Deals & People

State Street Corporation announced that Samuel Cole will join the company next month as executive vice president and deputy head of State Street’s e-Exchange business.

Former Mercer outsourcing principals Peter Gosselin, Shawn Charles, and Julie Doran have formed Gosselin Consulting Group LLC, an independent, full-service institutional investment consulting firm.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tom Masteller as regional sales director for the Pittsburgh marketplace.

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) has acquired a controlling interest in Westchester Group, Inc., an independent agricultural asset manager.

As planned, Aon Corporation completed its merger of Hewitt Associates, Inc. with a subsidiary of Aon, creating Aon Hewitt late in the day Friday.

Financial advisers Tony Noisom and Chris Musino recently joined Raymond James & Associates, in its Coral Gables, Florida, branch.

In another shift in the asset management industry, AllianceBernstein L.P. announced it has acquired SunAmerica's alternative investments group.

Financial services firm Edward Jones has reached a distribution agreement with Prudential Financial to offer its clients variable annuities and individual life insurance from Prudential companies.

The Board of Directors of Paychex, Inc., has named Martin Mucci president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

Goldleaf Partners, a national retirement and employee benefits administration and consulting firm, has announced the opening of a Regional Sales and Service Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Nationwide Financial Services has selected Jamie Spenthoff as regional vice president of sales for its private sector retirement plans business.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Scott Ebner managing director and global head of ETF Product Development.

Transamerica Retirement Services has announced the promotion of Tim Allen to regional vice president in its Western Region.

Aon Corporation and Hewitt Associates, Inc. announced that they anticipate completing their proposed merger transaction on or about October 1, 2010.

An eight-person commodities trading team is reported to be leaving Credit Suisse Group AG to start a hedge fund backed by the Blackstone Group.

Deidre A. Grossman, an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) litigator, has joined the Littler Mendelson, P.C. law firm as a shareholder in its New York office.

Prudential Retirement on Wednesday announced a reshuffling of its client-facing service personnel into 10 “key account” teams based in three U.S. regions. 

Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Andrew Larsen as regional vice president in the company’s Southern Region.

Goldleaf Partners, a national retirement and employee benefits administration and consulting firm, has announced three executive appointments.

Charles Schwab plans to launch an Equity Award Consultation Team for corporate stock plan clients.