Deals and People

March 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Phyllis C. Borzi for the position of Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security, to head the...

March 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Serena G. Simons has joined The Segal Company as a senior vice president and National Compliance Retirement Practice leader.

March 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association (SDCERA) says its recruitment for a new Chief Investment Officer (CIO) is underway.

March 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Wyoming Retirement System (WRS) has named Trent May as the first WRS chief investment officer (CIO).

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Wisconsin third-party administrator has hired three new sales representatives.

March 17, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services announced that ex Putnam executive Thomas M. Mitchell has been appointed as a vice president and executive...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Connecticut finance executive has been tapped as the new chairman of the state's Investment Advisory Council (IAC), which advises the state on...

March 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP announced the expansion of its Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation department with the addition of nine attorneys and...

March 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the second time in about two weeks, UBS has announced it has lured away a Smith Barney advisory group, in this case...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has reached out in another direction for its second big acquisition of 2009.

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) announced that attorney Craig Hoffman is joining the staff as general counsel and director...

March 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds has combined all segments of OppenheimerFunds' retail retirement businesses into one unit and appointed Kathleen Beichert to lead it.

March 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Matthew H. Scanlan has joined Renaissance Technologies LLC as Renaissance Institutional Management LLC's President and CEO, the New York firm announced.

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Financial Inc. has named Clifford Axelson, a former senior vice president for Callan Associates, a managing director for its Strategic Solutions Group.

March 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has accepted President Obama's request to become his secretary of health and human services.

February 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hewitt Associates clients will soon see a familiar face with word Thursday that Ari Jacobs has rejoined the company as the North American...

February 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SWIFT, a financial messaging provider, has announced the appointment of Patrick Curtin as Head of Securities Initiatives - Americas.

February 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert J. Callanan, Jr. has been named a Managing Director at UBS.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - TIAA-CREF announced the appointment of Brandon Becker as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.

February 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation has a new Secretary of Labor.