The New York-based Dreyfus Corporation, a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation and part of Mellon Asset Management, has named its pres...

The New York-based Dreyfus Corporation, a subsidiary of Mellon Financial Corporation and part of Mellon Asset Management, has named its president and chief operating officer Thomas Eggers as chief executive officer.

Jon Little, chief executive officer of Mellon Global Investments, will be named Dreyfus chairman and Steve Canter, who held titles of both chairman and chief executive officer for Dreyfus, is to retire. All changes will be effective from 31 December 2006.

The Dreyfus Corporation manages more than $190 billion in mutual funds, separately managed accounts and institutional portfolios.