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March 17, 2015 at 06:47 AM
American Century Investments said Monday that it named a former LPL Financial (LPLA) executive to it management ranks, while Lucia Capital Group announced that the ex-chief operating officer of First Allied Securities is now head of its securities unit.
Adam Sokolic is now senior vice president of Retirement Strategy and Services, a newly created position at Kansas City, Missouri-based American Century, which sells mutual funds and other financial products. He most recently served as senior vice president of LPL Retirement Partners and prior to that he was senior vice president of operations for National Retirement Partners.
“Adam is a proven talent and thought leader in the retirement industry,” said Peter Cieszko, chief client officer for American Century’s operations in the Americas, in a statement.
“Adam brings a unique background of both strategic and tactical experience in sales, marketing and operations related to the retirement market. He will use that collective experience to develop expanded retirement offerings for clients looking for innovative retirement solutions,” Cieszko said.
American Century has about $150 billion of assets under management.
In other news Monday, Lucia Capital Group hired Tiy O’Neal to be president of Lucia Securities, the firm’s broker-dealer platform. O’Neal most recently served as chief operations officer of First Allied Securities, which is owned by RCS Capital (RCAP) and part of the Cetera Financial Group of independent broker-dealers. She had been with the IBD for roughly 20 years.
