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Acadian Asset Management Singapore announced Ho Yew Weng has joined the firm as Director of Institutional Sales, Asia-ex Japan.

Bank of America has hired nearly 40 Merrill Edge Financial Solutions Advisors (FSAs) in the Mid-Atlantic region, including Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has selected James Gearin as Chief Operating Officer of its Retirement Plan Services (RPS) business.   

Karen Olsen, Jason Timko, and Anna Toy are Ascensus’ newest Regional Vice Presidents for its Florida, New York Metro and Pacific Northwest territories, respectively. 

Small business leaders report a growing confidence in the economic environment, which appears to be contributing positively to hiring and investment decisions for their business in the near...

Mercer has named Senior Partner Tom Murphy as Head of its Investment Management business for the U.S. region, effective September 1, 2011. 

Ross Plumberg has been appointed Great-West Retirement Services’ regional 401(k) sales director for Kansas, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Bill Simon, Jr. has joined Brinker Capital in the newly created position of Managing Director, Retirement Plan Services.

Stephen Johnson and Eric Mull will join Wilmington Trust as part of the company’s business development initiative.

M&I Institutional Trust Services has named Jeffrey Wallace as Vice President and Regional Sales Director for California and Nevada.

Security Benefit Corporation announced that Michael Kiley will become Chief Executive Officer effective September 30, 2011.

Callan Associates hired four investment consultants for its Alternatives, Fund Sponsor and Defined Contribution (DC) Consulting groups in San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.

Fidelity Investments has named Derek L. Young as president of the company’s Asset Allocation Division.

Founders Financial Network, an independent, fee-only investment advisory firm and RIA, has selected Jovita Honor as its new partner.

Acadian Asset Management LLC has named Matthew S. Rothman as Director of the firm’s Top-Down Research effort, effective September 2011.

Freedom One Financial Group, a 401(k) consultant firm, has appointed John A. Caldwell to its executive team as chief investment officer.

The Newport Group appointed Anthony Laudato as Vice President and Chief Actuary, leading the firm’s bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) line of business.

Putnam Investments announced that Aaron Cooper and Richard “Shep” Perkins will lead the firm’s global equity research and international equity investments teams. 

ING Investment Management has hired Ken Sarafa as Senior Vice President, Institutional Sales and Relationship Management, with responsibility for the Midwest region.

Symetra Life Insurance Company plans to expand its annuities portfolio and develop new registered products, hiring Kevin Knull to head up these endeavors.