secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001311370-25-000041
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lazard appoints Christopher Hogbin as CEO of asset management; Evan Russo transitions to advisor
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- Christopher Hogbin named CEO of Lazard Asset Management, effective December 2025; succeeds Evan Russo.
- Russo transitions to Senior Advisor to CEO Peter Orszag through June 2026 after two decades at Lazard.
- Hogbin was Global Head of Investments at AllianceBernstein for 20 years.
- Russo previously served as Lazard CFO and Co-Head of Capital Markets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000131137025000041/0001311370-25-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000131137025000041/laz-20250903.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001311370-25-000041

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