Diamond spent the past eight years at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, having started his career as a commodity research analyst at Shearson Lehman Brothers.

After the latter role, he was a futures trading strategist for Advest, and then joined M&T Bank as an executive associate.

Last month, Janney hired Douglas Velnoskey as senior vice president of wealth management in Baltimore, MD, while also appointing John Goles as senior vice president and manager of the Bel Air, MD, branch.