MOVES-UBS, KPMG, JP Morgan, BlueMountain, GAM, Wilshire

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(Adds Wilshire, UBS, National Holdings, BlueMountain, GAM Investments and PJ Solomon)

July 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Monday. To inform us of other job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com.

UBS

The Swiss bank confirmed a top manager from its wealth management division will leave the bank at the end of the year.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO

Dean Hickey, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's head of utilities and infrastructure investment banking for Australia, has left to join JP Morgan, IFR reported.

GF SECURITIES CO LTD

GF Holdings (Hong Kong) has appointed Tang Xiaodong as chief executive officer, Thomson Reuters publication IFR reported.

GAM INVESTMENTS

The Zurich-based asset manager said it has appointed Maggie Gresio as managing director of business development to cover the institutional market in the United States.

NATIONAL HOLDINGS CORP

The investment banking and asset management firm said it appointed Henry Kaplan as president and chief operating officer of its unit, National Asset Management Inc.

KPMG

The professional services firm in UK said it named Mary O'Connor to the role of chief risk officer.

The company also appointed Jorge Morley-Smith as a director to its asset management tax team.

PWC

The audit and advisory firm in UK names Sarah Isted as the new leader of its financial services risk and regulation (FSRR) practice.

BLUEMOUNTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

The asset manager said it has appointed Ameya Agge and Matt Jameson as senior investing professionals to execute healthcare-related private investments.

WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES

The financial services firm said it appointed Suehyun Kim and Rebekah Chow to the team at its unit, Wilshire Funds Management.

BRIT LTD

The specialty insurer, a unit of Canada's Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, named Stephen Quinton to the role of class underwriter, kidnap and ransom (K&R), effective Sept. 3.

PJ SOLOMON

The boutique investment bank said it hired Michael Gottschalk, a consumer investment banker at rival investment bank Rothschild, as a partner and managing director. (Compiled by Sanjana Shivdas in Bengaluru)

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