American Realty Capital.

American Realty Capital has named Louisa Quarto as senior vice president of American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC, the external manager of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a Real Estate Investment Trust. The REIT acquires and operates a portfolio of commercial real estate primarily consisting of single-tenant properties net leased to high credit quality tenants. Ms. Quarto will be responsible for building the independent broker-dealer selling group and overseeing compliance activities for Realty Capital Securities, LLC. With more than 15 years experience in the financial services industry, Ms. Quarto was with W. P. Carey & Co. LLC for over 12 years, most recently as executive director and chief management officer of Carey Financial, LLC, the broker-dealer subsidiary of W. P. Carey, where she managed relationships with the broker-dealers that were part of the CPA REIT selling groups.

American Realty Capital announced the appointment of Nicholas Corvinus as executive managing director of Realty Capital Securities, LLC, the brokerdealer affiliate of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a Real Estate Investment Trust. The REIT acquires and operates a portfolio of commercial real estate primarily consisting of single-tenant properties net leased to high credit, quality tenants. Mr. Corvinus will be responsible for developing and implementing sales strategies, raising funds and building relationships with broker-dealers. Mr. Corvinus brings more than 30 years of experience in sales, business development and commercial real estate to Realty Capital Securities. Most recently, he served as senior vice president, New England Region at Behringer Harvard where he was a wholesaler. Additionally, he spent 15 years at Putnam Retail Management where he served as managing director.