Deals & People

Eagle Asset Management, Inc. has hired Donald J. Pepin as Director of Institutional Sales. 

eVestment Alliance, a global provider of institutional investment data intelligence and analytic solutions, has acquired Channel Capital Group, owner of HedgeFund.net, a source for hedge fund data, research,...

Bank of America has hired 180 financial advisers to join the Merrill Edge wing of the banking giant.   

Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD) has added three regional sales directors to its Institutional Retirement Solutions Distribution (IRSD) team.

Pentegra Retirement Services is acquiring National Life Group’s qualified plan administration business.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services has promoted Patrick Murphy, Rachel Rice, and Lynda Abend.

Sentinel Investments appointed three industry veterans to key distribution roles: David R. Cohen, Chris Grant, and Greg Pierce.

The Department of Labor has selected Mary Ellen Signorille to serve on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory...

The MassMutual Retirement Services Division has added Carl Steinhilber and Roderick Toppin to support its nonprofit retirement plan market.  

Forward Management has appointed Jason Clarke as a Vice President of Sales and Eileen McCarthy as a Senior Product Marketing Manager.

Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has selected Lou Ann Dolan as Managing Director, Group Head of Consultant Relations.

Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) has named Joon Kwun as President and CEO. 

A reorganization of Bank of America’s management team by Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan has meant the end of Sallie Krawcheck’s tenure at the firm.

BlackRock, Inc. announced Mark Taborsky will join the company as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager within its Multi-Asset Client Solutions (BMACS) group.

Russell Investments has appointed Jeff Eng to the newly created position of Director, Retirement Income, for the firm’s Americas Institutional business.

Elizabeth Krentzman, former Investment Company Institute general counsel, has been appointed to lead Deloitte's U.S. mutual fund practice.

Lincoln Financial Distributors (LFD), the wholesale distribution subsidiary of Lincoln Financial Group, named Tom Tooley as Head of Insurance Solutions Distribution.

Schroders appointed David Jodka, CIMA, as National Sales Manager, US Intermediary Distribution.

Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) has acquired a controlling interest in Darius Capital Partners.

Morningstar, Inc. named William Harding, CFA, as Head of Manager Research for the Morningstar Investment Management division.