The Southeast sales director for New York-based Seligman Advisors recently went native, joining Norcross, Georgia-based Wells Real Estate Funds as managing director for mutual fund sales. Wayne Knowles will focus on boosting sales and assets for the firm's fund family, in what a spokesperson said is a new position.

Wells has the first S&P licensed fund to mirror the holdings of the S&P REIT Composite Index, the S&P REIT Index Fund. Before Seligman, Knowles held executive positions at Morgan Stanley Asset Management and Van Kampen Funds. A Seligman spokesperson could not immediately confirm whether Knowles' position has been filled.  

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