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U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management of New York has named Douglas Moore, 54, managing director and senior financial planner, and Santo Vicenzino, 39, senior fiduciary and administrative adviser in the U.S. Trust multifamily office group in New York.

Mr. Moore joins U.S. Trust from Citigroup Inc. of New York, where he spent the past 11 years in a number of leadership positions, including most recently as managing director and head of estate and charitable planning for Citi Trust and the Citigroup Private Bank.

Mr. Vicenzino returns to U.S. Trust from Brown Brothers Harriman Trust Co. of New York, where he served as vice president and trust officer.

MetLife Investors Distribution Co. of New York has hired John C. Kennedy, 41, to lead its wirehouse channel.

Previously, he was with AXA Distributors LLC of New York, where he was most recently senior vice president and national sales manager. In that role, Mr. Kennedy was responsible for sales and management for the broker-dealer channel.

Rampart Investment Management of Boston has appointed R. Dino Davis, 44, as vice president and product specialist.

He will oversee Rampart Investment Management’s marketing and business development program for the institutional and tax-exempt space.

Mr. Davis previously served as investment director for non-U.S. equities for Pyramis Global Advisors of Boston, the institutional investment arm of Fidelity Investments.

Jackson National Life Distributors LLC of Denver has promoted Rob Butler, 29, to central regional director for its registered and guaranteed channels.

In this role, he oversees a team of 27 external wholesalers in 10 states including Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas.

Mr. Butler joined Jackson in 2002 as an internal wholesaler for Jackson National Life’s regional broker-dealer team.

The College for Financial Planning of Greenwood Village, Colo., has hired Colleen McArdell, 40, as director of alumni operations.

Previously, she was with the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. in Denver, where she directed the certification operations as the manager of initial certification.

brokersXpress of Chicago has hired Lisa N. Julin, 36, as director of recruiting.

Ms. Julin, a registered investment adviser, will focus on introducing the company’s platform to registered representatives and RIAs.

Previously, she was a financial adviser with Morgan Stanley of New York.

Ullico Inc., the representative financial organization for labor, based in Washington, has named David J. Barra, 51, as chief financial officer. He joins Ullico from Conseco Inc. of Carmel, Ind., where he most recently served as chief executive.

Securities America Inc. of Omaha, Neb., has announced four promotions. Gregg Johnson, 41, has been promoted to senior vice president, branch office development, from vice president.

Debra Hansen, 50, has been promoted to first vice president, marketing, from director. She leads the corporate marketing department in the creation of representative and client marketing materials, advertising and corporate communications.

Leon Johnson, 33, has been promoted to first vice president, information services security and rep technology services, from director. He leads the information services security team in ensuring client-data privacy and securing company systems, and oversees the company’s technical support group.

David Vaughan, 35, has been promoted to first vice president, controller, from controller. He manages the accounting department with Gayle Parsons and oversees the processing of financial information and preparation of corporate financial statements.

Dechert LLP of Philadelphia has hired Kevin P. Scanlan as a partner in the firm’s New York financial services group.

Mr. Scanlan, 37, focuses his practice on the structuring and formation of and investment in international and domestic private-investment funds, particularly hedge funds, private-equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds and fund of funds.

Previously, he was a partner at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP of San Francisco.

Penn Capital Management of Cherry Hill, N.J., has hired Steven H.D. Loizeaux as vice president, marketing and client services.

Prior to joining Penn Capital Management, Mr. Loizeaux, 49, served as vice president of institutional sales and client services at Prudential Investment Management of Newark, N.J.

State Street Corp. of Boston has appointed Allan Nedergaard, 47, as sales manager, focusing on expanding the firm’s investment servicing business in the Nordic region.

He joins State Street from Northern Trust Corp. of Chicago, where he was the London-based head of Nordic business development with responsibility for overseeing relationships with a number of pension fund and insurance clients.

Cambridge Investment Research Inc. of Fairfield, Iowa, has named Brian Propes, 46, regional vice president of practice management.

Mr. Propes most recently served as president and chief operating officer for NFP Securities Inc. of Austin, Texas.

F-Squared Investments LLC of Wellesley, Mass., has named Ron Santangelo and William C. Taylor to its board of advisers.

Mr. Santangelo, 50, specializes in the selection of mutual fund managers as well as in investment-manager due diligence, asset allocation modeling and product development.

Mr. Taylor, 49, is a writer, speaker and entrepreneur who is a co-founder and founding editor of Fast Company magazine.

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