(Adds RBS, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Deutsche Asset)
Oct 8 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Thursday. To inform us of other job changes, email moves@thomsonreuters.com.
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND RBS.L
The bank has appointed Katie Murray to the new role of director of finance, reporting to Chief Financial Officer Ewen Stevenson. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1283OZ
UBS GROUP AG UBSG.VX UBS.N
The Swiss financial services company said it had hired three advisers from Credit Suisse's CSGN.VX U.S. brokerage unit, where they managed nearly $1 billion in client assets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1284HR
MERRILL LYNCH
The firm said it had hired an eight-person advisory team in Chicago that had been managing about $3.5 billion of client assets at Credit Suisse's U.S. brokerage unit. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1281DU
AXA INVESTMENT MANAGERS
The asset management unit of AXA SA AXAF.PA appointed Tom Clapham head of sovereign wealth funds and central banks in Asia. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N12824Q
The firm also named Jamison Gagnier director of U.S. institutional sales, Rafael Tovar director of U.S. wholesale offshore sales and Leticia Aymerich head of client service, Americas. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N12831C
DEUTSCHE ASSET & WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Deutsche Bank AG's DBKGn.DE unit said Michael Keough and David Hanlon joined its institutional global client group in the Americas. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N12845D
DANSKE BANK DANSKE.CO
Steen Bocian will leave his position as chief economist of Danske Bank at the end of the year, the bank said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N12811P
MACQUARIE SECURITIES
The unit of Australian investment bank Macquarie Group MQG.AX named Iain Reid as head of European oil and gas research. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1282DU
INTERACTIVE INVESTOR
The UK-based investment and trading website operator named Alex Kovach chief commercial officer and Gary Shaw director of operations. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1282ZR