The company has also appointed Jeff Pettiford its senior v.p. in plan sponsor sales.
BNY ConvergEx Group announced the results of its Jaywalk Independent Research Provider Performance Awards for the second quarter of 2010.
Jefferies has hired Ian Reid and Brendan Warn to cover oil and gas companies for the firm's London desk.
RBC Dexia Investor Services has hired William Foley as its director of securities lending sales.
Schiff Hardin has appointed Carlos Morales as counsel in its Securities and Futures Regulation group.
NorthPoint Trading Partners has added Sean Westley to its firm as senior v.p. of sales.
The Security Traders Association of New York has named Stephen Kay, managing director at Knight Capital Group, its 2010-2011 president, effective Aug. 1.
Gary Katcher, executive v.p. and head of global institutional fixed income at Knight Capital Group.
Stone House Consulting has hired Philip Lawton as a partner.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought on Paula Dubberly as the new deputy director for policy and capital markets in the division of corporation finance.
UBS recently hired a financial adviser team from The Ayco Company, a unit of Goldman Sachs.
Robin Paine has resigned as chief technology officer of the London Stock Exchange.
Jefferies has hired Paul Sandoli as head of the Ratings Advisory Group.
U.S. Trust has appointed Rowland Bankes as its head of trading.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has appointed James Tracy as coo of distribution and development, wealth management in the U.S.
Barclays Capital has hired two new economists to be based in the U.S. and London.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed David Blass as its associate general counsel for legal policy in the Office of the General Counsel.
Alpari has appointed Jermaine Harmon as its head of institutional sales in North America. Previously, Harmon was v.p. of sales at State Street. Harmon is expected to focus on establishing and managing the U.S. team
JPMorgan Securities has hired a team of Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown brokers.
Knight Capital Group has appointed Richard Herr as its new managing director of business development.
Macquarie Securities Group, the institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group, hired six senior equities sales traders on its New York, San Francisco and London desk.
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced last week that two high-level staffers vacated their positions this week, one a long-time staffer and the other a more recent appointee.
Société Générale Securities Services has appointed Olivier Renault as the country manager for SGSS in Luxembourg.
The Taiwan Futures Exchange has appointed Tony Fan as its new chairman.
Aite Group has added Sophie Schmitt as a senior analyst for its expanding Wealth Management team.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has tapped David Oman as chief risk officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Chapdelaine Credit Partners, a division of Chapdelaine & Co., has hired Elie Radinsky as the head of high-yield and distressed debt analyst team.
John Giesea, president and ceo of the Security Traders Association, has announced his plans to retire from the organization, ending a decade-long run that began in late 2001.
Houlihan Lokey, an independent investment bank, hired Eileen Kamerick as its new cfo.
Jefferies is expanding its investment banking group presence in Latin America with the addition of Rodolfo Molina.
Penson Financial Services Canada, the Canadian securities clearing unit of Penson Worldwide, has named Charles Piroli v.p. and associate general counsel.
The Aite Group has hired research veteran Christine Pratt to head the firm's research on lending and credit risk.
Citigroup has appointed Gregg Sisco as the network management head for the Americas and global market information head for the Securities and Fund Services (SFS) business within Global Transaction Services. Sisco, who most recently was performing a similar role at Morgan Stanley, will oversee the Americas network team and manage the Market Guide platform, Citi's securities market information channel. Sisco will report to Ranjit Chatterji, head of Citi's SFS Global Network Management.
Credit Suisse Group's U.S. private bank has hired George Barclay Perry from UBS as a relationship manager.
Electra Information Systems has appointed Robert Cohen, formerly a v.p. at Evare, to the newly created role of director for relationship management and strategic alliances. Cohen will manage global client relationships and those with alliance partners and resellers.
Jefferies has hired Steve Abbott as managing director and co-head of Semiconductor Investment Banking.
Rosemary Berkery, vice chairman of UBS Wealth Management and chairman of UBS Bank, has been elected to Fluor Corporation's Board of Directors.
Braver Stern Securities, an independent broker-dealer, has hired investment strategist Scott Buchta as a managing director and head of investment strategy.
Chi-X Europe and the London Stock Exchange Group are leading the pack this month by the number of trades executed in electronic order book equities.
Jefferies has hired Michael Anderson as a managing director to cover financial institutions for the Global Equity Capital Markets Group.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired seven brokers in the past week.
Wells Fargo has hired adviser teams from RBC and JPMorgan. Raymond Hayes has joined Wells Fargo's New York office on 49 St.
Bank of America’s U.S. Trust unit has recently hired senior wealth managers from Citigroup and Wells Fargo.
Getco, a high-frequency trading firm and market maker, has hired Elizabeth King, former associate director who was in charge of options market reform at the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Jefferies has hired Sandy Oh and Eng Keong Ong to focus on sales and trading of emerging markets debt throughout Asia.
JonesTrading Institutional Services has brought on Andrew Tuthill as its managing director and head of its capital markets group, as well as a member of its executive committee.
Morgan Joseph has hired two senior bankers for its healthcare investment banking group.
Morgan Stanley hired Adam Parker from Sanford C. Bernstein as a U.S. equity strategist.
Nomura Securities North America has hired Mark Epley as co-global head of sponsors together with Saba Nazar.
NYSE Euronext has hired Luis Laginha de Sousa as chairman and ceo of NYSE Euronext Lisbon, effective July 1.
Crédit Agricole has appointed Young Whan-Koh as head of fixed income markets for Korea.
Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, the private client business of Deutsche Bank, has hired John McCauley as regional executive and a managing director for the Houston office.
DST Systems has appointed Vercie Lark as its chief information officer to be responsible for its enterprise information technology.
Wells Fargo Advisors has hired a new broker team from UBS.
Woodbine Associates, an independent research firm, has brought on Ryan Surprenant as director of sales.
Citigroup has hired Simon Yates as the new head of equity derivative sales and trading for the Americas. Yates was previously co-head of European equities for Credit Suisse.
HedgeMark International, a hedge fund managed accounts and risk management systems provider, has hired Thomas Colucci as managing director and global head of business development and client solutions.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has hired a team of advisors from Barclays to focus on ultra high-net-worth clients in Venezuela and Colombia.
Netik, a vendor of financial data management and reporting capabilities, has expanded its sales department with two appointments.
R.J. O'Brien & Associates (RJO), the largest independent futures brokerage firm in the U.S., is growing its institutional presence in Chicago with a new trading floor.