Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards stock brokerage named...

Bateman Eichler, Hill Richards stock brokerage named Robert Hughes as new manager for its downtown San Diego branch last week, three weeks after the previous manager, Jim Cuff, resigned and two other San Diego County branches were shut in what the Los Angeles-based firm described as a “consolidation.”

Bateman Eichler closed its La Jolla and Rancho Bernardo branches Sept. 30 and relocated to its 3rd Avenue branch.