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UBS Wealth Management Americas hired a three-member Wells Fargo advisor team to its Port Jefferson, N.Y. office. The team incudes father and son Michael Russell and Sean Russell, as well as Philip Giammarino. Together, they had $1.8 million in annual fees and commissions and $277 million in assets under management.

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When Lyle LaMothe said on March 3 that he would step down from his post as head Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s U.S. wealth management business, industry speculation immediately set into motion regarding his replacement. And then the wait began.

Ken Abady, Brad Benter and Steve DeMatteo will join UBS’ San Diego office.

Wells Fargo Securities has hired three new public finance investment bankers as the firm seeks to expand its program nationally.

John Thiel will start his new position May 1, according to a company memo sent by wealth management division President Sallie Krawcheck on Wednesday.

Henry Wagner comes to UBS from Stern, Agee & Leach.

Bank of the West of San Francisco has hired John Bahnken as its head of wealth management.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has revamped the leadership structure for its wealth management business, according to an internal memo sent by the firm's Global Wealth Management President Greg Fleming.

Financial advisors Ian Jones and Peter Jones will focus on the Taft-Hartley market.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has revamped the leadership structure for its wealth management business, according to an internal memo sent by the firm’s global wealth management President Greg Fleming.The moves come as MSSB approaches its two-year anniversary of the inception of its business after Smith Barney was purchased from Citigroup, Fleming notes in his letter. It also comes after Fleming was named to his role in January, replacing Charlie Johnston.

With the shift, MSSB has hired J.P. Morgan Chase’s Jeff Hack as chief operating officer.

Raymond James announced Monday that it hired Martin Gelb and Sonya Gelb Choeff. The father-daughter team joined the new Miami Beach branch of Raymond James.

RidgeWorth Investments has hired Robert Zakem as chief compliance officer and general counsel and Joseph O'Donnell as chief compliance officer for RidgeWorth Funds.

Sal Naro, who was the former Markit Group executive vice president and Sailfish Capital’s co-founder and managing partner, was also appointed vice chairman of the parent company Jefferson National Financial Corp. and elected to its board of directors.

G. Kennedy Thompson, a former chairman and chief executive of Wachovia Corp., will join the board of BNC Bancorp in High Point, N.C.

The Port Jefferson, NY team previously had $1.8 million in annual production and $277 million in assets under management.

Washington Wealth Management, a Middleburg, Va., based registered investment advisory firm, announced it hired Jordan Ball as a regional vice president for its newly opened Richmond, Va., office.

Scott McCuaig stepped down from his leadership role at broker-dealer subsidiary Stifel Nicolaus & Co.

Kelli K. Hill has joined Sentinel Investments as vice president and co-manager of the Sentinel Capital Growth Fund, Sentinel Growth Leaders Fund and Sentinel Growth Opportunities Fund, working alongside Elizabeth R. Bramwell, senior vice president and lead portfolio manager of the funds.