Deals & People

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Sandra Venetis, an investment adviser based in Branchburg, New Jersey, with misleading investors and using their money for personal use....

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Old Greenwich Consulting Group based in New York, after acquiring Benefits Unlimited in early August.

Richard Palmer begins today as the Chief Investment Officer at the SageView Advisory Group based in Irvine, California.

Scout Investment Advisors, a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation, has agreed to acquire Reams Asset Management Company, an investment management firm specializing in fixed-income products.

The Charles Schwab Corporation is paying $150 million in stocks and cash for Windward Investment Management, an exchange-traded fund (ETF)-focused investment advisory firm headquartered in Boston.  

With the introduction of several new initiatives and a new VP, The Hartford Financial Services Group plans to grow their middle market business for 401(k) defined contribution and...

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants will be opening an office in Birmingham, Alabama, with Wayne Bosch at the helm.  

Michael Manning and Jeffrey Wallace have been named Regional Sales Directors for the DailyAccess Corporation.

Sentinel Benefits & Financial Group (SBFG) has named Vanessa Watkins as Vice President. 

ING has named Dan Hanlon president of its Investor Channel within its Individual Retirement business.

Wilmington Tryst has hired Carol Baldwin Moody as senior vice president and chief risk officer to head a newly centralized Enterprise Risk Management Division.

Northern Trust announced that Luke Howe has joined the Client Solutions Group at its asset management arm, Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI). 

Chatham Partners announced that Luis Fleites has joined the firm as Vice President and Director of Multi-Client Research. 

The Hartford is restructuring its Wealth Management unit, breaking it into four segments: global annuities, mutual funds, retirement plans, and individual life, under wealth management president David Levenson.

Ellyn McColgan, the former head of wealth management at Morgan Stanley, has joined the board of financial services firm Primerica Inc., according to a recent announcement.  

Ed O’Connor has joined Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as managing director and the head of Retirement Services.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. announced that Kevin McGarry will serve as director, retirement income strategies, for the company. 

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