Fitch Names Structured Finance Chief

John Bonfiglio, a group managing director at Fitch Ratings, has been named head of U.S. Structured Finance at the rating agency.Fitch said the appointment expands Mr. Bonfiglio's role to include executive leadership for the U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities group in addition to his responsibilities for the U.S. commercial MBS and U.S. asset-backed securities areas. He will also continue to lead Fitch's Global Performance Analytics working group. Mr. Bonfiglio joined Fitch in 1993, was co-head of Fitch's commercial mortgage group from 1997 to 2000, and was responsible for the residential mortgage group from 2001 to 2004, the rating agency said. In 2004, he took over Fitch's commercial mortgage, real estate investment trust, and asset-backed groups. The rating agency can be found online at http://www.fitchratings.com.