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Charles Boucher is leaving his post as chief information officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission, after 19 months.

Fiduciary Trust Co. International continued its aggressive hiring spree, adding Mary Davey and Lisa Marcus as senior relationship manager and business development officer, respectively.

Financial services companies have added some 2,000 jobs since layoffs peaked in February of this year, The New York Times reports. And while it may seem as if Wall Street jobs took the biggest hit in the recession, the industry has actually been pretty resilient. Since June 2008, jobs in financial services have dropped by 8.5%. By comparison, construction jobs decreased by 22%, and manufacturing employment fell 14%.

Griffith and Grubb “upgrade” sales management in Fifth Third’s Midwest footprint while Woods breaks ground in its southern territory.

Fiduciary Trust hires Mary Davis as senior account manager and Lisa Marcus as business development officer.

Bank of America Corp. hired two veterans from Fidelity Investments to help continue the expansion of its retirement services operation.

A new analyst at Aite, a series of hirings at Wells Fargo Advisors, and more executive changes.

Samoset Capital Group has snagged John Straus, a former UBS executive, to head one of its subsidiaries.

Rich Linton was hired as head of business retirement solutions and Steve Ulian as head of institutional retirement and benefits solutions, the Charlotte, N.C., banking company said in an internal memo Thursday.

Fieldpoint Private Bank and Trust announced Wednesday that it hired Robert S. Matthews as its president and chief executive.

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has recruited David Oman from UBS to serve as chief risk officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa operations.

Robert S. Matthews worked for Smith Barney and Citigroup for the past 25 years in its global private banking, wealth management and family office services units. He replaced Kevin McCabe, who was president and chief executive officer since Fieldpoint was founded in 2008.

Baird Private Equity, the global private equity group of Robert W. Baird & Co. announced the promotion of Michael Liang to partner of Baird Venture Partners, the hiring of Jamie Bellanca as an executive-in-residence with Baird Private Equity and Lily Wang as an associate with Baird Capital Partners Asia.

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After launching an initiative to revamp its wealth management business in April, Hartford Financial Services Group said John C. Walters, current president of wealth management, will leave Hartford at the end of July to "pursue other opportunities."

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A new leader at RiverPark Capital, ramping up at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, and more executive changes for the week.

Jefferies & Co. said on Wednesday it hired Michael Anderson as a managing director in its global equity capital markets group, responsible for coverage of financial institutions.

Jefferies & Co. said on Wednesday it hired Michael Anderson as a managing director in its global equity capital markets group, responsible for coverage of financial institutions.

After launching an initiative to revamp its wealth management business in April, The Hartford Financial Services Group announced Wednesday that John C. Walters, current president of wealth management will leave at the end of July to “pursue other opportunities.”