Gino Torretta was appointed manager of institutional sales for...

Gino Torretta was appointed manager of institutional sales for Florida, a new position, at Gabelli Asset Management Inc., Rye, N.Y. Mr. Torretta will be based in the firm's Palm Beach office. He was most recently a senior financial adviser for Wachovia Securities; he had been a quarterback on the University of Miami football team and won the Heisman Trophy in 1992. Also at Gabelli, William J. Mulrow, senior vice president for institutional marketing, was given the additional responsibility of leading the marketing efforts for new closed-end funds, a new position.