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July 30 (Reuters) - The following financial servicesindustry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us ofother job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
MORGAN STANLEY
The company has appointed Qatari national Abdulla al-Ansarias its new head in the country, according to an internal memoseen by Reuters, a sign the U.S. bank is positioning itself fora share of rising deal activity from the gas-rich Gulf state.
Al-Ansari previously worked at Qatar National Bank's brokerage division.
CBRE GROUP INC
The real estate services and investment firm said it hasstrengthened its residential agency team with the appointment ofJulien Mills and Luke Mills as executive directors. The twopreviously worked at Savills PLC.
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
Nomura's co-head of financial sponsors, Saba Nazar, ismoving to the investment banking division of Bank of AmericaCorp to take up a similar role, according to an internalBAML memo.
WASHINGTON WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC
The independent advisory firm said it has added a veteranadviser team from Wells Fargo & Co Advisors.
Dean Bennion and Mike Vincent, who had worked at Wells FargoAdvisors and its predecessor firm for over a decade, have formedtheir own independent financial advisory business, Kimball CreekPartners, based in Bellevue, Washington.
Last week, they joined their firm with San Diego-basedWashington Wealth Management.
BLUEOCEAN MARKET INTELLIGENCE
The research and analytics firm appointed Anees Merchant assenior vice-president of digital analytics. Merchant will leadthe social intelligence, digital analytics and campaignmeasurement practices.
AVIVA INVESTORS
The global asset management business of Aviva Plc,appointed Abigail Herron as head of engagement in the globalresponsible investment team. She reports to Chief ResponsibleInvestment Officer Steve Waygood. Abigail joins Aviva Investorsfrom Co-operative Asset Management, where she headed thecorporate governance function.
GAZPROMBANK OAO
The Russian bank appointed Rustam Mursalimov as an equityportfolio manager at Gazprombank Asset Management. He holds theposition of director and started on July 19th. Before joiningGazprombank, Mursalimov was an equity portfolio manager at DEKAAsset Management in Germany and responsible for the firm'sinvestments in Russia, Turkey, and Eastern Europe as part ofDEKA's Emerging Europe team.
NIKKO ASSET MANAGEMENT CO LTD
The asset manager appointed several strategic hires acrossthe group as part of its ongoing Asian growth strategy. InAustralia, James Alexander joins Tyndall AM as deputy head offixed income, while at Nikko AM Asia in Singapore, Winson Fongjoins as head of china strategies, Shivaz Rai joins asinvestment director for Asian Fixed Income and Tian Sing Weejoins as risk manager.
MAREX SPECTRON
The commodities and financial markets broker has hired a newteam to drive its agency FX broking business. Peter Snasdelljoins from CIBC where he was executive director withresponsibility for FX, FX options and precious metals. He hasalso worked at Newedge, RBC and BNP Paribas.
Meanwhile, Keith Mash and Paul Spillman join from Newedge.Both have been with Newedge since its formation. Keith was atCalyon and Paul at Fimat prior to the merger that created thefirm. All three join as senior vice-presidents, FX sales andwill be based in Marex Spectron's headquarters in London.
PSIGMA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
The investment manager appointed Stewart Howard and ChrissieBetts to its business development team, as part of the firm'sstrategic growth initiative. Stewart has worked in financialservices since 2006 and joins from Skandia, where he wasresponsible for protection marketing. Chrissie joins Psigmatransferring from Punter Southall Financial Management. Stewartand Chrissie join Psigma as business development managers andwill report to Frank McGarry, who joined Psigma earlier thisyear as director of business development and marketing.
