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American Funds is building a dedicated team of wholesalers to track the registered investment advisor market. The top 10 load fund company is looking to hire at least two additional marketers, bringing the size of the group to six individuals. Chuck Freedhoff, an American Funds spokesman, said the company is growing its RIA wholesaling group but its overall size will be a moving target based on sales. American has taken additional steps to attract advisors and launched a load-waived F-share class in March that is distributed through the main fund supermarkets. It could not be determined whether American is using a search firm.