Putnam Investments named Gerald Sullivan managing director and senior portfolio manager and Rob Brookby senior vice president and portfolio manager of its U.S. Large Cap Equity group.
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc., will be the first major independent broker/dealer to deploy SunGard’s paperless office platform TFA Synergy, available through the Protegent Customer Onboard system.
Russell Investments tapped board member John Schlifske as its new president and CEO after former head Craig Ueland stepped down from the post, the company said.
Schroders announced two new hires as part of the firm's expansion of its subadvisory, broker/dealer, financial adviser, and defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) distributions.
Ashfield Capital Partners, a growth-equity manager and member firm of Old Mutual Asset Management, named Joseph M. Caticchio as director of institutional marketing and consultant relations.
Broker/dealer United Planners Financial Services of America launched a managed account platform available to their investment adviser qualified representatives.
Debbie Vince, formerly of 401(k) Producer Services, has taken on a newly created role of director of member firm services at National Retirement Partners (NRP).
Forward Management, LLC, investment adviser to the Forward Funds, has agreed to acquire Accessor Capital Management LP (Accessor), investment adviser to the Accessor Funds.