Career moves

Craig Eastmond has been appointed managing director of capital markets at United Realty Capital, the company announced today.

Former S&P chief credit officer Mark Adelson has joined BondFactor as the firm's chief strategy officer. Today is Adelson's first day.

President Barrack Obama has designated SEC member Elisse Walter as the next SEC chair, the White House announced Monday.

Sallie Mae today announced the retirement of Albert Lord in December 2013 as the firm's vice chairman and CEO.

Allonhill, Denver, recently laid off roughly 10 full-time appraisers because of a cutback by one of its mortgage clients, according to industry officials close to the matter.

Fitch Ratings said today that it consolidated its investor-focused business staff in its FitchRatings unit into a global team that will be led by Debbie Hartley.

Magnetar Capital LLC confirmed today that it has hired Carlos Mendez and Josh Eaton, both previously at Sandler O'Neill & Partners' structured finance group, to its fixed income group.

GuardianInvestment Banking and Real Estate today said that Hernan Magarinos joins the New York office as managing director.

Macquarie Capital named Sandy Edmonstone an executive director and deputy head of global oil and gas.

Guy Carpenter appointed Peter Barr to the position of senior vice president of its regional reinsurance market team.

Investment bank EA Markets is muscling up their structured finance team by bringing on three new hires: Neil Winward, Greg Raykher, and Gerry Kaufman.

NewOak has appointed Donald McGuire as Chief Operating Officer and head of investment banking.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has tapped Charles Taylor from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to chair its standards implementation group.

Brean Capital has continued its expansion into fixed-income products by hiring Scott Buchta as head of fixed-income strategy.

Mike Perry, the chief executive at IndyMac before it was seized by the FDIC in 2008, has agreed to settle the last remaining negligence claim against him by the SEC by paying an $80,000 fine.

David Schneider and Steven Rotella – former Washington Mutual executives who paid fines to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last year for the thrift's "reckless" lending practices – are eyeing a return to mortgage lending.

Suresh Hathiramani has been appointed head of fixed income trading for Natixis' Americas platform.