MOVES-Bank of America, Barclays, RBC Capital

(Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.
BANK OF AMERICA CORP
The largest U.S. lender by assets on Monday said it named Stuart Hendel, the global head of the prime brokerage business at rival Swiss bank UBS AG , as head of its own global prime brokerage division.
NOMURA
The Japanese brokerage named Junko Nakagawa as its first female chief financial officer as it reshuffles its management to better compete globally.

GULF FINANCE HOUSE
The Bahrain-based company's Chief Executive Ted Pretty, who cut costs and rolled over debt but failed to kick start revenues, has left the cash-strapped firm, sources familiar with the matter said.

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
The investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Canada named Christophe Duval-Kieffer as a managing director and global inflation-linked strategist. He joins from Standard Chartered Bank where he was head of quantitative strategies and developed markets' rates research.

MERRILL LYNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT
The wealth management division of Bank of America Corp appointed John Flavin and Keith Ryan as financial advisors based in Dublin. Flavin joins from Bank of Ireland Private Banking where he was a senior manager advising Irish private clients. Before joining Merrill Lynch Wealth Management, Ryan worked at Covestone Asset Management as a director.
BARCLAYS CORPORATE
The corporate banking arm of Barclays Bank appointed Graham Buckland as head of London industry teams. He is moving from Barclays Capital, where he was most recently managing director, and deputy head of UK corporate finance.

AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
The asset management division of AXA Group appointed Matt Christensen as head of responsible investment, effective May 2. Prior to joining AXA IM, Christensen has acted as executive director of Eurosif, the leading European responsible investment think tank.

AVIVA INVESTORS
The asset management arm of Aviva Plc appointed Trevor Green to its UK equities desk. Green joins from Henderson Global Investors, where he was most recently co-manager of the Henderson Managed Distribution Fund.

BTIG
The financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services said it appointed Joseph Curro and Robert Hymans as global co-heads of event driven strategies.

MF GLOBAL HOLDINGS
The brokerage appointed Henri Steenkamp to the post of chief financial officer. It said Bradley Abelow, the firm's current global chief operating officer will assume the additional role of president.

MESIROW FINANCIAL CONSULTING LLC
The diversified financial services firm said Thomas Borgers has joined the firm as a managing director. (Compiled by Divya Sharma and NR Sethuraman in Bangalore) 

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