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Tuesday July 1, 11:19 PM

MOVES-Merk, State Street Global, Alliance

July 1 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of other job changes, please e-mail moves@thomsonreuters.com.

MERK INVESTMENTS LLC - Merk Investments LLC, which manages the Merk Hard Currency Fund, has hired William Poole, a former top U.S. central bank official, as its senior economic adviser. Poole, a former economics professor at Brown University, was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis until March 2008.

PIMCO

The investment management firm announced two new appointments to its European Remarketing team. Gian Luca Giurlani joins PIMCO as Senior Vice President European Institutional Remarketing and Maddalena Nocera as Institutional Remarketing Account Manager. Both will be based in London.

Gian Luca joins PIMCO from Crosby Forsyth where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Sales and Distribution.

Maddalena re-joins PIMCO from BNY Mellon Asset Management in London where she covered the Italian market as an account manager.

SCHRODERS PLC

A global asset management company with $259.6 billion under management announced that Maha Soueissy will join Schroders as Middle East Equity Analyst and will be based in its Dubai office.

Maha Soueissy joins from SHUAA Capital where she was an associate in the Equity Asset Management team and analyst of Middle East equities covering a range of sectors across the MENA region.

TAMWEEL PJSC

The Dubai-based Islamic mortgage financer said it has appointed Abdulla Nasser Abdulla as deputy group chief executive. Abdulla was also recently appointed chief executive of Tamweel Properties & Investments, the company said. [ID:nL01692896]

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD

A Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer announced the appointment of Dean Benner as its chief investment officer. [ID:nWNAS9742]

GRANT THORNTON LLP

The business and financial adviser announced that Paul Beecy was promoted to partner-in-charge of the Boston office Transaction Advisory Services Tax, and new hire, Fred Astrauskas, has joined the Boston team as executive director of Transaction Advisory Services.

BANK SARASIN-RABO (ASIA) LTD

The Singapore-based subsidiary of Bank Sarasin & Co Ltd, has named Reto Marx Head of Southeast Asia, responsible for marketing and business activities. He joins Sarasin from Credit Suisse Singapore, where he was most recently the Market Head responsible for the Asia International Wealth Management Team.

ALLIANCE TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT

The newly formed subsidiary of Alliance Trust, has appointed Benedict Lawson as Director, Business Development. Benedict joins from Seven Investment Management (7IM).

STATE STREET GLOBAL MARKETS

The investment research and trading arm of State Street Corporation , announced the expansion of its research teams in London and Boston with the addition of three senior strategists.

Robert Blake joins as a senior currency strategist based in Boston. He was previously currency and interest rate strategist for Bank of America in New York.

Lee Ferridge has been named senior currency strategist based in London. He previously served as the head of trading desk strategy at Rabobank International.

Christopher Harvey joins as a senior equity strategist. Prior to State Street, Harvey was an equity strategist and partner at Trinium Capital Management in New York.

CANARA BANK

The Indian government has appointed A.C. Mahajan as the chairman and managing director of state-run Canara Bank , the bank said. Mahajan, who was the chairman and managing director of Kolkata-based Allahabad Bank , replaces M.B.N. Rao as the chief of the Bangalore-based Canara Bank.

MILLENNIUM GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LTD

The international alternative investment manager, announced the appointment of Eelco Fiole as group chief financial officer. Before that, Fiole was a senior project leader at a major German consulting firm working on financial management projects in banks with a primary focus on Eastern Europe.

NEWBRIDGE BANCORP

The bank appointed Pressley Ridgill, as chief executive officer following the retirement of Robert Lowe on June. [ID:nWNAS9758]

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE

The insurer named Ted Mathas as its chief executive officer. [ID:nWNAS9659] (Compiled by Kuganandhan Paramanandan in Bangalore and Jessica Hall in Philadelphia)

 


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