Curian Capital, LLC (www.Curian.com), a registered investment advisor that provides an innovative fee-based wealth management platform to financial professionals, has named Mark Schoenbeck, 36, senior vice president and chief marketing officer.

In this position, Mr. Schoenbeck will oversee Curian Capital's marketing, practice management and national accounts teams. He will implement and enhance Curian's practice management programs, which help advisors build more efficient and profitable businesses. He will also play a primary role in developing and maintaining Curian's key strategic relationships with distribution partners across multiple channels.

Mr. Schoenbeck previously served as Curian's vice president of corporate development, from 2005 to 2007. He spent the last four years at Genworth Financial Wealth Management, most recently serving as chief marketing officer and director of practice management. In that role, he was responsible for the development and execution of the firm's marketing, public relations and corporate events strategies. Mr. Schoenbeck also played an integral role in Genworth's practice management offerings.

?Mark will be responsible for creating programs and materials that communicate Curian's unique advantages to advisors, as well as helping create resources advisors can use to help their client's achieve their financial goals,? said Michael Bell, Curian's president and chief executive officer. ?I am confident that Mark will be an asset to the firm, as well as our producers and distribution partners, and I am pleased to have the opportunity to work with him again.?

Mr. Schoenbeck holds a CFP? designation, and FINRA licenses 7, 63, 65 and 24. He has been widely published in industry trade publications on various practice management and marketing topics, and is a frequent speaker at advisor and financial services conferences. He will be based at Curian's corporate headquarters in Denver.

About Curian Capital

Curian Capital, LLC (www.curian.com) is a registered investment advisor providing innovative fee-based separately managed accounts to financial professionals through a state-of-the-art technology platform. The company has nearly $4.8 billion in assets under management as of 9/30/10, and is the fastest growing third-party managed account vendor in the industry.1

Curian Capital is an indirect subsidiary of Prudential plc (NYSE: PUK), a company incorporated and with its principal place of business in the United Kingdom. Prudential plc and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world's leading financial service groups. It provides insurance and financial services directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world. It has been in existence for more than 160 years and had more than $463 billion in assets under management as of 6/30/10. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc., a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America.

1. Cerulli Associates, Advisory TPV Leaderboard: 2Q 2010, September 2010.

Curian Capital, LLC
Andrew Silver
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andrew.silver@curian.com