Deals & People

CFA Institute appointed Thomas Robinson as managing director of Americas operations, and John Bowman and Stephen Horan as managing directors of education.

Legal & General Investment Management America Inc. (LGIMA), a Chicago-based registered investment adviser, hired Don Andrews, Kimberlee Lisella, Justin Tabellione and Bradley S. Wynn.

Chris Reagan and Kevin Kaiser have been promoted to senior managing director and senior vice president, respectively, at Mesirow Financial.

David H. Dermenjian has been promoted to managing director of the investment advisory group at Mesirow Financial.

Jeff Conway was picked to head the new global exchange organization of State Street Corporation.

Efrain Fernandez, Antonio Lopez and Monique France have been named to the sales and distribution team of Mirae Asset Global Investments.

Andrew Scherer was appointed director of defined contribution (DC) intermediary distribution for Russell Investments’ U.S. adviser-sold business.

Michael Foy, Daniel Noschese and Kelly Reey have been named defined contribution investment specialists at Putnam Investments.

Robin Gantz was hired by Towers Watson as a senior consultant in its retirement risk business.

Enrique Chang was named chief investment officer (CIO) of equities and asset allocation at Janus Capital Group Inc.

Dan Schatz joined ING U.S.’ Retirement business April 1 to support the Large Corporate Markets’ Business Development team.

A registered independent adviser (RIA), Independent Financial Advisors of Riverside, California, is Beacon Pointe’s latest deal.

A registered investment advisory, ACI Capital Group LLC, was formally dissolved Friday.

Cetera Financial Group has agreed to purchase Tower Square Securities and Walnut Street Securities from MetLife Inc.

Ronald J. Triche will join the government affairs team of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) on April 22. 

Nick Koutsoftas, Ben Ross, Brad Sanderson and Michelle Butler are joining Cohen & Steers Inc.

 Derrick Capps has been named head of consultant relations for Mercer's U.S. benefits administration business.  

Sandra L. Incontro was named portfolio manager and managing director of Aristotle Capital Management Investment LLC.

Roger W. Harrington joined Williams Financial Group, creating a new firm, Harrington Capital Management LLC in Dallas.

Paul Conley was appointed U.S. West division leader for the executive compensation consulting business of Towers Watson.