May 9 (Reuters) – The following financial services industry
appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other
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BLACKSTONE GROUP LP
The world’s largest alternative asset manager hired former
senior Boeing Co executive Jim Albaugh to boost the
firm’s private equity activities in the aerospace and defense
sector.
The hiring of Albaugh, who most recently served as chief
executive and president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, could
help put Blackstone on the map as a major investor in the
sector.
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
The investment bank hired Deutsche Bank senior
equity analyst Tom Ernst as a managing director to co-head its
software banking team, a company spokesman said late on
Wednesday.
GUGGENHEIM PARTNERS
The $180 billion asset manager has poached senior bankers
from Barclays Plc’s retail team as it looks to bolster
its investment banking business.
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES SERVICES
The global custodian named Lance Wargo as head of securities
lending in North America. Wargo joins the bank from Wells Fargo
& Co where he spent 13 years, most recently as head of trading
and investments for securities lending.
ROTHSCHILD’S WEALTH MANAGEMENT & TRUST
The financial services company appointed Tracy Collins to
its wealth management business as a director in the Charities
team. Tracy will join Rothschild in July 2013 and will be based
in London.
TIAA-CREF ASSET MANAGEMENT
TIAA-CREF on Thursday named Robert Leary head of asset
management, replacing Scott Evans, who stepped down more than
year ago.
