Former Schwab Exec to Lead Fidelity Institutional Platform Business

Fidelity Investments named Charles Goldman, former executive vice president and head of Schwab Institutional, as president of Institutional Platforms for Fidelity Institutional Products Group.

In this role, Goldman will be responsible for developing and implementing the strategic plan for Fidelity’s new Institutional Platform business, which comprises Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, National Financial, and Fidelity Family Office Services, according to a Fidelity release. He also will have management responsibility for HybridOne, an offering designed to help firms and advisers manage their commission- and fee-based business, as well as a new international clearing initiative (see Fidelity’s HybridOne Manages Both Commission and Fee Business.)

Goldman will join Fidelity in early 2009 and report to Michael K. Clark, president of Fidelity Institutional Products Group, Fidelity said.

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At Schwab, Goldman was executive vice president and head of Schwab Institutional, responsible for developing and implementing an accelerated growth strategy for Schwab Institutional and for running its day-to-day business operations. Prior to this position, Goldman served as executive vice president of Strategy and Corporate Development, senior vice president of Corporate Development, and senior vice president of Venture Capital Investing.

Putnam Names New Head of Equity Trading

Putnam Investments announced that Daniel C. Farrell has joined the company as its head of Equity Trading.

Farrell, who has more than 15 years of institutional equity trading experience, according to a new release, was previously vice president of Equity Trading since 2003 at RiverSource Investments. Prior to that, he was vice president of Equity Trading at MFS Investment Management.

Putnam President and CEO Robert Reynolds last week announced a major restructuring of the company’s equity investment unit (see Putnam Announces Equity Restructuring), a renewed focus on individual fund manager accountability, and a performance-linked compensation plan that ties fund managers’ bonuses to the results they deliver for clients.

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“Markets as challenging as those we’ve seen in recent months open great opportunities for new vision and renewed growth. Putnam is moving to take advantage of them—every day,” said Reynolds.

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