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• Jerry Pascucci Joins UBS Wealth Management USA

  UBS Wealth Management USA announced that Jerry Pascucci has joined from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to head its alternative investments business. He will join UBS on September 7, 2010. In the new role, Pascucci will be responsible for directing the alternative investments business, which includes hedge funds, managed futures, private equity and real estate investments. He [...]

• The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Appoints John Vinci and Andrew Demko

  The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation has appointed John Vinci as the head of its global product management and strategy and Andrew Demko as business manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa, both newly-created senior management positions in the broker-dealer services business. In his new role, Vinci will oversee the development of product management and [...]

• PIMCO Appoints Nicholas Johnson

  PIMCO has announced that it has appointed Nicholas Johnson as portfolio manager and senior vice president. Johnson will manage the new PIMCO CommoditiesPLUS Short Strategy Fund, which provides investors short exposure to a broad commodity index tracking prices for energy, metals, livestock and agriculture, an exposure to the inverse return of the broad commodities market as [...]

• Deutsche Bank AG Appoints Richard Gannon, Michael P. Fleming and Ulf Vokurka

  Deutsche Bank AG announced that new managing director and head of metals and mining Richard Gannon has joined Deutsche Bank in Melbourne. Gannon has 14 years of investment banking experience focusing on the resources sector. Most recently he was the head of the natural resources group for Macquarie Bank based in Europe. Deutsche Bank AG also announced [...]

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. Appoints Ray Eyles

  JPMorgan Chase & Company has announced the appointment of Ray Eyles as new Asia commodities head, overseeing the business in the Asia-Pacific. He replaces chief executive Oral Dawe. Eyles is a former head of global commodities strategic trading in London.

• CME Group Names Alexander Rozenberg

  CME Group announced that it has named Alexander (Sasha) Rozenberg as managing director, over-the-counter risk for CME Clearing. Rozenberg, 39, will be responsible for advancing the company’s over-the-counter (OTC) risk management policies and practices. He will be based in New York and will report to Tim Doar, managing director, risk management. Rozenberg joins CME Group from SuperDerivatives, [...]

• Stephen Aulsebrook to Join Moelis & Company

  Moelis & Company announced Stephen Aulsebrook will join the firm on September 27, 2010 as a managing director. He will be based in the firm’s London office. Aulsebrook will provide senior level financial restructuring and other corporate finance advisory services to clients principally in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Aulsebrook has extensive mergers and acquisitions [...]

• John DelPonti Joins Navigant Capital Advisors

  Navigant Capital Advisors announced that John DelPonti has joined its valuation and financial risk management practice as a managing director in the Washington, DC office. DelPonti will focus on providing strategy, operations and risk management services to mortgage banking clients. Prior to re-joining Navigant, where he was previously a managing director, DelPonti was the founder and CEO [...]

• Brian Raabe Joins Weeden & Co.

  Weeden & Company announced that Brian Raabe has joined the firm as director of research. He will be based in Greenwich, CT. Raabe joins Weeden from Sector & Sovereign Research, where he was a co-founder and director of institutional sales. He spent over a decade with GE Capital and IBM Global Finance in roles that spanned [...]

• Chris Gootkind Joins Loomis, Sayles & Company

  Loomis, Sayles & Company announced that Chris Gootkind has joined the fixed income group in the new role of director of credit research & credit strategist, effective September 13, 2010. He will report to Jae Park, chief investment officer, fixed income. Gootkind will be responsible for ensuring that research is effectively and efficiently developed and delivered [...]

• David Jacobstein Joins Crown Advisors

  Crown Advisors announced that David Jacobstein has joined the firm as a managing director. Jacobstein will concentrate his efforts on real estate operating companies and service organizations and will lead the firm’s board search practice. A highly respected real estate executive, Jacobstein joins Crown after having been senior advisor to Deloitte’s real estate group, president and chief [...]

• Northern Trust Corporation Appoints Wim Van Ooijen

  Northern Trust Corporation has appointed Wim van Ooijen as country head for The Netherlands. He succeeds Eric Pouwels, who has been named director of strategic development for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Van Ooijen is responsible for all asset servicing business development, sales and client activities across the Netherlands and will also serve as the primary [...]

• Direct General Corp. Names Carey D. Benson

  Direct General Corporation announced that it has named Carey D. Benson, 59, as its new president & CEO, effective immediately. He replaces Dan Tarantin. Benson brings to the position 35 years of experience in the insurance industry, including service as CEO of AutoOne Insurance, CEO of the Home State Insurance Group, president and CEO of Charter [...]

• Macquarie Capital Appoints Sanjay Agarwal

  Macquarie Capital announced the appointment of Sanjay Agarwal as its head of equity capital markets in India. Agarwal, who has more than 11-years of financial services experience, has joined from Edelweiss Capital where he was involved in a large number of fund-raising exercises and structuring innovative products. -Asia Pulse

• Brad T. Swanson and Scott Green Join KeyBanc Capital Markets

  KeyBanc Capital Markets announced that Brad T. Swanson has joined the firm as a managing director in its consumer & retail group. Scott Green has also joined the company’s consumer & retail group as an associate. They will be based in Key’s Atlanta office. Swanson will lead Key’s investment banking efforts in the restaurants and food [...]

• Southport Financial Corporation Appoints Mike Falbo

  Southport Financial Corporation announced that former Associated Bank and State Financial Bank executive Mike Falbo has been appointed president and CEO. He replaces Jerry Schwallier. Falbo most recently was CEO of TierOne Bank in Lincoln, Neb.  -Milwaukee Business Journal

• HealthMarkets Appoints K. Alec Mahmood

  On August 27, 2010, HealthMarkets appointed K. Alec Mahmood as the company’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective October 1, 2010. He will replace Steven P. Erwin. Mahmood, age 40, currently serves as the company’s senior vice president, financial planning & analysis. He also serves as senior vice president, financial planning & analysis, and [...]

• Presidential Life Insurance Company Names Duncan Szeto

  Presidential Life Corporation has named Duncan Szeto as the new chief actuary of Presidential Life Insurance Company, effective August 18, 2010. He replaces Jerrold Scher. Szeto joined Presidential Life in 2007 as vice president, financial modeling. Prior to joining the company, he served in various actuarial roles at MetLife, Inviva, and Prudential Financial. He also has [...]

• Morgan Stanley Appoints Mitchell Nadel

  Morgan Stanley has announced that Mitchell Nadel has been appointed as head of fixed income trading in Japan. Nadel joins Morgan Stanley from Bank of America Corp. where he was head of Japan and Australia rates and foreign-exchange trading.

• Randy Baird Joins Holliday Fenoglio Fowler

  Holliday Fenoglio Fowler announced that Randy Baird has joined the firm as a senior managing director in the investment sales group. He will be based in its Dallas office. Baird will also assume a role in the guidance of HFF’s national industrial sales platform. Baird has more than 20 years of experience in commercial real estate and [...]

• JPMorgan Chase & Co. Appoints Michael O’Brien

  JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced that Michael O’Brien has joined to head the global institutional sales for funds and alternative investment products. O’Brien was previously with BlackRock. -Wall Street Journal Abstracts

• HSBC Holdings Appoints Doug Baikie

  HSBC Holdings has appointed Doug Baikie as its new head of corporate banking in Scotland. He succeeds Irene Grant, who will become senior vice-president of corporate banking in California, managing teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Baikie has 14 years’ experience in corporate and commercial banking. He most recently served as a global relationship manager. [...]

• Westlake Securities Appoints Terry Fick and Brad Purifoy

  Westlake Securities announced that it has appointed Terry Fick and Brad Purifoy as partners and managing directors, as well as co-managers of its new Dallas office. Fick and Purifoy’s responsibilities will include new business development and facilitating mergers and acquisitions, as well as capital-related transactions. Fick was chairman of Corporate Finance Associates (CFA), where he spent 20 [...]

• Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Appoints Andrew November

  Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Andrew November as director of equities. As director of equities, November will have overall responsibility for the investment philosophy and process, as well as directing the UK equities, international equities and dealing and derivatives teams. November has been part of SWIP’s executive team since 2003 and was joint chief investment [...]

• C.M. Capital Corporation Appoints Bruce W. Madding

  C.M. Capital Corporation announced that Bruce W. Madding has joined the company as president and chief investment officer, effective July 1, 2010. Most recently, Madding served as chief financial and investment officer. -PR Newswire

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