Touchstone Investments hired Patrick Noble, previously with OppenheimerFunds, as an external wholesaler covering a portion of the Midwest. Meanwhile, Cincinnati-headquartered Touchstone continues to search for a wholesaler to cover Northern California and Nevada.

Noble started at Touchstone on December 14, vice president of marketing Sharon Karp told The MFWire. He reports to divisional sales manager Daniel McGinley and covers Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Noble's predecessor, Bruce Palm, moved to the role of vice president of institutional business development late last year.

Prior to joining Touchstone, Noble worked at OppenheimerFunds as a regional sales manager. He also did stints at Franklin Templeton and Nationwide Financial.

An OppenheimerFunds spokesperson was not immediately able to comment on how Noble's duties are being handled.

Meanwhile, Touchstone continues to be on the hunt for a wholesaler for the Northern California and Nevada territory. The job opened up with a wholesaler's departure nearly three months ago, Karp told The MFWire.

Touchstone currently has 16 external wholesalers on the retail side, she said. Besides Noble, another recent addition to Touchstone's sales team is Rydex alum Ravi Talati, who, as reported by The MFWire last week, joined December 7 as a wholesaler covering Florida. 

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