Deals and People

April 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – White Oak Advisors has named Rick Bindler as practice leader and lead consultant for its new Chicago office.

April 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Retirement Services Division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company announced changes to its senior management team.

April 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Giuliana Rivers joined benefits consulting firm Mercer within its defined contribution (DC) advisory practice.

April 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – AllianceBernstein LP, a global investment management firm, announced that Roberta Matheny has joined the firm as vice president and senior client service officer.

April 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial adviser Erik Swenson, president of Retirement Plan Solutions, has affiliated with Pensionmark Retirement Group, creating RPS Pensionmark.

April 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stephen Birmingham joined Taylor Investment Counselors as executive vice president, director of business development.

March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J. Scott Davison, CLU, ChFC, will begin serving as chief executive officer for the companies of OneAmerica on April 1.

March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Professional services and consulting firm Towers Watson named Steve Carlson as head of investments for the Americas region.

March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife, Inc. appointed Wayne Daniel as vice president for U.S. pensions within the firm's corporate benefit funding division.

March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Great-West Lifeco Inc., which owns investment services firms Great-West Financial and Putnam Investments, will combine the retirement businesses of both subsidiary companies.

March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shane E. Conlon has joined Sibson Consulting as a vice president and senior retirement consultant.

March 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ross Brown joined retirement plan services and consulting firm Verisight Inc. as a senior vice president of institutional sales.

March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Retirement named Srinivas Reddy to a newly created role overseeing investments for its full service business.

March 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nationwide Financial named Kent Morris as its new western regional vice president of the Nationwide Retirement Solutions business.

March 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Blue Ridge ESOP Associates has named Kevin T. Rusch as the firm's director of plan administration.

March 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial services organization TIAA-CREF has named Jennifer Pedigo as head of institutional asset management distribution for the Americas.

March 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Jim Brockelman will rejoin John Hancock Retirement Plan Services as national director, mid-market.

March 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer announced plans to purchase Transition Assist, a retiree exchange specializing in helping retirees in employer-sponsored plans select Medicare supplemental health...

February 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wells Fargo Retirement has named Betsy Hammond as head of its Nashville-based retirement benefits consulting division.

February 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group has named David Brisnehan as vice president of retirement services for its Irvine, California, office.