April 30 (Reuters) - The following financial servicesindustry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us ofother job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
RBC Wealth Management, a division of Royal Bank of Canada,has hired a veteran branch manager from Morgan Stanley WealthManagement in Texas as the firm looks to expand in the region.
Glen Hatch joined RBC's Austin office as a branch directorfrom Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, where he had been formore than a decade, first with Citigroup's Smith Barney.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, the largest U.S.brokerage, was formed out of the merger of Morgan Stanley's wealth unit and Citi's Smith Barney in 2009.
U.S. BANCORP
The fifth-largest U.S. commercial bank by assets said itappointed Gerald Rixie as wealth management consultant inChicago at its Private Client Reserve division. Rixie previously served as chief financial officer of Calamos Family Partners inNaperville, Illinois.
SBERBANK CIB
The investment banking arm of Russia's top lender Sberbank appointed Igor Ukrasin as co-head of sector investmentbanking and head of energy, managing director.
Ukrasin will join on May 14. He was previously managingdirector, investment banking division, European energy group atCredit Suisse.
LLOYDS BANKING GROUP
Lloyds Banking said Ireland's financial regulator MatthewElderfield would join the bank in October with responsibilityfor overseeing all compliance and conduct risk activities.
Lloyds said Elderfield, currently deputy governor of theCentral Bank of Ireland, would become director of conduct andcompliance at the part-nationalised Britishlender.
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
The asset management company appointed Garry Murdoch asglobal head of compliance. Murdoch previously worked as atechnical specialist in the asset management department of theFinancial Services Authority.
AON HEWITT
The talent, retirement and health solutions business ofinsurance broker Aon Plc said Nick Collyer joined itsflexible benefits team as a client relationship manager. Collyerpreviously worked at Towers Watson as a senior client manager.
ONEMARKETDATA LLC
The market data management and analytical solutions companyappointed Jeffrey Banker as senior vice president, marketdevelopment.
THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY REGULATORY AUTHORITY (FINRA)
FINRA has hired a high-ranking U.S. Treasury Departmentofficial to become its first chief economist, the Wall Streetindustry-funded watchdog announced.
Jonathan Sokobin, currently acting deputy director ofresearch and analysis in the Treasury Department's office offinancial research, will join FINRA on May 20. He will reportdirectly to Richard Ketchum, FINRA's chairman and chiefexecutive.
MACKENZIE PARTNERS INC
The consulting firm specializing in mergers and acquisitionsand proxy contest-related transactions said it would open a newoffice in Washington D.C. The office will be led by ExecutiveVice President Laurie Connell, who has served as a key member ofMacKenzie's mergers and acquisitions and proxy contest team.
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