Industry

Alexander Rorke has joined Louisville-based Hilliard Lyons as senior vice president and director of public finance.

Symetra Investment Services has hired a new director of business development away from Lincoln Financial Network, the retail sales and financial planning affiliates of Lincoln Financial Group.

Robert W. Baird & Co. has hired Morgan Stanley Smith Barney executive Mark T. Stevanovic to open the firm’s first wealth management office in Maine.

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has hired Stephanie Miller as global head of the alternative investment services business. In this new role, Miller will oversee strategy and direction for the Private Equity & Real Estate Services and Hedge Fund Services at WSS.

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has hired Stephanie Miller as Global Head of the Alternative Investment Services business.

imensional Fund Advisors has appointed Steve Clark, formerly head of portfolio management, as head of the North American Institutional group. He replaces Dave Schneider, who is retiring.

It's official: BlackRock, Inc. today says it has completed its acquisition of the Toronto-based Claymore Investments, Inc.

The new hire, Joseph Zidle, guided investing strategy for almost $2 trillion in individual investor assets in his prior role.

Santa Fe, N.M.-based Thornburg Investment Management has promoted Rob McInerney, formerly a regional consultant, to the role of national sales manager, effective March 1. He will also assume the role of president of Thornburg Securities Corp., succeeding Jack Gardner in both positions.

The Investment Company Institute has promoted Kathleen Joaquin to the position of chief industry operations officer, replacing 25-year veteran Donald Boteler, who retired earlier in the month.