People News Archives: July, 2007
Pranay Sammeta is the new Senior Analyst for BBH's (Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.) FCM (Futures Commission Merchant) Banking division and COMSET Plus money fund trading platform. Sammeta was previously with BBH's Investor Services division.
Jared Murphy recently left JPMorgan Asset Management to join Barclays Global Investors as Vice President in the U.S. Financial Institutions Group.
William E. Hoppe Jr. was named Chairman of the ICI Institutional Money Market Funds Committee. Hoppe, AIM Investments Fund Management Company's Senior V.P. and Director of Institutional Marketing, succeeds JPMorgan's Bob Deutsch. The ICI IMMFC was formed to share best practices and to develop a consensus on issues impacting institutional money funds.
American Beacon has hired Mike Purcell as Vice President of Institutional Fixed Income. Purcell was formerly with ABN Amro and will cover the Midwest for American Beacon. He is based out of Chicago.
Roni Pond Consulting With JPMorgan Chase
Roni Pond is a consultant currently completing a sales and marketing project for JPMorgan Chase Liquidity Management. She was formerly with Deutsche Asset Management.
Federated Investors is seeking an East Coast institutional money fund salesperson. E-mail Solon "Bud" Person to apply or for more details. Federated has hired Joe McGinley, based in San Jose, to distribute on the West Coast.
John Carter Leaves Bear Stearns
John Carter has left Bear Stearns. It's believed that he will join an online money fund trading portal shortly, but no confirmation is available at this time.
Jeff Egan Starts at HSBC Investments
Jeff Egan has started at HSBC Investments. Egan previously worked at the Private Bank of the Bank of Montreal and Harris Bank in short-term and liquidity management. He is located in Chicago and will be distributing HSBC's institutional money market funds.
