(Adds Pioneer, BNP Paribas, TD Ameritrade, Lazard, Wachovia,
UBS and Front Barnett)
Sept 4 (Reuters) - The following financial services
industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us
of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.
PIONEER INVESTMENTS
The U.S. fund management unit of Italy's UniCredit
(CRDI.MI) named Brian Stack, most recently at Long Trail
Investment Management LP, a small- and mid-cap equity hedge
fund firm that he co-founded, as portfolio manager of Pioneer
Growth Opportunities Fund and Pioneer Growth Opportunities VCT
Portfolio effective Sept. 3.
BNP PARIBAS (BNPP.PA)
The French bank named Alain Dib, most recently the bank's
co-head of European high yield capital markets, as global head
of its newly created distressed finance group. Dib will report
to Frederic Janbon, global head of fixed income and Dominique
Remy, global head of financing. [ID:nL4696840]
TD AMERITRADE (AMTD.O)
The online broker named Dave Kelley, the former chief
information officer, as the new chief operating officer. Kelley
has been with the company since 2006, and will replace Fred
Tomczyk, who will become chief executive officer Oct. 1.
LAZARD (LAZ.N)
The investment bank hired Spiro Youakim from Citigroup Inc
(C.N) as a managing director and a senior member of its global
metals and mining financial advisory team. Youakim, 40, will be
based in London, where he previously worked as Citi's head of
European metals and mining investment banking.
WACHOVIA CORP WB.N
The fourth-largest U.S. bank said Craig Overlander will
join on Sept. 15 as managing director and global head of fixed
income.
Overlander previously worked for 26 years at Bear Stearns
Cos, most recently as managing director and co-head of fixed
income.
At Wachovia, Overlander will report to Ben Williams, head
of global markets and investment banking, and will be based in
both New York and Charlotte, North Carolina. [ID:nWNAB9618]
UBS (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N)
The Swiss bank rocked by more than $40 billion of credit
write-downs during the past year hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc
(GS.N) trading executive Carsten Kengeter as its new global
head of fixed income, currencies and commodities trading.
Kengeter, 41, was most recently a partner and co-head of
Goldman's securities division for Asia, excluding Japan, with
responsibility for all fixed-income markets in the region. He
is expected to join UBS in "the early part" of next year, and
will move from Hong Kong to London. [ID:nN04426640]
FRONT BARNETT ASSOCIATES LLC
Front Barnett, a Chicago investment firm, said Peter
Goldman joined on Sept. 2 as a principal, lead investment
research analyst and member of the equity investment committee.
He joined from Chicago Asset Management Co, where for six years
he was managing director of the equity portfolio team. Goldman
has 24 years of investment research and portfolio management
experience.
SALLIE MAE (SLM.N)
The student lender named Kenneth Fischbach, a former
managing director at GMAC's Rescap mortgage unit, as senior
vice president, corporate finance.
JEFFERIES CO INC (JEF.N)
Jefferies Putnam Lovell, the firm's asset management and
financial technology investment banking unit, has rehired
Karamvir Gosal, 35, as a managing director. He had left the
firm for Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX), where he advised on several
deals in the alternative asset management space.
CITIGROUP
The bank said Alberto Cribiore will join its institutional
clients group as vice chairman, effective Sept. 8. Cribiore
resigned as lead director of Merrill Lynch & Co's MER.N
board.
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (BK.N)
The New York-based bank named Robert Rupp executive vice
president and head of enterprise-wide market risk. Prior to
this, Rupp was with JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N).
CREDIT SUISSE
The bank announced new appointments for the private banking
division in Australia with immediate effect. The company
appointed Andrew Bird as director, senior relationship manager,
based in Melbourne, and Lucinda Bloom as vice president,
structured derivatives, based in Sydney.
Prior to this both Bird and Bloom were with Citigroup.
Credit Suisse also appointed Paul Aliprandi and Melissa
Anderson as vice president for the wealth management team and
assistant vice president, respectively, in corporate advisory
services.
HERON INTERNATIONAL LTD
The property investment and development company said it
appointed Harry Sihra as its finance director with immediate
effect. Sihra joined the company from City Lofts Group.
COLLINS STEWART PLC (CLST.L)
The UK investment bank said it appointed Ben Cohen as an
insurance analyst to strengthen its equity research team. Prior
to this, Cohen was with UBS as a part of global reinsurance
research team.
(Compiled by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore and Christian Plumb in
New York with additional reporting by Jonathan Spicer and
Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Braden Reddall)
