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UPDATE 2-MOVES-AXA, Permal Group, WP Carey, UBS, Sidley Austin

Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:25pm EDT

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(Adds UBS, Sidley Austin, Cardano, Hudson Clean Energy, Proskauer Rose, Pritchard Capital; adds NEW YORK to dateline)

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NEW YORK, Sept 10 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

UBS (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N)

The investment bank division of UBS named John Metz as head of U.S. communications banking within the firm's technology banking group. Metz joins from Credit Suisse, where he was most recently head of the communications banking group.

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

Roger Martella, a former general counsel to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has rejoined the law firm as a partner in the environmental practice group. Martella, a former associate at Sidley, is based in the Washington, D.C., office.

CARDANO

Pension fund risk consultant Cardano said Anna Dayn has joined its London-based investment management team to focus on researching and selecting private equity managers for the firm's clients.

HUDSON CLEAN ENERGY

The private equity firm said Paul Ho has joined the firm as a principal from Credit Suisse. He will oversee work in the biofuels and biomass sectors.

PROSKAUER ROSE

The law firm has hired Carolyn Doppelt Gray as special consul in its labor and employment department. Gray will co-chair the firm's accessibility and accommodations practice group. She was formerly a senior official at the U.S. Health and Human Services Department.

PRITCHARD CAPITAL

Scott Doyle is joining the firm's institutional sales group. Doyle previously worked for Friedman Billings & Ramsay.

AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS

The asset management company appointed Chris Iggo as chief investment officer, fixed income. He was previously a senior member of the company's investment strategy team.

PERMAL GROUP INC

The investment advisory services provider appointed Huey Richardson as vice president of U.S. institutional sales. Prior, Huey was with Merrill Lynch MER.N.

WP CAREY & CO LLC (WPC.N)

The real estate finance firm appointed Tom Quigley as managing director of the company's U.K. subsidiary. Quigley joins from Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd.

PIONEER INVESTMENTS

The investment manager said Brian Stack has been named portfolio manager of Pioneer Growth Opportunities Fund and Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT Portfolio effective Sept. 3. Stack will be based in Boston. (Compiled by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore)



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