Deals and People

February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Evercore Asset Management, LLC (EAM), an institutional money manager specializing in small- and mid-cap equities, announced the addition of a small- and mid-cap...

February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has named Edmund F. Murphy III, a 25-year industry veteran, as Managing Director and Head of Defined Contribution.

February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Thomas R. Mordaunt and Jason C. Smoot as regional sales directors for its 401(k) business.

February 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Barack Obama's choice to spearhead U.S. healthcare reform withdrew his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services.

February 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Ohio Highway Patrol Retirement System (HPRS) announced a search process for a new executive director/chief investment officer.

January 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced today that Robert P. Browne has joined as Northern Trust's Chief Investment Officer.

January 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the nation's leading retirement plan adviser teams has broken its long-standing wirehouse ties, and embraced an independent affiliation.

January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Great-West Retirement Services has appointed two regional sales directors to focus on development of new corporate 401(k) plan business through brokers, financial advisers,...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services (CEFS), a provider of equity compensation plan administration and wealth management services, has named Michael F. Barry to...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has named Andrew S. Doman as the company's new chief executive officer, effective February 2, 2009.

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has turned to the executive director of the Washington State Investment Board as the new CalPERS...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tom M. Wirtshafter has been named president of American Portfolios Financial Services (APFS) and American Portfolios Advisors Inc. (APA), a registered investment adviser,...

January 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting Worldwide announced that Francois Choquette will join the Global Benefits practice as senior vice president and leader of the Americas team,...

January 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GM Asset Management (GMAM), which among other things manages GM's pension funds, has tapped Tony Kao as its newest chief investment officer, the...

January 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - James Lee, the board chairman of the $80 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas, has stepped down less than a year after taking...

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - OppenheimerFunds announced that Art Steinmetz has been named Director of Fixed Income, effective immediately.

January 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aon Consulting Worldwide has named Joe Clouse as senior vice president and Northeast regional leader of business development, the firm announced.

January 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has announced the appointment of James R. Daniel, Jr....

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has named Michael J. Woomer as the division's field...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets (CIEBA) named Robert M. Hunkeler, Vice President - Investments, International Paper Company, as its new...