Career moves

WASHINGTON — With lawmakers intent on sending a final regulatory reform bill to President Obama by July 4, much of the legwork is already happening behind the scenes on how to tackle a host of unresolved issues, including a proposed swaps ban, a stringent capital requirement, interchange fee regulation and a consumer protection agency.

Guy Carpenter & Co. named Bill Kennedy as global CEO of analytics, capital markets, specialty practices and advisory effective July 1.

Standard & Poor’s appointed Howard Esaki as managing director and head of the rating agency's new global structured finance research department.

CIT Group has hired a new credit chief along with a new head of administrative affairs, the New York-based middle-market lender announced Tuesday.

Allonhill hired Fidelity Southern Corp. executive Kathy Ireland as director of securitizations.

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) named Bill Killmer as senior vice president of legislative and political affairs effective July 5.

US-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (SNR) and U.K.-based Denton Wilde Sapte have agreed to combine forces, subject to a partnership vote on June 9.

Fred Terrell has rejoined Credit Suisse as vice chairman of investment banking, effective next week. Terrell will report to Jim Amine , managing director and co-head of the global investment banking department.

The Senate appointed conferees on Tuesday to negotiate differences with the House on regulatory reform legislation and craft a final bill.

Bessemer Trust appointed David Rossmiller as head of fixed income, reporting to Marc D. Stern, chief investment officer.

Sidley Austin has added three partners to its executive committee, the committee that exercises general authority over the affairs of the firm.

Amherst Securities Group hired Dan Hoffman as head of sales. In this position, Hoffman will be responsible for managing Amherst's fixed-income sales group.

Former head of U.S. asset securitization at Barclays Capital Michael Wade will join Credit Suisse this summer as a managing director and co-head of asset finance in the global markets solutions group, according to an internal memo.

Dan Castro has joined institutional broker dealer BTIG. Further boosting the company’s fixed-income competencies, Castro will be creating a structured finance analytics and strategy group at the firm.

Independent third-party review firm Allonhill hired Ross Gammill as director of the firm’s new commercial due diligence offering.