Stifel, Nicolaus & Co has appointed Michael O’Keeffe as a managing director of investments, based in Florham Park, NJ.

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co, the brokerage firm, has appointed Michael O’Keeffe as a managing director of investments, based in Florham Park, NJ.

O’Keeffe will partner with managing directors Michael Sullivan and Josh Bledsoe, who recently joined Stifel from Merrill Lynch (view here).

O’Keeffe’s past experience includes serving as chief investment officer for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management and CIO/head of Wilshire Funds Management Group at Wilshire Associates, the global advisory firm specializing in investment products, consulting services and technology solutions.

New York-listed Stifel Financial is a financial services holding company headquartered in St Louis, MO. It conducts its banking, securities and financial services business through several wholly-owned subsidiaries.