UPDATE 2-MOVES-Cowen, Sagent, Blackstone, Moelis

Δημοσιεύθηκε: 27 Απριλίου 2009 - 18:41

April 27 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, e-mail [email protected].

COWEN GROUP INC

The investment bank announced a series of quantitative trading hires from Fidelity Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley . It hired Rafael Paredes and Andrew Chao, both formerly at Fidelity Capital Markets where they worked as vice president and head of portfolio trading and vice president of portfolio trading, respectively. It also hired Kahina Madoun, Roman Kumits and Ihab Massry as vice presidents, reporting to Stuart Gould, head of portfolio trading. Madoun and Kumits were both previously at Morgan Stanley, while Cowen was at Fidelity Capital Markets.

SAGENT ADVISORS

The independent M&A advisory firm has hired David Bain and Michael Wilkins, both formerly at Wachovia Securities, as managing directors, further expanding its technology, media and telecommunications advisory business. Bain, 42, and Wilkins, 35, will open Sagent's new office in San Francisco.

BLACKSTONE GROUP

The private equity firm has hired Tom Kelly, previously a managing director at KEMA Partners, as a managing director in its corporate advisory group. Kelly, to be based in its Menlo Park, California, office, will head a new initiative to provide private capital fundraising to businesses.

MOELIS & CO

The boutique investment bank has hired Jared Dermont, most recently a managing director at Rothschild, as a managing director in its recapitalization and restructuring group.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP

The bank named Julian Poodhun, Huw Rees and Kelly Wilson to its alternative investment and broker dealer global client management division.

UBS

Switzerland's largest bank by assets named Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, a veteran UBS banker to replace the head of its troubled investment banking unit, Jerker Johansson.

HELVETICA WEALTH MANAGEMENT PARTNERS AG

The provider of international asset management services named Roy Tashi as executive chairman.

MATRIX GROUP

The privately owned financial services group named John Owen as chief operating officer and finance director. Owen joins from ING where he was chief operating officer of the wholesale banking division.

PIPER JAFFRAY LTD

The investment bank named Alastair Bishop as Principal, Senior Research Analyst with immediate effect.

NOBLE

The independent investment bank named Peter Tracey and John Millar as co-heads of Corporate Broking and Equity Capital Markets. Both Tracey and Millar join from Merrill Lynch . Noble also named James Staveley as Associate Director. Staveley joins from Citigroup.

In addition, the following personnel moves were reported by Thomson Financial's Money Manager Monitor for the week ended April 24:

RICHARD BARRERA, formerly a partner and portfolio manager at Glenview Capital Management LLC left the firm on April 8.

ANDREY A. BELOV, formerly a senior research analyst at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, joined Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC in March as a research analyst.

STEVEN DEMAS, joined Archer Investment Corporation as a portfolio manager in April)

SACHIN G. DIVECHA, formerly a research analyst at Highbridge Capital Management LLC, left the firm in April.

ADAM DUART, joined Omega Advisors, Inc. in February as a security analyst.

ERIC FARLS, formerly a security analyst at PNC Capital Advisors, Inc left the firm in March.

EMILY S. FOOTE, formerly a research analyst at Lee Munder Investments Ltd, left the firm in February.

THOMAS HACKETT, formerly a senior vice president and portfolio manager at Capital Investment Counsel Inc (Denver), left the firm in April.

BEVERLY LAMBE, formerly a security analyst at PNC Capital Advisors Inc, left the firm in March.

MASSIMO MAROLO, formerly a research analyst at Highbridge Capital Management LLC, left the firm in April.

HUMBERTO MEDINA, formerly an investment analyst and security analyst at GLG Partners LP, joined Macquarie Capital Investment Management LLC, on March 31 as a senior investment analyst.

NEIL MEYER, formerly a senior analyst at Bull Path Capital Management LLC, joined Plural Investments LLC, in April as a portfolio manager and security analyst.

DAVID PICKERING, formerly a portfolio manager at Noonday Asset Management LP left the firm in March.

GENE PISASALE, formerly a security analyst at PNC Capital Advisors Inc, left the firm in March.

PATRICK W. SMITH, formerly an equity trader at Lee Munder Investments Ltd, left the firm in March.

SOO CHUEN TAN, formerly a security analyst at Deccan Value Advisors LP, left the firm in February.

MOSES TAYLOR, formerly a principal, portfolio manager and security analyst at Northstar Investment Advisors LLC retired in April.

RICHARD D. WANG, formerly a portfolio manager and security analyst at Och-Ziff Captial Management LP left the firm in March.

EMMANUEL ZAREH, formerly a security analyst at Andor Capital Management LLC, joined GCore Capital Management, LP on April 20 as a research analyst.

SELL-SIDE:

ERIC GRANT BILENKO, formerly a director in the mergers and acquisitions group at BMO Capital Markets (US), left the firm in February.

JAIRO CHUNG, formerly a security analyst at Banc of America Securities Merrill Lynch, joined Oppenheimer & Co Inc on April 20, as a security analyst.

CLYDE ALVIN DILLON III, formerly a managing director and security analyst at Citi Investment Research (US), formerly Smith Barney Citigroup, joined Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in March, as a managing director and security analyst.

MICHAEL GEORGE KING JR, formerly the head of healthcare in the investment banking division at Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, left the firm on April 3.

SVETLANA KOVALSKAYA, formerly a junior analyst at Renaissance Capital Ltd, joined Aton Capital on April 1 as a security analyst.

JONATHAN LICHTER, formerly a security analyst at Sidoti & Company, LLC, left the firm on Feb. 27.

CLAYTON FREDERICK MORAN, formerly a Senior Vice President and security analyst at Stanford Group Company, joined The Benchmark Company LLC on April 1 as a Senior Vice President and security analyst.

HUNTER HILL MURCHISON, formerly an associate analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc, joined Calyon Securities (USA) Inc on March 30 as an associate analyst.

ROBERT FRANCIS PLACET, formerly an associate analyst at UBS Securities LLC, joined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc, in April as an associate analyst.

DAVID CYRUS SILVER, formerly a vice president and security analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc joined UBS Securities LLC in February, as a security analyst.

WILLIAM J. TANNER, formerly a managing director and the head of biotechnology equity research at Leerink Swann & Company, left the firm on April 15.

RYAN TOCHIHARA, formerly a security analyst at J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., joined Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. in February as an associate analyst.

CANADA:

MICHAEL G. FOWLER, formerly the president of structured products and a portfolio manager at Augen Capital Corp, joined Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon Limited in March as the head of equity mining research and a senior analyst.

RACHEL H. VOLYNSKY, formerly a vice president and portfolio manager at TD Asset Management Inc, left the firm on April 13.

INTERNATIONAL:

JOHN SNOWDEN, formerly the head of property securities at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (Core), left the firm in April.

NEWS

MICHAEL J. BEEBE, formerly a security analyst at Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies opened a new hedge fund firm called Mojave Fund LP in February.

(Compiled by Isheeta Sanghi in Bangalore and Christian Plumb in New York)

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