Deals & People

W. Garrett McDaniel Jr., a senior-level financial services and executive benefits marketer, has joined Clark Consulting, LLC, to help spearhead the company’s outreach initiatives through select third party...

Guggenheim Partners, LLC, has worked out a deal to acquire Topeka, Kansas-based retirement services provider Security Benefit Corporation.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., has turned to Cain Hayes as senior vice president and chief sales officer for Nationwide Retirement Solutions (NRS), the company announced.

Bruce Shay, a Securian Financial Group senior vice president in charge of the company’s retirement business, has been promoted to executive vice president by the firm’s board of...

Robert L. Carroll has been promoted to divisional vice president, Eastern Division, of John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

The Retirement Services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, announced Peter Welsh has been named to the newly created position of vice president...

The Newport Group, a provider of retirement and executive benefit plans and investment consulting services, has appointed Joseph Cosentino as a regional director.

Lissa Thomson has been promoted to senior vice president, chief consultant for Lockton Benefits Group's Southern California operations.

John Thain, the former chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch, is now the chairman and CEO of CIT Group Inc., which provides finance to small businesses and middle-market...

Portfolio Evaluations, Inc. (PEI) recently hired Fred Stewart as a senior consultant based in the firm’s Atlanta office.

UBS Wealth Management Americas is reportedly reorganizing the existing three divisions of its U.S. retail brokerage into two divisions.

TD Bank Financial Group is phasing out its financial advisory business, but keeping its high-net-worth division, according to reports.

Stadion Money Management, Inc., announced that Larry Uyeno has joined the firm as regional sales representative for the west coast.

Tammy Mattson has joined Aon Consulting as executive vice president and director of the Northeast Region, the company announced.

Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, has hired Jeff Klepacki to run its third-party broker/dealer (B/D) distribution activities.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) announced that Bill McDermott has joined GSAM as Head of the Institutional Defined Contribution business.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has combined all of its defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) specialist resources into a single unit, DC Investment Solutions.

Dan Caple has joined MassMutual's Retirement Services sales team in the South/Central Division.

Ascensus has bolstered its sales force with an additional Regional Vice President, Josh Haynes, who will focus on the company’s "Rocky Mountain" territory.

Charles Goldman, who joined Fidelity from Charles Schwab about a year ago, plans to leave the company at the end of March, according to news reports.