Deals & People

Security Benefit Corporation announced that Michael Kiley will become Chief Executive Officer effective September 30, 2011.

Reliance Trust Company hired attorney and industry veteran Robert F. Cook as Executive Vice President and a manager of the Church and Non-Profit division.

The U.S. real estate business of UBS Global Asset Management appointed Laurie Tillinghast as Executive Director, Defined Contribution Product and Strategy.

The Standard has announced the appointment of two new pension consultants. 

More than 12,000 LPL Financial advisers will become members of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), an advocacy group for independent broker/dealers and advisers, as part of a new...

Westminster Consulting appointed Gabriel Potter as Senior Investment Research Associate.

Global consultant Towers Watson hired three investment analysts in Australia: Deepti Tammareddi, Andrew Tay, and Jordan Taylor.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired Michael Keady and Page Howell to its Consultant Relations team.

MassMutual has hired Garrett Carlough and Andrew Hanlon as sales directors to its Retirement Services sales and client management organization.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, representing 1,000 employees of Republic Airways Holdings and its Frontier Airlines, approved a new collective bargaining agreement that gives them an ownership stake...

The Hyas Group LLC announced the appointment of Scott Faris, JD, CFA as a Senior Consultant.

Recordkeeping firm Benefit Plans Plus (BPP) has promoted Wes Rommerskirchen to Supervisor.

Callan Associates hired four investment consultants for its Alternatives, Fund Sponsor and Defined Contribution (DC) Consulting groups in San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.

BPAS, a national provider of retirement plan services, has added Ryan Fay to its sales team.

Pacific Life Insurance Company has acquired JPMorgan Chase’s U.S. Pension Advisory Group, a business within the investment bank that is to be re-named Pacific Global Advisors (PGA).

Fidelity Investments has named Derek L. Young as president of the company’s Asset Allocation Division.

CBIZ, Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Multiple Benefit Services, Inc. (MBS).

Founders Financial Network, an independent, fee-only investment advisory firm and RIA, has selected Jovita Honor as its new partner.

Acadian Asset Management LLC has named Matthew S. Rothman as Director of the firm’s Top-Down Research effort, effective September 2011.

Manulife Asset Management has expanded its equity investment capabilities with the hiring of Jay Zelko, David Chow, and Curtis Ifill, to be led by W. Shannon Reid, CFA.