UPDATE 2-MOVES-Merk, State Street Global, Alliance

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July 1 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

MERK INVESTMENTS LLC - Merk Investments LLC, which manages the Merk Hard Currency Fund, has hired William Poole, a former top U.S. central bank official, as its senior economic adviser. Poole, a former economics professor at Brown University, was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis until March 2008.

PIMCO

The investment management firm announced two new appointments to its European Remarketing team. Gian Luca Giurlani joins PIMCO as Senior Vice President European Institutional Remarketing and Maddalena Nocera as Institutional Remarketing Account Manager. Both will be based in London.

Gian Luca joins PIMCO from Crosby Forsyth where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Distribution.

Maddalena re-joins PIMCO from BNY Mellon Asset Management in London where she covered the Italian market as an account manager.

SCHRODERS PLC

A global asset management company with $259.6 billion under management announced that Maha Soueissy will join Schroders as Middle East Equity Analyst and will be based in its Dubai office.

Maha Soueissy joins from SHUAA Capital where she was an associate in the Equity Asset Management team and analyst of Middle East equities covering a range of sectors across the MENA region.

TAMWEEL PJSC TAML.DU

The Dubai-based Islamic mortgage financer said it has appointed Abdulla Nasser Abdulla as deputy group chief executive. Abdulla was also recently appointed chief executive of Tamweel Properties & Investments, the company said. [ID:nL01692896]

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD (AXS.N)

A Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer announced the appointment of Dean Benner as its chief investment officer. [ID:nWNAS9742]

GRANT THORNTON LLP

The business and financial adviser announced that Paul Beecy was promoted to partner-in-charge of the Boston office Transaction Advisory Services Tax, and new hire, Fred Astrauskas, has joined the Boston team as executive director of Transaction Advisory Services.