial institutions and wirehouses that spent fortunes attracting and retaining top-producing brokers and wealth managers over the past few years may be about to get socked with a big wave of departures this year and, especially, in 2012.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney plans to continue to trim underperformers from its financial advisor force in addition to the 300 positions that it severed in the first quarter, a spokesperson for the firm confirmed on Tuesday.

Former Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Complex Manager and Senior Vice President Frank LaRosa’s public records have been updated with details of an investigation into alleged spending violations following his sudden discharge from the firm in May.

Jefferies Group this week tapped Clifford Lanier as its new managing director and head of fixed income cross product sales.

American Century Investments has hired Peter Cieszko as senior vice president. In this newly created position, Cieszko will be responsible for all institutional and intermediary sales in North America, including wirehouses, regional and independent advisors, banks, insurance companies, corporate and public pension plans, endowments and foundations. Reporting to Michael Green, head of global client relationships, Cieszko will join the company later this summer.

Northern Trust has hired R. Peter Sanchez to serve as chief executive officer of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services, upon the closing of Northern Trust’s acquisition of hedge fund administrator Omnium. Sanchez currently is global head of business development and client service at Omnium and has more than two decades of experience in capital markets.

American Century Investments has hired Peter Cieszko as senior vice president. In this newly created position, Cieszko will be responsible for all institutional and intermediary sales in North America, including wirehouses, regional and independent advisors, RIAs, banks, insurance companies, corporate and public pension plans, endowments and foundations. Reporting to Michael Green, head of global client relationships, Cieszko will join the company later this summer.

Gene Gohlke has retired as associate director for examinations in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations after more than 35 years of public service at the SEC.

Craig M. Lewis has been named chief economist and director of the Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial Innovation at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chuck Gariboldi has joined U.S. Bancorp Fund Services as vice president and fund operations manager, in charge of daily operations in the fund accounting division. Gariboldi will also work with other divisions of the company to ensure accounting operations and policies meet evolving client and industry trends.

Michael J. Woods, U.S. head of distribution for DWS Investments, has been given the additional role of regional head and chief executive officer of DWS Investments U.S.

DWS Investments, the retail mutual funds arm of Deutsche Bank, on Wednesday named Michael J. Woods as regional head and CEO, adding those titles and responsibilities to his current role as U.S. head of distributions.

Baer will help J.P. Morgan develop retirement solutions.