Deals and People

October 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MassMutual’s retirement services group has added several members to its Taft-Hartley retirement plan client service team.

October, 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) – Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIMA) announced that it has hired four executives to support its expanding liability-driven investing (LDI) business.

October 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Voya Financial Chairman and CEO Rodney Martin Jr. has taken over direct leadership of the company’s retirement solutions business.

October 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Michael Woomer is among the chorus of retirement plan professionals telling plan sponsors that managing fiduciary risk is about having processes in place.

October 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Abigail P. Johnson, the granddaughter of Fidelity’s founder, has agreed to accept the position of CEO of FMR LLC.

October 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Covariance Capital Management appointed Kevin Nee as chief executive officer.

October 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fiduciary Investment Advisors (FIA) has taken steps to enhance its employee communication and education services within its defined contribution business.

October 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – James Napoli has joined Seyfarth Shaw LLP as a partner in the law firm’s employee benefits and executive compensation practice.

October 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nancy G. Ross has joined global law firm Mayer Brown in Chicago as a partner in the employment and ERISA litigation practice.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bill Gross, PIMCO’s founder and CIO, caused serious waves in the investment industry when he announced his decision to join Janus Capital Group.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Renowned fixed-income manager William H. Gross is leaving PIMCO, the company he co-founded, to join Janus Capital Group.

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment management firm AllianceBernstein L.P. announced three new hires to its defined contribution team.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kris Krikorian joined Pentegra Retirement Services as a regional director for qualified plan sales.

September 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Kenneth Powell has joined the HR and benefits solutions firm Ascende as a compliance consultant.

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Daly joined investment management and processing firm SEI as a client investment strategist on the firm’s U.S. institutional advisory team.

September 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frederick A. Stewart has been hired as senior vice president for LCG Associates, Inc., a national investment consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta.

September 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wealth Management Systems Inc.(WMSI) announced today that Doug Perkins has joined the firm as information security officer.

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments announced the appointment of Jeffrey L. Gould as head of Putnam global institutional management to lead the firm's response to growing...

September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America announced an appointment to the newly created position of field director of retirement plan sales.

September 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Edmund F. Murphy III has been named president of Great-West Financial’s combined retirement organization, integrating the businesses of Great-West Financial, Putnam Investments and...