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Deals & People April 25, 2014
UBS Wealth Management Names Institutional Consulting Head
Andrew Duren joined UBS Wealth Management Americas as head of institutional consulting and retirement program administration and operations.
Reported by Kevin McGuinness
Duren, a 25-year veteran of the industry, joins UBS from Graystone Consulting. He takes on oversight of the firm’s institutional consulting and retirement benefits programs, which provide retirement-related services to defined contribution plans, defined benefit plans, endowments, foundations, Taft-Hartley plans, hospitals, municipalities and other institutional clients.
Duren will work closely with Peter Prunty, head of institutional consulting and retirement business development, to drive growth and support the firm’s institutional consultants and their clients. Duren will report to Jim Hausmann, head of corporate solutions and retirement services, in the newly created role.
While at Graystone Consulting, Duren focused on institutional client solutions. In earlier roles he worked across institutional, corporate and wealth management platforms.
UBS Wealth Management Americas provides advice-based solutions, delivered through financial advisers, designed to address the needs of high net worth individuals, institutions and corporate clients.