Managers of Wealth Americas

BlackRock Hires White House Adviser as Managing Director

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, hired White House economic adviser Sarah Bianchi for a unit that helps governments value assets and banks comply with new regulations.

Aberdeen's head of the Americas resigns

He will “continue to advise Aberdeen on its U.S. strategy, but will remain based in the U.K.

J.P. Morgan names 2 co-heads for commodities unit

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. named two executives as co-heads of its commodities business to replace outgoing unit chief Blythe Masters.

Hou joins HSBC's commercial bank

Hou and Smith report to Martin Brown, executive vice president and head of large corporate banking

UBS’s Wealth Management Americas Unit Hires New General Counsel

Mr. Crowl, who starts at UBS in July, replaces Jonathan Eisenberg

Troy L. Kilpatrick Named Head of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services

Wells Fargo & Company today announced that Troy Kilpatrick has been appointed head of Wells Fargo Corporate Trust Services , effective May 19th, 2014.

Washington Wealth Management Boost West Coast team

Third Significant Recruiting Win in Past 60 Days Brings Approximately $75 Million in Client Assets to Platform

Barclays Tech Banking Chairman Francis to Join Evercore

Chairman of technology banking is leaving to join Evercore Partners Inc. as a senior managing director, joining a line of bankers exiting the British firm.

Deutsche Bank Strengthens Consumer and Retail Merger & Acquisitions and Investment Banking Coverage

Based in New York, he will report to Keith Wargo and Scott Bell, co-Global Heads of Consumer and Retail IBC and James Ratigan and Anthony Whittemore, co-Heads of M&A Americas.

JPMorgan Names Head of North America Equity Research

The moves come as part of a broader shift in the bank's research and banking leadership

Former Bank of America consumer banker joins Moelis

Mr. Callaci joins from Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Deutsche Bank Poaches BofA Consumer Banker

He will report to co-global heads of consumer and retail investment banking coverage Keith Wargo and Scott Bell and the bank’s co-heads of M&A in the Americas, James Ratigan and Anthony Whittemore. Mr. Rose’s two roles are newly-created.

Industry veteran joins Aquiline Capital Partners

Aquiline is a private equity firm based in New York investing globally in financial services enterprises

Deutsche Bank poaches Goldman Sachs veteran as corporate banking CIO

Michael Grimaldi will report to global CIO Kim Hammonds

RBC Wealth Management Hires Advisors from Wells Fargo

The advisors managed about $350 million in client assets at Wells Fargo and had fees and commissions of about $1.8 million

UBS Poaches Barclays' Global Banking Chairman

We have seen Barclays lose a number of senior and high-profile professionals this week

Poker-Playing JPMorgan VIX Trader Wien Joining Och-Ziff

He joined JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank, in 2012 to trade options and futures on the VIX, as the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index is known. In his e-mail, Wien thanked JPMorgan colleagues for the two-year experience.

The Alberleen Group Adds Graham Conran and Jay Linde of TAG Asia Partners, LLC

At the time, only one other China IPO had successfully launched in the US and China Commercial Credit

HighTower Attracts $600M Team From Morgan Stanley

HighTower snagged its biggest wirehouse team yet on Monday.

Merrill Lynch Snags $3 Billion Team

Merrill Lynch has scooped up two advisors with $3 billion in assets under management from rival wirehouse giants UBS and Deutsche Bank.

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