Tabb Group, the US-based capital markets research and advisory company, has launched a push into Europe and hired a former State Street Corporation executive committee member to steer the drive.

Tabb, which was set up in 2003 and has offices in New York and Massachusetts, has recruited Andrew Howieson as a partner and managing director of Tabb Group Europe, in an effort to grow its business in London and Europe's other financial market centres, according to a statement today.