CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-MOVES-Merriman, Credit Suisse, Nir, Oppenheim

(Corrects paragraph on UBS senior economist to show he was promoted internally) (Adds Merriman Curhan, Credit Suisse, Nir)

June 3 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, send an e-mail to moves@thomsonreuters.com.

MERRIMAN CURHAN FORD GROUP

Merriman Curhan Ford Group (MERR.O) created an independent advisory board to advise the investment bank's management: Patrick Arbor, former Chicago Board of Trade chairman; Dean Barr, former chief investment officer of Deutsche Asset Management; Raymond Minehan, former CFO of Hambrecht & Quist; Michael Moe, co-founder and former CEO of ThinkEquity Partners; Steven Town, ex-CEO of Amerex Group North America; and Timothy Vaill, CEO of Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc (BPFH.O).

Arbor, Minehan and Town recently stepped down from Merriman's board of directors.

CREDIT SUISSE (CSGN.VX)

Brian Finn of Credit Suisse Group has joined Asset Management Finance as chief executive, replacing co-founder and industry veteran Norton Reamer. Finn has been AMF board chairman since August 2008, when Credit Suisse purchased a majority interest.

Finn, 48, relinquished duties as chairman of alternative investments at Credit Suisse Asset Management but will remain a senior adviser. Previously, Finn was a member of the Swiss bank's executive board, president of Credit Suisse First Boston, president of investment banking, co-president of institutional trading and co-head of mergers & acquisitions.

Finn spent five years with private-equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice before rejoining Credit Suisse in 2002.

NIR GROUP

NIR Group, an alternative investment firm, has opened an office in Singapore, to be headed by Shoham Cohen. Prior to joining NIR, Cohen was managing director at Superfund Group, and before that director of Innovation Fund, a fund-of-hedge funds in the Cayman Islands.

OPPENHEIMER EU LTD

The unit of Oppenheimer Holdings Inc (OPY.N) said it appointed Paul Tanner as managing director, fixed income sales and trading in London. Tanner joins from Landsbanki.

STANDARD & POOR'S RATINGS SERVICES

The credit ratings provider said it appointed Suzanne Smith as managing director, ratings, south and southeast Asia.

PRUPIM