People: Jefferies Hires Financial Sponsors Banker
Jefferies hires Howe from Credit Suisse for financial sponsors coverage team [Jefferies & Co.]
Madison Williams hires five-person equity sales and trading team led by Zimmer Lucas' Gantcher. All five previously worked at Oppenheimer [BusinessWeek]
Bank of America Merrill Lynch promotes Borthwick and Carnoy to global capital markets co-heads. Hume-Kendall, who was president of global capital markets, is given title of 'chairman' [Bank of America]
Rothschild elevates investment bank co-head Higgins to CEO - the company's first leader from outside the family [Reuters]
BNP Paribas names three new FX electronic trading hires, plans more in Asia and US [Financial News]
Jefferies expands Asia emerging markets fixed-income team, shifting Hartley from London to Singapore and hiring salesmen from Knight Libertas and RBS [Jefferies & Co.]