Career moves

Treasurer John Schroder took office Tuesday saying he will push for overhauling the state’s tax system.

City Auditor Hugh Dorrian steered Columbus away from complicated debt instruments and protected its triple-A bond ratings.

Tom Enright and Rick Hursh are managing directors of the firm’s new capital markets office in Indianapolis.

Neighborly will join other municipal bond investment firms who have launched trading platforms aimed at creating portfolios with a social-consciousness bent.

UBS has now brought in 37 municipal professionals since April, when it said it was re-entering the public finance business to tap increased demand amid rising interest rates.

Drew Smith, a former operative at the Massachusetts treasury, is Boston's new city treasurer.

UBS brings aboard two more muni pros in its quest to fill out its newly revamped public finance business.

Cindy Newton is a veteran of finance and treasury operations.

P3 specialist Jessica Platko brings international experience to the firm.

UBS Wealth Management Americas continues to fill out its re-emerging public finance practice, adding three more new-hires in Dallas, Los Angeles and New York.

Greg Usry joined MuniRisk Ltd. as head of business development.

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.