Deals & People

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. hired three regional sales representatives.

Scott David is the new director of Third Party Distribution for the T. Rowe Price Group, beginning May 2.  

PIMCO has hired Ravi Mattu as a Managing Director and Head of Analytics.

David Harper and Bill Straub of Legacy Executive Benefits have become members of the Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG).  

In a memo to the Retirement Services division, Andy Sieg, Head of Retirement and Philanthropic Services for BofA Merrill Lynch, announced that Tom McAuliffe will be the new head...

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Adam Blitz as regional sales director for Long Island, New York.

T. Rowe Price announced recent hires within the Retirement Plan Services sales team.

Principal Funds has hired Jeff Tyler as portfolio manager for Principal LifeTime Funds target-date fund series, effective March 1, 2011.

SageView Advisory Group has hired Jason Smith and Jodi Macleod to work in its newly created Omaha, Nebraska, office. 

Manulife Asset Management has acquired Optique Capital Management, a registered investment adviser (RIA) based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trademark Capital Management has acquired Athens Capital Group, LLC, as part of a national growth strategy.

Prudential Real Estate Investors announced that Steven McSkimming and Larry Teitelbaum have joined the U.S. marketing team.

Transamerica Retirement Services has hired William Paluch as regional vice president in the company’s Central Region.

Glenn Dial has left J.P. Morgan Asset Management to reportedly take a role with Allianz Global Investors.

Putnam Investments has appointed Anne Lundberg as Senior Vice President and Consultant Relations Manager, Midwest Region.

John Farmakis has joined DST Retirement Solutions as vice president of sales.

PLANSPONSOR, an Asset International company, has announced the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

Jeleen Guttenberg joined the Bracewell & Giuliani LLP law firm, which specializes in employee benefits, ERISA and Executive Compensation matters.

Frank Moore is the newest retirement plan consultant in the Birmingham, Alabama, office of CPI Qualified Plan Consultants.

F. Mackey Hughes has joined Wilmington Trust as managing director of endowments and foundations for the Wealth Advisory Services (WAS) business, the company announced.