Career moves

The firm, which returned this year to public finance, hired five bankers in Texas, Florida, Illinois and New York.

Chicago-based Mesirow Financial is bulking up its municipal team with several hires on both coasts.

RBC Capital Markets announced today the addition of Steve Fortenberry as a vice president in the firm’s K-12 practice of the Texas municipal finance group.

Called to public finance by a sense of civic responsibility, curiosity, or just plain happenstance, The Bond Buyer's Rising Stars of 2017 are prepared to grapple with the nation’s massive infrastructure needs, a technological revolution, and a volatile political and legislative landscape.

Just two weeks after announcing 19 hires to bolster its public finance roster, UBS Wealth Management Americas announced another new addition in Andrew Nakahata.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission promoted Atif Saeed.

He will assume the Philadelphia Area Municipal Analysts Society position from Tom Kozlik.

The San Francisco-based broker-dealer, which launched its trading platform in May, expanded its West Coast presence.

Longtime bond attorney Jeremy A. Spector has retired as executive director for the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority after nearly two years leading the higher education conduit issuer through record volume.

It will be the organization's first annual conference outside of Chicago.