UPDATE 2-MOVES-Leerink Swann, Jefferies, Macquarie
(Adds Leerink Swann)
July 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com
LEERINK SWANN
The healthcare investment bank said it has recruited a team
of investment bankers, including James Boylan, Bryan Giraudo,
Tony Gibney and Mark Page, from Bank of America Merrill Lynch
(BAC.N). They will join the firm on completion of notice
obligations to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Boylan will take over as the new head of investment banking, while Gibney, Giraudo and Page will join as managing directors.
JEFFERIES & CO INC
The principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group Inc
(JEF.N) appointed Mark Plansky as a managing director and head
of Jefferies' MBS/ABS/CMBS group in Boston. He joins from
Barclays, where he was a managing director focused on MBS
sales
PACIFIC ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT CO
The hedge funds company named Peter Stein to chair the Strategy Allocation Committee. Stein, who was previously the chief investment officer at the University of Chicago, will be based in Irvine.
MACQUARIE SECURITIES GROUP
Macquarie Securities Group, the institutional securities
arm of Macquarie Group (MQG.AX), appointed Andrew Mouat as head
of Macquarie Securities in India.
RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
RBC Wealth Management, part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) (RY.N) has appointed Wasim Afzal to the position of manager in structured notes and fixed income advisory. Afzal is from RBC Capital Markets.
KPMG LLP
The audit, tax and advisory firm said Gregg Pritchard has joined to lead restructuring services in the Northeast. He will be based in New York.
BUTTERFIELD FULCRUM
Independent administrator for the alternative investment industry, Butterfield Fulcrum, appointed Andrew Smith as the firm's global head of business development and marketing. He comes from Citibank and will be based in New York.
KARABUS MANAGEMENT INC
Karabus Management, retail advisory firm and a subsidiary of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in Canada, appointed Michael Unger as managing director, merchandising optimization, Farla Efros as managing director, performance improvement, and Isaac Krakovsky as vice president, performance improvement.
Unger comes from Archstone Consulting, Efros from Partnering Group Inc and Krakovsky from SAP America.
ECCLESIASTICAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Ecclesiastical Investment Management appointed Philip Baker as strategic partnership manager with immediate effect. (Compiled by Vidya Lakshmi in Bangalore and Jui Chakravorty Das in New York)
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