Deals and People

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a financial crunch that has brought about some 15,000 layoffs - and a first quarter loss of $1.26 billion, Merrill Lynch has...

January 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the tendrils of the Enron debacle continue to expand, President Bush took steps to fill two vacancies on the Securities and Exchange...

January 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Citigroup Inc, appointed Robert Willumstad, the head of its consumer arm, president of the group, a position that has been vacant for over...

January 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Using his constitutional right to install nominees without Senate approval during recesses, President Bush appointed Eugene Scalia as Labor Department solicitor, a position...

January 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Former state Treasurer Paul Silvester turned himself in to authorities in Hartford after his bail was revoked and a federal judge ordered him...

December 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adam Barsky, chairman of the New York City Employees Retirement System, has resigned to join a hedge fund.

December 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Four new administrative appeals judges have been appointed to serve on the Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor (DoL).

December 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation has appointed Ronald Logue, currently vice chairman, chief operating officer, and director, as president of the company.

December 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jeffrey Peek has been appointed to head up Credit Suisse First Boston's asset gathering operations, replacing Phillip Colebatch, who will retire early next...

December 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mark Anson was appointed chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President George W. Bush plans to nominate economist Kathleen Utgoff to be commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

December 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com)- Barry Faison will succeed Gary Smith as the chief financial officer of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS).

December 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jack Ehnes, 50, has been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation's third...

December 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Virginia Governor-elect Mark Warner on Monday named William Leighty, director of the Virginia Retirement System (VRS), as his new chief of staff.

December 4, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kent Buckles has been appointed President and CEO of retirement financial services group Investmart, effective immediately.

November 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush's Social Security Commission will propose shrinking benefits for most future retirees, while allowing them to invest part of their payroll taxes...

November 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Labor Secretary Elaine Chao announced that Steven Kandarian has been tapped to head up the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

November 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group's board has elected J. Barry Griswell, the group's president and chief executive officer, as chairman.

November 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ann Colgrove has been appointed Director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs (OCLA) at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

November 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PricewaterhouseCoopers' board has chosen Samuel DiPiazza to fill the shoes of James Schiro, the firm's outgoing chief executive officer.