Deals and People

July 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group has named Ryan Coogler vice president, Retirement Services, in its Houston, Texas, office.

July 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Beata Rogala has joined Guardian Life Insurance Company of America as second vice president, Enrollment and eBusiness in Worksite Markets.

July 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tracy Stough Grajewski has joined consulting firm Mercer as partner and senior client manager for its Pittsburgh and Cleveland markets.

July 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paul McKiernan rejoined Commonfund as a managing director for its institutional sales team.

July 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Strategic Benefit Services (SBS) named Carol A. Idone vice president of Business Development.

July 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paul Gamble was appointed managing director and president of retirement solutions at F-Squared, an investment management firm in Newton, Massachusetts.

July 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ascende, Inc., a human resources strategies firm, named Nancy Cox director of administration consulting.

July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hartford Investment Management Company (HIMCO) hired two institutional sales representatives and a consultant relations head.

July 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Roberta Casper Watson will join The Wagner Law Group as head of its Welfare Benefits Department.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance and employee benefits adviser Lockton has opened a new office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Christine Carolan has been appointed by Mercer Investments as investment director for its West Market.

July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer has appointed James Bernstein as leader of its Health & Benefits business for Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.

July 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment research firm Morningstar, Inc. has added three individuals to its retirement solutions group in its Investment Management division.

June 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Tom Hogan has been appointed chief executive officer of Retirement Systems Data, LLC (RSD).

June 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Kirton, Jeff Schutes and Akhil Sethi have been appointed to senior positions in investments and retirement divisions in global regions at Mercer.

June 19, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is aligning its leadership with client challenges in both active and passive strategies.

June 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - David Stacey recently joined Mercer’s Dallas office as partner and senior consultant in its Health and Benefits business.

June 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Employee benefits consulting firm Cammack LaRhette hired Arthur Scalise as managing actuary.

June 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc. announced that its chief investment officer, John Mason, has been promoted to senior vice president.

June 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Ryan Sullivan has been made principal-in-charge of Rehmann Retirement Builders.