Deals & People

Kara Segreto has been named Chief Marketing Officer for Prudential Retirement.

Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) named Veronica Lee, formerly of 401(k) Advisors, Senior Vice President of Client Service.  

Reliance Trust, a subsidiary of the Reliance Financial Corporation, announced the acquisition of Harrington Wealth Management, a subsidiary of Pacific Western Bank.

linkedFA, a social networking site designed for financial professionals, has acquired AdvisorConnect, a private, online community for independent advisers.  

Natixis Global Associates (NGA) announced two new staff appointments that complete the organizational plan for its retirement strategy group.

Nancy Everett is the new Head of BlackRock Fiduciary Management Solutions, a newly created position.

Neuberger Berman Group LLC has hired Eli M. Salzman.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management hired John Fraser as Managing Director and head of its new U.S. opportunistic real estate investment division. 

Today PLANSPONSOR announced the 2011 finalists for its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards, across five distinct workplace segments. 

At the start of 2011, Joseph Mattei joined Portfolio Evaluations Inc. (PEI) as a Senior Consultant.

Personal Retirement Solutions (PRS) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a newly named leadership team, including a new hire.

William Blair & Company announced an agreement to acquire certain assets of Guidance Capital LLC, a specialist in developing and managing multi-manager hedge fund of funds strategies.

Fidelity Investments has extended its relationship with HP, providing its employees in North America with total retirement services for an additional five years, beginning January 1, 2011.

Larry Pitkowsky and Keith Trauner, former portfolio managers of the Fairholme Fund, announced the formation of GoodHaven Capital Management, LLC.

Delaware Investments added one regional manager and an external wholesaler to its third-party retail distribution team. 

Russell Investments has appointed Darren Spencer as director, alternative investments in its Americas Institutional consulting group.

The Newport Group has appointed Frank Tighe as a Regional Director.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached into the asset management industry to find its new Director of Investment Management.  

Greg Fleming has been named president of Global Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley.

Financial Research Corporation (FRC) has tapped Matthew J. Schott as Vice President, Retirement Income Practice Leader.