Deals and People

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

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 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...

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - John C. Siciliano has been named as a New York Life Investments senior managing director and head of the firm's investment boutiques.

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has named Peter Cieszko, former president and chief executive officer of Evergreen Investments, as president of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company,...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ramius Fund of Funds Group LLC, an investment adviser offering institutional fund of funds products and managed accounts, announced that Stuart Davies has...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - IndexIQ, developer of index-based alternative investment solutions, announced that Paul Mazzilli has been named Senior Advisor to IndexIQ and a member of the...

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Florida State Board of Administration (SBA), which oversees the Sunshine State's investments for its pension programs and other purposes, has a new...

December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SS&C Technologies, Inc., a provider of financial services software and software-enabled services, says that Fred Jacobs has joined the company as Vice President...

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boston-based Pioneer Investments has named Bill C. Taylor Senior Vice President and Head of Relationship Management and Strategic Alliances Group in the U.S.

December 19, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of directors at AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. has named Peter S. Kraus Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

December 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to tap U.S. Representative Hilda Solis (D-California) as the next Secretary of Labor, according to widespread media reports...

December 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest public pension fund has named the first female Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in its history.