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MOVES- HSBC, UBS, Daiwa Capital, Baird, Pioneer Investments
Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com.
HSBC HOLDINGS (HKSE: 0005.HK - news)
Europe's biggest bank has appointed Efe Kapanci head of mergers and acquisitions in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a company memo seen by Reuters.
DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS
The investment banking unit of Japanese bank Daiwa has hired Gary Hibbard as an executive director in its fixed income trading division.
Gaetano Bassolino, the head of FIG and emerging markets client solutions for the EMEA region at UBS, is to move to Asia to take on the role of head of debt capital markets clients solutions for the region, according to an internal memo seen by IFR.
STANDARD LIFE INVESTMENTS
The investment company named David Silk as director of U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . business development at its North American headquarters in Boston.
ASHBURTON INVESTMENTS
The Africa-based investment manager appointed Tim Townsend intermediary distribution executive to bolster its distribution team in the Channel Islands.
PIONEER INVESTMENTS
The investment firm appointed John Black institutional business development officer and senior vice president in the United States.
BAIRD
The company appointed Thomas Fetzer as managing director and head of DACH Investment Banking in Frankfurt.
VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS
Chief Financial Officer Barrett Brown is leaving the hedge fund management company to spend more time with his family, a person briefed on the situation said. (Compiled by Manish Parashar and Yashaswini Swamynathan in Bengaluru)
