Troika Dialog Said to Hire Former UralSib Strategist Weafer

Chris Weafer, the former chief strategist at UralSib Financial Corp. in Moscow, has been hired by brokerage Troika Dialog, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Weafer, who was head of research at Troika in the late 1990s, is returning to Russia’s oldest investment bank, said the people, who declined to be identified because the move hasn’t been made public. He will join as chief strategist to replace Kingsmill Bond, who left in March to join Citigroup Inc., the people said.