Deals & People

The money manager adds four vice presidents in key territories.

The SPARK Institute Inc. appointed a new executive director, Timothy Rouse.

The CPA firm JMM & Associates has launched a benefit plan audits firm.

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA), a retirement plan solutions provider, has appointed Charlie Pritzl as the firm's plan administration manager.

Northern Trust Alternatives Group has been spun off into a separate investment boutique.

Michele Baldasarre will lead a team of 30 relationship managers to support large insitutional plan sponsors and their participants.

A partnership with Vertical Management Systems will bring participant revenue levelization for a variety of investment vehicles to John Hancock's Total Retirement Solutions recordkeeping platform.

Lada Eng, Leah Laurent, Niles Monica and Marta Rodriguez have joined J.P. Morgan Asset Management as retirement business directors.

Christopher Hale has joined The Standard as a retirement plan consultant for the Central sales region.

Bill Bensur has joined the national investment leadership team of Towers Watson and will head the firm’s investment office in Pittsburgh.

Benefits broker and consultant NFP has acquired Meridian Retirement Plan Advisors; the transaction closed on March 3.

Brian C. Ford has joined asset management firm The TCW Group as a senior vice president for the institutional marketing team. 

National 401(k) plan consulting firm MJM401k LLC appointed Mary A. Berk to its leadership team as a senior consultant and plan analyst.

Yie-Hsin Hung has been named chief executive of New York Life Investment Management after serving as co-president of the division.

Lincoln Financial Group’s retirement plan services business made two additions to its institutional retirement distribution team focused on the government plans market.

SageView Advisory Group has hired Kerrie Casey to deliver retirement planning services from within its Boston practice.

Combined elements of Russell Investments and the London Stock Exchange Group will operate under a newly the established brand, FTSE Russell.

Ron Cohen has joined Wells Fargo Funds Management LLC as head of sales for the defined contribution investment only and registered investment adviser channels.

Rodney Balbuena has joined SageView Advisory Group in the firm’s newly opened office in Pasadena, California, while Cathy Christ comes to the Irvine office.

The Maresh Yoshida 401k Group, a 401(k) advisory firm in Austin, says it is changing its corporate name to InTrust Fiduciary Group.