Deals & People

Robert McCann, CEO of UBS Wealth Management Americas, has filled out the firm’s leadership team with former Merrill Lynch executives, according to news reports.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Ryan Derbes as regional sales director for West Florida, the Florida Panhandle, and Southern Alabama.

Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC says that Christopher Rowlins has joined the Windsor, Connecticut-based firm as a consultant.

Institutional investment consultant Rogerscasey has struck a deal with Lowenhaupt Global Advisors (LGA) to offer Rogerscasey’s institutional investment expertise to families and individuals served by Lowenhaupt Global Advisors.

GE Asset Management (GEAM) has named Chris Adey to the newly created role of global consultant relations leader.

Archimedes Systems has announced the appointment of Stephen Daniels as director of Retirement Planning Solutions.

Charles D. Cahill has joined Cassidy Retirement Group, a Concord, Massachusetts-based retirement plan consulting firm, as a consulting actuary.

To meet “Americans' growing need for financial guidance,” Northwestern Mutual said it plans to recruit more than 2,300 financial representatives and more than 2,500 financial representative interns in...

Great-West Retirement Services said it has hired six more internal wholesalers to boost the support it provides its external sales force and their financial adviser and third-party administrator...

ING Institutional Plan Services Group will be the administrator for Minnesota's 457 deferred compensation plan.

VALIC has hired Robert J. "Bob" Architect, formerly senior tax law specialist and 403(b) guidance author in the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Division, as vice president of...

Asset Dedication, LLC, a provider of asset allocation strategies for independent financial advisers, hired Tony Parkin to focus on developing its business within the adviser marketplace.

The Winston & Strawn law firm has added James P. Baker, a specialist in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), to its San Francisco office.

Robert Dolan and Steven Silverman have been tapped as regional directors of The Newport Group, the company announced.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has announced new executive appointments.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Steve Shea to a new position as director of business development, effective January 1.

USI Consulting Group has announced that Michael Raymond has joined the company as a vice president of Retirement Services.

Janus Capital Group Inc. said that Richard M. Weil has been appointed CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective February 1.

Transamerica Retirement Services announced the hiring of Denise Diana as vice president of business development.

Dimensional Fund Advisors said it has hired John Blood, formerly with Commonwealth Financial, to lead a new initiative to develop relationships within the broker/dealer community.