Career moves

FTN Financial announced that Sylvia Holt Williams and Grady Mosay joined the bank’s capital markets sales team.

American Realty Capital announced the senior management hires of Donald MacKinnon and Nicholas Radesca joined its debt capital markets and corporate finance team.

StormHarbour Securities LP announced that it hired Juan Del Rivero as senior advisor in the firm’s new Madrid, Spain office.

Timothy Ryan is stepping down as president and chief executive of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association next month, the trade association said Tuesday.

Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC, the global risk and reinsurance specialist, announced today that Andrew Beecroft and Paul Rayner have been appointed as managing directors of GC Securities.

Rose Zhu has joined Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP’s Beijing corporate group as a partner, the law firm announced today. She is the fourth partner to join the firm's Asia practice since 2012.

CIFC Corp. announced on Thursday that John Wu, former head of CLO structuring at UBS, joined the firm as managing director and portfolio manager focusing on structured investments.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP announced today that Cheryl Barnes, David Burkholder and Holly Chamberlain have been named partners.

Bob Ryan, a senior HUD official who launched FHA’s foray into risk management as it pertains to lenders, has accepted a position within the capital markets group at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, according to two Washington sources who have been briefed on the matter.

Evan Malik has joined BNP Paribas’ securitization group, a spokeswoman at the bank confirmed today.

David Kucera has retired as head of the securitization business at BMO Capital, he confirmed today.

The White House has put together a long list of candidates who might eventually replace Edward DeMarco as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, according to officials who have been briefed on the matter.

Greg Reiter has joined Wells Fargo Securities as managing director and head of Residential Mortgage Research, the bank announced today.

Due diligence provider Allonhill LLC, Denver, Thursday afternoon laid off 140 staff workers and contractors as part of a company-wide restructuring.

Societe Generale said it hired Warren Geiger as a managing director and senior CMBS trader in New York.

RBC Capital Markets hired Ming Tang to its new collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) trading team, a spokesperson with the bank confirmed this week.