Career moves

Countrywide Financial Corp. founder and former chief executive Angelo Mozilo must face trial on regulators' claims he misled investors about risks tied to subprime lending, a judge ruled.

Specialty finance firm Woodbridge Structured Funding appointed of Jim Klohn as corporate general counsel.

Poinsett Capital Advisors appointed Andrew Reiken as chief investment officer.

After months of speculation and more than a week of fevered media coverage on the topic, President Obama formally picked Elizabeth Warren on Friday as assistant to the president and special advisor to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in charge of creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Six months into his tenure as MF Global's chief executive, Jon Corzine wants the futures broker to expand geographically, and he wants it to build a beachhead in investment banking.

Sidley Austin hired Stephen Roith as a partner in the firm’s securities practice and as co-head of the firm’s London capital markets group. Roith will focus his practice on capital markets and structured finance transactions.

Broker-dealer in cash and derivatives MF Global Holdings has hired Gregg Schonhorn for its fixed- income group in New York effective Sept. 7.

Macquarie Group said it acquired 100% of the membership interests in Presidio Partners, a real estate private capital raising and advisory company based in the U.S.

Alvarez & Marsal hired Michael Zanolli as a managing director in New York and Philadelphia.

JPMorgan Asset Management has appointed Nick Keem to its U.K. sales team.

Guy Carpenter has appointed Franck Pinette as chief executive officer of the firm’s European Life Reinsurance operations.

FNC Inc. hired Steve Grundleger as executive vice president.

AXA Investment Managers (IM) has appointed Laurent Gueunier as head of AXA Structured Finance after eight years of his leading the corporate credit team, the company said Monday.

Elana Hahn has joined Morrison & Foerster LLP capital markets group as a partner in its London office.

David Frase, executive vice president in charge of warehouse lending at Southwest Securities FSB, Dallas, has left the company, industry officials confirmed to ASR's sister publication National Mortgage News.

Chris Gootkind is the latest addition at Loomis, Sayles & Co., where he has joined the firm’s fixed-income group as the director of credit research and a credit strategist.

MetLife Bank plans to officially launch its new warehouse lending division in the fourth quarter and is in the process of hiring between four and six additional staffers for the business.

Cole Real Estate Investments hired William Broms as director of acquisitions. The move was announced by Marc Nemer, president of the firm.

Dennis Cariello has joined DLA Piper's New York office. In his new position, Cariello will continue to focus on higher education issues. He will also be serving as a co-chair of the new education and education services group.

Rabobank hired Tony Muoser as a managing director for its renewable energy and infrastructure finance (REIF) Americas group. He will be based in New York.