TD Ameritrade is ramping up its risk-management efforts with a high-profile hire. It recently brought on board David Kimm as chief risk officer to help identify and manage the firm's credit, market and operational risks. He will also oversee regulatory compliance and audit functions.
Kimm was most recently chief risk officer of Wells Fargo Advisors. He is a 30-year industry veteran and has been involved in risk management for 15 of those years. His resume also includes stints as chief financial officer at LPL and Fidelity.
Usually when a merger takes place, dozens of employees can expect to find pink slips in their inbox. But the Wells Fargo-Wachovia takeover is resulting in a far happier outcome for finance job seekers in Atlanta. The Southern metropolis is quickly becoming a hotbed of a retail banking job growth.
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Financial analysts and staff and senior accountants will be in high demand in the fourth quarter, according to a recent Q4 employment report from Robert Half, a staffing firm that specializes in finance and accounting among other professional disciplines.
American, Indian and East Asian job seekers rejoice! RBS is hiring in those regions. But don't rejoice too hard -- it wouldn't be polite: The embattled British bank is shedding 3,500 workers in the U.K.
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The economic downturn has taken a lot of opportunities away from insurance executives, but it's also providing some new ones. Among the more unusual examples: New jobs in Vermont, working for a captive.
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