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Sam Guerrieri is listed as president-elect in the trade's group's board members section, but he will not become president of BISA until 2012, according to current BISA's president, Marc Vosen.

Morgan Stanley has shifted the roles of several top executives as the firm sets out to strengthen its international presence, according to a company memo from Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman obtained by On Wall Street.In the memo, Gorman announces that Colm Kelleher, co-president of institutional securities, will relocate to London and assume new responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and non-Japan Asia. The heads of those regions will report to Kelleher, who will also have responsibility for the firm’s global sales and trading business.

It is one thing for a registered investment advisor to buy an investment-planning product to streamline operations at his or her practice, but smoothly integrating that product is often a much bigger production.

Joyce, a former 3Com executive, helped power global distribution of the Palm Pilot.

Two industry veterans have struck out on their own to start a new fixed income broker-dealer firm.

Morningstar honors Bob Goldfarb and David Poppe.

Putnam Investments has promoted Robert Alan to head of North American consultant relations and Keith Thomas to lead its international consultant relations.

Mora, who is vice president and senior relationship manager on the trust side of Bank of the West’s wealth management operation in Newport Beach, Calif., will act as chairman of the board for one year.

Rosenthal had been chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and head of corporate strategy of Morgan Stanley with responsibility for overseeing the integration of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney since January 2010.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation plans to add a chairman of the board, with separate duties from that of its chief executive officer, Don Donohue.

A dire diagnosis will drive many people into an advisor's office, whether to free up cash for treatment, finally confront the need for an estate plan or update an existing one.

Dave Schrohe joined UBS as chief operating officer of its wealth management solutions team. He came from MSSB's corporate client group.

Edward Plotkin is the new vice president of wealth management services at NB|AZ Wealth Management, part of the National Bank of Arizona.

Tony Davidow is the newly appointed managing director and portfolio strategist at Rydex|SGI.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation said Tuesday it plans to add a chairman of the board, with separate duties from that of its chief executive officer, Don Donohue.

Cieszko to be replaced by a report as interim distribution head.

Peter Cieszko, president of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services, the distribution arm of Fidelity, is leaving at the end of the year to “pursue other opportunities,” Vin Loporchio, a company spokesman said.

The Delaware company, currently in an acquisition deal with M&T Bank, added three senior wealth advisors from Boston Private.

The Bank of America unit caps off a year of aggressive wealth management team expansion with the appointment of five new advisors.

The fourth-largest U.S. bank taps execs from Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan Chase, Oppenheimer