Deals & People

The Retirement Services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, named Michael Woomer as the division’s field vice president, consulting services.

Fidelity Investments named Peter Cieszko, former president and CEO of Evergreen Investments, as president of Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc.

Transamerica Retirement Management, Inc., has selected money management firm Fund Architects to enhance its SecurePath Advisory Services retirement planning product.

Millennium Trust Company, a provider of IRA administrative and custody services, announced it has joined Wealth Management Systems Inc.'s (WMSI) Rollover Network.

John Siciliano has been named as a New York Life Investments senior managing director and head of the firm's investment boutiques.

Robert McCann, the vice chairman of the wealth management division at Merrill Lynch&Co. Inc., will be replaced by Dan Sontag, according to published reports.

Ascensus has acquired Baden Retirement Plan Services (Baden) from Clark&Wamberg LLC.

Retirement and wealth management consulting firm SageView Advisory Group has added Mark Forkey, as a senior investment adviser to its Northeast Practice.

Asset International, the parent company of PLANSPONSOR, PLANADVISER, and Global Custodian, has been acquired by Austin Ventures, a venture capital and growth equity firm with $3.9 billion of...

The Boston-based Pioneer Investments has named Bill Taylor as senior vice president and head of Relationship Management and Strategic Alliances Group in the U.S.

The board of directors at AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. has named Peter S. Kraus Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Stanford Financial Group announced the formation of Stanford Institutional Consulting, a new business group within its global network of financial services companies.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Jason Fewell and Rob Hamilton as regional sales directors for its 401(k) business.

MassMutual announced E. Heather Smiley will be vice president, marketing communications, in its Retirement Services Division.

RESOURCES for Retirement, a retirement plan advisory and consulting firm, said it brought on Kristen Maldonado as an adviser.

HighTower says it is the first adviser-owned, nationally branded, fiduciary financial services firm dedicated to serving high net worth investors.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services, a division of New York Life Investment Management LLC, announced the expansion of its West coast presence with the hiring of two...

Vision Capital Advisors, L.L.C., a New York-based registered investment advisory firm, said that Andrew Lutz has joined the firm as Managing Director, effective immediately.

Merrill Lynch&Co., Inc., announced that its acquisition by Bank of America (BoA) has been approved.

Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation, appointed Matt Smith as senior vice president and leader of the defined contribution practice in the...