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Putnam Investments announced the appointment of Jeffrey L. Gould as head of Putnam global institutional management to lead the firm's response to growing marketplace interest.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America announced an appointment to the newly created position of field director of retirement plan sales.

Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD), the wholesale distribution business of Lincoln Financial Group, added four specialists to its retirement plan services intermediary sales team.

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, an independent retirement plan advisory network, announced the opening of a new office in Columbia, Missouri, and the hiring of two financial advisers.

John O’Leary has joined Benetech Inc., a third-party administration (TPA) firm supporting advisers in the small- and mid-size retirement plan market, as a regional pension consultant.

Peter Stephan and Jim Norman have joined QBI LLC, a provider of administration and consulting services for qualified retirement plans, to lead business development in Orange County, California.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity remained healthy in the registered investment adviser (RIA) industry during the first half of 2014, according to research from Schwab Advisor Services.

Robert Straus has joined Innovest Portfolio Solutions as a vice president, tasked with supporting due diligence efforts and providing investment consulting services to Innovest clients.

William Mitchner joined the Cleveland office of Segal Rogerscasey as a vice president and senior consultant.

Moira Hagy has joined Assurance Financial Services’ retirement plan services team as a vice president.

Lincoln Financial Group’s retirement plan services business announced the addition of three retirement plan specialists to its national participant engagement team.

Lincoln Financial Group’s retirement plan services business appointed Jason Key as head of business development for its institutional retirement distribution team.

Highland Capital Management, L.P., a Dallas-based investment management firm, has added five members to its sales group for non-traded and mutual fund products.

A lack of succession process readiness, along with valuation issues, makes selling an independent advisory practice unfavorable for many advisers, says a new CLS Investments analysis.

Focus Financial Partners, LLC announced that Dan Sontag, former president of Merrill Lynch’s global wealth management unit, has joined the Focus wealth management network’s board of directors.

Three 401(k) Advisors consultants—Austin Gwilliam, Jason Jeskey and Kyle Posvistak—have joined Global Retirement Partners (GRP).

Who is using value-added tools from providers, and are they a useful addition for sales, lead generation and other facets of an adviser’s business? 

United Benefit Advisors (UBA) named Les McPhearson as the organization’s next chief executive officer.

Stephen Rosenberg, an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and labor law litigator, has joined The Wagner Law Group.

MassMutual Retirement Services has appointed eight new relationship managers to further support retirement plan sponsor clients.