Wells Fargo hires three. Michael Schumacher has joined Wells Fargo Securities in the newly created role of head of rates strategies, beginning in September. Jim Birchenough is joining the firm as senior biotechnology analyst beginning in Novermber. And Ike Bouchow is joining Wells Fargo as a senior specialty retail analyst next month. Schumacher comes to the firm from UBS Securities where he worked as global head of rates and credit strategy. Birchenough previously worked at BMO Capital Markets with biotechnology equity research. Boruchow joins from Sterne Agee, where we covered the specialty retail sector.
BNY Mellon exec heads to Regions Financial. Julz Burgess will succeed the recently retired Kevin Kirby as head of the corporate trust group at Regions Financial in Alabama. The corporate trust group is under the institutional services division of the bank. Burgess most recently worked as managing director of the U.S. corporate finance client service management team at BNY Mellon. American Banker
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