Deals & People

AllianceBernstein has renewed its contract to provide program management and investment management services to CollegeBoundfund, Rhode Island’s adviser-sold 529 college savings plan.

MFC Global Investment Management (MFC GIM), the asset management arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, announced two new hires to its Boston-based teams.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) announced that two regional vice presidents (RVPs) will take on new territories.

Matthew A. Savage, has been appointed Senior Business Development Manager of Strategic Insight, focused on the qualified plan marketplace.

CNM LLP, an independent accounting and advisory services firm, has announced the expansion of its Employee Benefit Plan Audit practice to include 403(b) plan audit services for nonprofit...

Triad Advisors announced that it is now affiliated with Gitterman & Associates Wealth Management, LLC.

Heidi Walsh has left T. Rowe Price to join J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services has added Ivette Dominguez to its sales team.

Payden & Rygel, a Los Angeles-based investment manager with $55 billion in assets under management, has opened a Boston office.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Gary Plourde, former Great-West sales manager, as regional director of national accounts for its Southeast market.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Pat Fields as regional sales director for northern California.

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

ProFunds Group has tapped Donald Roberson as managing director, Distribution.

New York Life Insurance Company has appointed Allyson McDonald as senior vice president in its Retirement Income Security (RIS) operation, to lead relationship management for Third-Party Distribution.

Janus Capital Group Inc. has added Matthew Sommer to its Retirement Strategy Group.

The Standard has announced the appointment of Niki Green as regional pension manager.

Social(k) is scheduled to open an office in San Francisco on May 27.

Steven D. Cox has joined Columbus, Ohio-based NUA Advisors, LLC, to establish a Midwest division of NUA’s Qualified Retirement Planning Group.

As part of an effort to focus on its core insurance and annuity operations, Great American Financial Resources, Inc. (GAFRI), said it will exit the independent broker/dealer business...

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Gary Biesiadecki as regional director for the organization’s central U.S. Public/Nonprofit (PNP) business, effective May 16.