F-Squared Investments has hired Sharon French as president of their new distribution unit, F-Squared Capital. She will also be joining F-Squared’s management committee. French joins the firm from BlackRock, where she was managing director and head of private client & institutions. She also served as a member of BlackRock’s U.S. senior management team for the iShares ETF business. Prior to BlackRock, French spent nearly a decade at AllianceBernstein, where she was managing director.

F-Squared, based in Newton, Mass., is an SEC registered investment advisor offering a full range of investment solutions based on their proprietary AlphaSector and PoRT investment capabilities.

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