In Brief: BlueStone Hires Wealth Management Exec

NEW YORK - BlueStone Capital Partners has appointed Bobby Zrike, who in July ended a 12-year tenure with Goldman Sachs Group, to head its wealth management and private client groups.

Along with senior partner Lenny DeRoma, Mr. Zrike will co-manage wealth management products and services for Trade.com, the company's online investment banking division and global technology partner. Mr. Zrike and Mr. DeRoma are expected to create a wealth management product that will provide a platform for both the online and traditional brokerage side of the business.

Mr. Zrike will also direct the transition of the company's retail brokerage business toward a focus on private clients.

In his 12 years at Goldman, Mr. Zrike was an associate manager for private client services in New York and global manager of recruiting and training for the equities division.

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