Career moves

Walker & Dunlop has agreed to acquire the other half of a commercial mortgage-backed securities joint venture it has with Fortress Investment Group.

Live Oak Bancshares in Wilmington, N.C., one of the largest 7(a) program lenders in the U.S. last year, has promoted Greg Thompson to chief operating officer.

Global law firm Morgan Lewis has a sixth partner to its London structured transactions team, which was launched just last summer.

Guggenheim Securities, an investment bank that specializes in bonds backed by unusual assets such as franchise fees and tax liens, has its eyes on more traditional kinds of securitization.

Asset management firm Ranieri Strategies has hired Eric Kaplan the former head of MBS Finance at Shellpoint Partners. Both are companies founded by Lewis S. Ranieri.

Amherst Pierpont Securities, an independent fixed-income broker-dealer, announced several senior hires today as it seeks to deepen leadership expertise across the firm.

Joseph Wilson Jr. has joined Golub Capital help expand the credit asset manager’s existing distribution capabilities.

Commercial real estate lender Hunt Mortgage Group has hired Amy Shah to build and launch a collateralized loan obligations platform.

Robert Klein has left his role as lead portfolio manager for Prospect Capital Management’s CLO platform to oversee the structured products portfolios at CIFC Corp.

Christian Aufsatz, Barclays' former head of European commercial mortgage backed securities research, has joined the DBRS London office to head CMBS ratings team.