Career moves

Victor Quiroga Jr. previously was a vice president at Frost Bank.

The longtime municipal and fixed income strategist will become municipal bond client sales and product manager at the electronic trading platform.

Michael Decker has been managing director and co-head of municipal securities at SIFMA since October 2009.

Maureen Stapleton is credited with diversifying the San Diego County Water Authority's water supply.

The Minnesota-based advisory firm undertook a brand makeover designed to highlight its comprehensive suite of services.

Angelica Valencia is considered integral to the firm's California and Puerto Rico practices.

President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said the White House currently is interviewing candidates to fill open seats on the Federal Reserve Board but said there’s no hurry to make a nomination.

Shields, fired by Wells Fargo in December, joined Loop Capital Markets LLC as a managing director this week.

Benjamin Johnson joined Ballard Spahr in Minneapolis as a partner.

The firm tapped veteran Phong Pham to head the new office in the western part of the state.

Stacey M. Tevlin, an associate director of the Federal Reserve Board’s Division of Research and Statistics, will be promoted to director effective Feb. 4, the Fed announced Friday.

Public finance attorneys Uyen Poh and Stephanie Leibe are among 46 lawyers Norton Rose Fulbright promoted to partner.

Orrick announced the admission of Marc Bauer in Los Angeles, Barbara League in Houston, and John Stanley in San Francisco to its partnership.

Rachael Eubanks will draw on more than a decade of public finance experience to solve some of the state's infrastructure problems.

Hilltop Securities, the Southwest region's top financial advisor, is hiring and restructuring management two years after a difficult merger with Southwest Securities.

They include the return of Sarah Sanders as assistant treasurer for debt management, a position she held from 2007 to 2017.

Petek has covered California's state government as a public finance rating analyst for S&P Global Ratings.

Kristin Caid, a public finance attorney specializing in healthcare, joined Norton Rose Fulbright after 18 years at Kutak Rock.

Market veteran Horace Carter will co-head Raymond James’ fixed income capital markets division along with Kevin Giddis.

McDaniel, who joined what was then Salomon Brothers in 1966, became one of Citi's top producers.