Career moves

U.K.-based Future Capital Partners (FCP) appointed three senior investment professionals to its growing real estate team.

Concept Capital hired Patrick Gallagher as managing director and head of institutional sales in its capital markets division.

Landon Parsons joined Moelis & Co. as senior advisor in the firm’s risk advisory group.

With the rising foreclosure numbers being a major issue in the market right now, Paladin Strategic Partners is responding to the problem by providing socially responsible solutions.

Amherst Holdings is planning a new distressed mortgage asset management group, according to a Reuters report.

Cole Real Estate Investments hired David Collins as vice president in the asset management group. Marc Nemer, Cole president. announced the hiring.

The investor clearinghouse that Talcott Franklin, a firm that specializes in securitization remediation, is advising has gained momentum, said litigator Talcott Franklin. In several cases, deals have garnered up to 50% of investor voting rights,

Independent broker-dealer Braver Stern Securities opened two new fixed-income institutional sales offices in Boston, MA and Richmond, VA.

The head of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) delivered a strong defense of the industry Monday, saying the number of loans called into question by the recent foreclosure documentation scandal is "a very small minority" of the 2.3 million mortgages currently in foreclosure.

Nixon Peabody expanded its mortgage finance and foreclosure team. The law firm's aim is to offer added resources to address clients’ increasing needs due to mortgage foreclosure crisis.

RoundPoint Financial Group hired Steve Bashmakov as its new chief financial officer. Bashmakov will report directly to RoundPoint CEO Kevin Brungardt.

SNR Denton has hired Ricardo Martinez as a partner in its capital markets group. Martinez, who joins SNR Denton from Allen & Overy, will reside in the New York office.

Industry veteran Tom Wind, who has headed such mortgage powerhouses as Chase Home Finance and Aurora Loan Services (ALS), has been named managing director of J.I. Kislak Mortgage, Miami Lakes, Fla.

Fitch Ratings announced that Marjan van der Weijden will lead the agency's EMEA structured finance group. She will report to Ian Linnell, global head of structured finance for Fitch.

Fitch Solutions, a division of the Fitch Group, appointed Joao Garcia as the managing director for its quantitative analytics group.

If Rep. Scott Garrett has his way next year, covered bonds will become a viable way to provide an array of credit, the conservatorship of the GSEs will be unraveled and the new consumer protection bureau will be repealed.

RBS Securities has hired Simon Walker to cohead its loan syndicate within its global banking and markets division.

CRE Finance Council's Chief Executive Officer Dottie Cunningham has resigned from her position.

Numerix hired John Peck as head of sales for the EMEA region. Peck, who will be based in Numerix’s London office, was previously at Quantifi where he was responsible for establishing and running its EMEA operations.

Bingham expanded its Hong Kong office by adding three partners namely, Laurence Isaacson, Vincent Sum and Mark Fucci.