Career moves

Special servicing firm CWCapital Asset Management (CWCAM) has expanded its integrated real estate services platform with two new hires.

Barclays Capital has made several appointments to its U.S. CMBS team.

The Collingwood Group hired Ray Romano as senior advisor, working with the firm to focus on risk management for consumer and multifamily mortgage products.

Credit Suisse is reportedly eliminating its CMBS loan origination unit, according to several market reports.

The head of restructuring at UBS has left the investment bank and may be joining the Aurora Capital Group, according to reports.

Irvine, Calif-based Carrington Mortgage Services some time this month is expected to issue its first GNMA security, one company official told ASR sister publication National Mortgage News recently. Carrington is a fast growing retail/wholesale lender.

Jones Day hired two lawyers for its banking and finance practice in its New York office.

Structured finance can play a role in freeing the Eurozone from its debt mire, said London-based boutique shop Bishopsfield Capital Partners in a report released today.

Only months after expanding with new hires, BTIG has made large cuts to its high yield sales and trading group.

CastleOak Securities has hired two professionals for its fixed-income sales department, the firm said today.

Radian Group, the nation's third largest mortgage insurer, said in a new regulatory filing Wednesday that it has fired its chief operating officer Robert Griffith and reduced its workforce by 7%.

Nomura Holdings has hired two executives for its leveraged finance group, a source familiar with the situation confirmed. The additions come in the wake of several high profile departures from the Japanese bank.

European structured finance company Bishopsfield Capital Partners has hired Arjan van Bussel as a new partner to boost its advisory, real estate and structured finance businesses.

DBRS hired Chris D'Onofrio for its structured finance group as a senior vice president. D'Onofrio will focus his efforts in the firm's ABS group as a lead analyst.

Marathon Asset Management hired three new partners for its structured and corporate credit businesses.

RBS Securities (RBS) hired Tom Majewski to join RBS's global banking and markets division in the Americas as a managing director in its ABS finance coverage and advisory team.

ASR just launched a weekly video news update to give our readers a quick rundown of breaking news throughout the week.

Now that Walter Investment Corp. has officially purchased subservicer Green Tree Servicing, St. Paul, Minn., and its parent company, GTCH Holdings, it has changed certain job duties of executives that joined the firm.