CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-MOVES-Raymond James, Octavian, MSCI

In the second paragraph of a Feb 6 story, please read that Jeff Simpson and John Simpson "came from A.G. Edwards." Corrects to show they came from A.G. Edwards, not to A.G. Edwards. A corrected version follows). (Adds Raymond James)

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Wednesday. To inform us of other job changes, please send an e-mail to moves@reuters.com.

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research)

The financial services company said its Raymond James & Associates unit added 40 new financial advisers to its staff in the first fiscal quarter of the 2008 fiscal year. That marked a 30 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago.

Among the 40 advisers are Jeff Simpson and John Simpson, who came from A.G. Edwards in October with more than $350 million in client assets. Randy Ehret joined in November from UBS, while Drew Bilotta and Michael Ward joined in December from Merrill Lynch, Raymond James said.

OCTAVIAN ADVISORS

Octavian Advisors, a New York-based $1.1 billion hedge fund manager that specializes in special situations, appointed Arif Gangat as managing director and Oscar Mockridge as director. Gangat joins from Southpaw Asset Management while Mockridge comes from Sailfish Capital Partners.

MSCI INC (MXB.N: Quote, Profile, Research)

Scott Sipprelle, a hedge fund manager who launched the first volley in what became a campaign to oust former Morgan Stanley (MS.N: Quote, Profile, Research) CEO Philip Purcell, is joining the board of MSCI Inc (MXB.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the market indexes unit partly spun off by Morgan last year. To read more, please double click on [nN05220183]