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American Realty Capital, a full-service real estate advisory firm, has appointed John Grady as chief compliance officer and chief operating officer for the company’s FINRA member broker-dealer subsidiary Realty Capital Securities. He will also serve as CCO for Business Development Corporation of America and its adviser, BDCA Adviser. These appointments will be effective at the […]

TriMas Corporation, a manufacturer of engineered and applied products, has appointed Paul Swart as chief accounting officer and controller. He previously served as vice president and corporate controller at TriMas. In his new role, Swart will be responsible for oversight of the company’s technical accounting and compliance of accounting policies and rules, fulfillment of regulatory […]

Pharmacy company CVS Caremark has appointed Thomas Moriarty as general counsel and executive vice president. Moriarty succeeds Douglas Sgarro, who retired in May after over 14 years with the company. Moriarty will be responsible for CVS’ legal department. He also will be a member of the executive committee. Moriarty most recently served as general counsel […]

Law firm Steptoe & Johnson has appointed Richard Battaglia as a senior counsel in the international regulation and compliance group. He will provide compliance advice and counseling on anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, export controls, and economic sanctions. Battaglia joins Steptoe with over 35 years of experience in regulatory compliance and the petroleum industry. Most recently, he […]

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has appointed three new members to the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). The EITF assists the FASB in improving financial reporting through the timely identification, discussion, and resolution of financial accounting issues. Members of the EITF are chosen from a cross-section of the FASB’s constituents, including public accounting firms, […]

New York-based law firm Pryor Cashman has appointed Ali Panjwani as partner in the corporate and China practice groups. Panjwani joins Pryor Cashman from law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, where he served in the firm’s corporate and securities practice. During his time here, he was involved in advising investment banks, investment funds, publicly-listed issuers […]

Scott Kimpel, former counsel to Commissioner Troy Paredes of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined the law firm Hunton & Williams as partner. In his position at the SEC, Kimpel served as a liaison between Commissioner Paredes and the Commission’s senior staff as well as external constituencies, including issuers and other SEC registrants, investors, […]

Vonage Holdings Corp., a cloud-connected communications services company, has appointed Margaret Smyth to its board of directors. She will also serve on the audit committee. Smyth currently serves as vice president of finance at Con Edison, an electric and gas company. She also serves as director and chair of the finance committee for Martha Stewart […]

Robert Miller, who served a little more than a year as global head of legal for LivingSocial, departed the online deals company in August to assume the role of chief legal officer at U.K. online game developer King.com. The unplanned departure resulted after a headhunter encouraged Miller to speak with King.com about the position, according […]