The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Friday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com.

In the coming trial of a SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund portfolio manager, Michael Steinberg, prosecutors are likely to present emails purporting to show he was being tipped about inside information on Dell Inc before trading on the stock.

Congress should limit Wall Street's controversial role in commodity markets, and rewrite a law that gives banks broad leeway to own oil, metals and other raw materials, a senior U.S. regulator said on Friday.

After years in Brazil's shadow, Mexico's stock market is enjoying a listings boom, fueled by hopes of economic reforms and strong demand from pension funds breathing life into a long-stagnant market. From airlines to banks, Mexican companies have raised $9.8 billion this year - more cash than the previous four years combined. That is just $1.1 billion shy of the total issuance in regional powerhouse Brazil, which has

Boutique investment bank FT Partners said on Friday it hired former Goldman Sachs banker Jeff Haughton as managing director, based in San Francisco.

* Libor scandal raised questions over financial benchmarks

J. Safra Sarasin Group, a Swiss private bank, is shutting its Indian joint venture after it was unable to build significant scale in a competitive market hit by slowing economic growth, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

* Sareb close to auctioning 350 mln euro portfolio - source

France's BNP Paribas and Spain's Banco Santander are set to compete against Italy's UniCredit in the race to acquire Polish lender BGZ in a deal worth some $1.2 billion, market sources told Reuters on Friday.

* Barclays says 94.6 pct of shareholders subscribe to rights issue