Additionally, the investment lender has also appointed institutional investor ranked analysts David Palmer and Nik Modi to its consumer group.

Palmer joins as a managing director including food and restaurants, and Modi joins as a managing director covering tobacco, household products and beverages.

All the three executives will be based in New York and report to Marc Harris, RBC Capital Markets’ co-head of global research.

Prior to RBC, Golub was working as a managing director and chief US equity strategist at UBS, where he was managing the firm’s US equity outlook, S&P 500 price target, earnings forecasts and sector recommendations.

Before joining UBS, he worked in JP Morgan asset management’s US Strategy group, where he served as its market strategist and co-head of client portfolio management.

Both Palmer and Modi have more than 15 years experience, and they also join RBC from UBS. Most recently, Palmer served as a managing director and sector head of UBS’ US Consumer group.

Modi was a senior analyst specializing in tobacco and household personal care. Both will hold similar capacity at RBC, with Modi picking up additional coverage of the beverage sector.

With more than 370 professionals, RBC Capital Markets’ Global Research group covers a broad range of equities, bonds, currencies and foreign exchange across the US, Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.