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New York Life Insurance has hired three in its retirement income security group.

Tom Breaux and Ian James join Raymond James as financial advisors and will operate independent firm Capital Financial Group.

Stephen Campbell joins Citi Private Bank after serving as chief investment officer at Zefram LLC, the personal investment company of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.

The trust unit continues to see record growth; promotes two managers

UBS has hired a team of five new advisors from U.S. Trust to serve in the firm’s new private wealth management office in Charlotte, N.C.

Greg Fleming was named president of global wealth management at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, replacing Charlie Johnston. Fleming previously oversaw the firm's asset management business. With this move, he will take over one of the most significant firms in the advisory business. MSSB was formed in January 2009 from the joint venture between wirehouses Morgan Stanley and Smith Barney. Morgan Stanley continues to integrate that joint venture, while also drawing industry comparisons to BofA/Merrill Lynch as the other dominant player in the industry. Johnston, who will become vice chairman of MSSB for the next year, wanted to spend more time with his family and charitable pursuits, according to a company memo. Others noted that his departure marks a decreased role for former Smith Barney management in the joint venture.

Baird has tapped three new professionals from the Gawelski Group to bring its Milwaukee wealth management group to 69 total.

BlackRock has hired Nancy Everett as managing director, head of U.S. fiduciary management solutions, a new position. She was previously chief executive officer of Promark Global Advisors, previously known as General Motors Asset Management.

First Republic Bank, a San Francisco private banking and wealth management firm, announced Monday it hired Lucas Newman and Michael Tinney as portfolio managers and managing directors for First Republic Private Wealth Management in Portland, Ore.

Prudential Retirement has named Kara Segreto chief marketing officer, in charge of marketing, brand and promotional programs for the firm’s defined contribution, defined benefit, stable value, retirement income, retirement plan strategies, pension risk transfer and non-qualified benefits lines of businesses.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has tapped Irene Tse, a former managing director and portfolio manager from Duquesne Capital Management, to effectively replace the retiring Althea Duersten.

Over the last couple of years, HighTower has built a nationwide partnership of financial advisory practices by luring in the cream of the crop among registered reps and independent advisors with its open-architecture setup. Now, it has created a group investment solutions division, and put Matthias Paul Kuhlmey in charge.

The Top 10 will be named from this group of 100.

The company announced it hired Eli M. Salzman to expand its institutional capabilities in U.S. large-cap value

Chris Brewster joined the firm as non-producing manager of the Columbus, Ohio office, which has 10 financial advisors and 27 associates.

Just days after the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a recommendation that all financial advisors practice within the fiduciary standard of care, BlackRock announced it has hired an executive for that role in the company.

Dynasty Financial Advisors announced that Bank of America had agreed to settle its suit brought after Merrill Lynch’s Michael Brown brought his team to Dynasty in December.

The Bank Insurance and Securities Association named James McNeil, formerly executive vice president and chief operating officer of BAI, a consultant in Chicago, as its new executive director.

BlackRock has hired Nancy Everett as managing director, head of U.S. fiduciary management solutions, a new position. She was previously chief executive officer of Promark Global Advisors, previously known as General Motors Asset Management.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has selected Eileen Rominger as director of the division of investment management.