Deals & People

Journey Financial Planners, a fee-only, independent registered investment advisory (RIA) firm in Massachusetts, is now also serving private businesses seeking solutions for their retirement plans.

DailyAccess Corporation, a Mobile, Alabama-based plan service provider, has acquired Leggette Actuaries, Inc.

Great-West Retirement Services has hired eight additional internal wholesalers to further enhance the support it provides its external sales force and their financial adviser and third-party...

Westrock Group, Inc., a financial services holding company, named Donald H. Hunter, Jr., as CEO and president of the firm and its wealth management subsidiary, Westrock Advisors, Inc.

Financial Engines has hired Omar Aguilar as head of its Portfolio Management group, reporting to Chief Investment Officer Christopher Jones.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Kevin White as regional sales director for Tennessee.

Legg Mason Inc. reorganized five funds in its ClearBridge Advisors unit as money manager Alan Blake and Hersh Cohen, the division’s investment chief, are set to retire.

Verity Asset Management added five new investment adviser representatives as part of its expansion of advisory services in the 403(b) marketplace, the company said.

The Illinois Bankers Association (IBA) and the Springfield, Illinois-based Empire Advisory Group are teaming up to offer Empire's 401(k) plan, 403(b) plan, and nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans...

Days after Bank of America (BofA) announced the appointment of Sallie Krawcheck to run global wealth and investment management, Daniel Sontag said he will leave BofA, according to...

Franklin Templeton Investments has lured Yaqub Ahmed from his post at Columbia Funds.

Global index provider Dow Jones Indexes has named Tariq Al-Rifai as its new director of Islamic indexes.

UBS did some more rearranging of its wealth management units, but the American business will stay the same.

Security Benefit has won a contract with the Retirement Investors' Club (RIC) of Iowa to be a provider for the 457 plans and 401(a) plans offered by state...

Bank of America Corporation (BofA) unveiled four senior management changes, including the appointment of Sallie Krawcheck to lead Global Wealth and Investment Management.

Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc., has announced that Scott J. Pawlich has joined the firm as vice president of sales.

Following the recent departure of Sandy McCarthy as president of Institutional Plan Services, ING said it has further streamlined its Retirement Services structure, while ensuring the institutional businesses...

Asset International, Inc. (‘AI’) has agreed to acquire Strategic Insight (“SI”), a research and technology firm serving the investment management industry.  

Brian Mineweaser has joined DST Retirement Solutions as director of new business development.

JennisonDryden, the proprietary mutual fund family of Prudential Financial, Inc., has hired Joseph Gill as vice president of client management in its investment-only defined contribution (IODC) group.