By Lawrence Delevingne
NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - Jonathan Yalmokas has resigned as Bank of America Corp's BAC.N head of prime brokerage in the Americas to lead an equity financing business at Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO , a person familiar with the move said on Wednesday.
Yalmokas will start at RBC's New York office in September in a bid to expand its financing business for investment managers, according to the person, who was not authorized to discuss the information publicly.
Yalmokas had joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE:BAC) in 2011 from UBS Group AG UBSG.S , where he also worked in a role providing investment services to hedge funds. He resigned from the bank last week, the person said.
Reuters could not immediately learn who is replacing Yalmokas at Bank of America. Representatives for the two banks did not respond to requests for comment in time for publication.