Deals and People

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - AllianceBernstein Institutional Investments announced Tuesday that Sharon French has been named as managing director of defined contribution business development and client relations.

January 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BISYS Fund Services has tapped Joseph Mrak as senior vice president and general manager for its managed account outsourcing business, WealthSolutions.

January 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ann Combs, who helped shape national pension and employee benefit policy during five years as head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA),...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Callan Associates has announced that, effective immediately, Gregory Allen will assume the title of president and will have oversight of Fund Sponsor Consulting,...

December 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Diversified Investment Advisors has tapped Ed Ryan as senior vice president for Total Retirement Services, the company announced Friday.

November 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The $100-billion Texas Teachers Retirement System (TRS) has tapped the former CEO of a Connecticut investment firm to be its next chief investment...

November 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced the appointment of Marie Augsberger to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO).

November 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marsh Inc, the giant insurance services firm, on Thursday announced a series of personnel moves including the naming of a series of new...

October 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The retirement plan services division of New York Life Investment Management LLC (NYLIM) has announced the promotion of Don Salama to senior managing...

October 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has tapped Kristi Mitchem as head of its US defined contribution business.

October 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price has announced the retirement of Charlie Vieth, president of its Retirement Plan Services (RPS) division.

October 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments' Pyramis Global Advisors has appointed Mark Friebel, formerly of Barclays Global Investors, to head its Asset Allocation reporting division.

September 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the better known figures in employee benefits regulation enforcement is set to leave government service at the end of October, according...

September 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the better known figures in employee benefits regulation enforcement is set to leave government service at the end of October, according...

September 25, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - M. Michele Burns, chief financial officer of Marsh & McLennan, has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Mercer Human Resource Consulting,...

September 11, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ABN AMRO Asset Management has announced the appointment of Thomas Leavitt as president and chief executive officer for its North America operations.

August 24, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nationwide Financial Services announced that Duane Meek, senior vice president for retirement plans, will retire at year-end after 38 years with the company.

August 16, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Watson Wyatt Worldwide's director of retirement research and director of US benefits consulting, Sylvester Schieber, will retire in September.

August 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wal-Mart's former second-ranked executive received a federal court sentence on Friday, involving home confinement, probation and $450,000 in fines and restitution on charges...

August 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A prominent change in command affected the retirement services and HR sectors on Thursday as Hewitt Associates named BISYS leader Russell Fradin as...