Deals and People

February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) announced that Bill McDermott has joined GSAM as Head of the Institutional Defined Contribution business.

February 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Dan Caple has joined MassMutual's Retirement Services sales team in the South/Central Division.

January 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Brian J. Birnbaum, has joined Mercer’s investment consulting business as director of public funds.

January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascensus has bolstered its sales force with an additional Regional Vice President, Josh Haynes, who will focus on the company’s "Rocky Mountain" territory.

PLANSPONSOR has announced the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New York Life Investments has announced that Drew Lawton will replace Don Salama as head of New York Life Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Russell Investments has appointed James Polisson as managing director of Russell’s global ETF business and Andrew Arenberg as managing director of global ETF distribution....

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - USI Consulting Group has promoted Kenneth Hyne to Investment Advisory Services Practice Leader and President of USI Advisors, Inc.

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Westminster Consulting, the ERISA/Fiduciary Consulting business unit of Westminster Financial, LLC, has hired Eric Grimes to the position of senior consultant.

January 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a global provider of sustainability investing and the co-developer of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, has hired Neil Johnson...

January 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has announced several personnel changes this past week.

January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fund of hedge fund manager Robeco-Sage has hired Michael Welch as Director of Business Development.

January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – After three years as second in command at Fidelity Investments, President Rodger Lawson has announced he will step down from the post at...

January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tanya Rinebarger as communications consultant for its 401(k) business, the company announced.

January 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – StanCorp Equities has named Jim McCrory as regional pension manager to direct the firm’s retirement plan sales team in the Southeast.

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The man nominated by President Barack Obama as director of the nation’s private-sector pension insurer admits that, if confirmed, he has his work...

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Security Global Investors (SGI) has named Jerome Abernathy and David Beeman to its quantitative investment and development/management teams to help shape the firm's...

January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CIGNA Corporation announced that David Guilmette will join the firm as the president of its national segment.

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has announced that financial services industry veteran Lyle Logan will lead a new Global Financial Institutions Group.

January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Masdar and Deutsche Bank have together launched the DB Masdar Clean Tech Fund and its first closing, raising $265 million.