Deals & People

Thomas Harty has joined Plan Sponsor Advisors in a new senior consultant position, according to Jennifer Flodin and Donald Stone, co-founders of the Chicago-based retirement and investment consulting...

Gilbert Van Hassel was named as global chief executive of ING Investment Management, days after ING announced that the division will be spun off as a separate company.

In an effort to attract higher-level advisers, Raymond James Financial Services’ Investment Advisors Division increased the minimum level of assets under management required for new affiliations with registered...

Now that his dispute with Bank of America (BofA) is behind him, Robert McCann will now step in as CEO of Wealth Management Americas at UBS.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company CEO Steve Rasmussen has announced new assignments for several executive leaders across the company. 

State Street Corporation today announced its leadership succession plan.

A group of employee benefits lawyers led by Paul M. Hamburger have left McDermott Will & Emery’s Washington, D.C. office to establish the D.C. employee benefits practice of...

Marc McDaniels joined First Mercantile's national sales team effective September 14, 2009, as regional sales director for the Northwest region.

Insurance brokerage firm USI Holdings Corporation, will offer expanded services to companies in the Northwest U.S. by combining the operations of two of its subsidiaries, Kibble & Prentice...

Invesco Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Morgan Stanley’s retail asset management business, including Van Kampen Investments. 

The Online 401(k), a San Francisco-based provider of full-service Web-based 401(k) plans for small and single-proprietor businesses, expanded its payroll reach in Q3.

New York Life Investments plans to hire three new vice presidents and one internal sales representative for its defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) team in the next month or...

VALIC has been chosen by the University of North Texas (UNT) and Texas Woman’s University (TWU) as a 403(b) plan provider.

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors said that the principals of The Jones Blair Group of Wells Fargo Advisors will be joining the firm’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

First Mercantile Trust Company, a member of the MassMutual Financial Group, has found a new CIO. 

Envestnet has brought aboard James Patrick, former co-head of U.S. Distribution for Allianz Global Investors, to head Envestnet’s managed account program.

Putnam Investments has announced two senior appointments within its Global Distribution team.

Citi announced that financial advisers at Citibank branches will no longer provide commission-based transactions.

Invesco has named K. Stuart Peskin as managing director for client service within its Institutional Sales and Client Service team.

VALIC has been retained by Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Public Schools (AACPS) and the Iowa Department of Administrative Services (DAS) as a 403(b) and 457(b) plan provider.