Deals & People

Eric Bokesch and Guy Ridout III have been hired as retirement plan wholesalers at Nationwide Financial.

National Financial Partners Corp. said it agreed to be acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners for $25.35 per share in cash.

 Jeff Gardner, Eleana McLane, Mark McGowan, Bruce Guarino and Chad Metzger are the members of Nationwide Financial’s new defined contribution investment only (DCIO) sales team.  

Chicago Equity Partners LLC hired Paul M. LaCoursiere as managing director and senior fixed-income portfolio manager.

CFA Institute appointed Thomas Robinson as managing director of Americas operations, and John Bowman and Stephen Horan as managing directors of education.

Legal & General Investment Management America Inc. (LGIMA), a Chicago-based registered investment adviser, hired Don Andrews, Kimberlee Lisella, Justin Tabellione and Bradley S. Wynn.

Chris Reagan and Kevin Kaiser have been promoted to senior managing director and senior vice president, respectively, at Mesirow Financial.

David H. Dermenjian has been promoted to managing director of the investment advisory group at Mesirow Financial.

Jeff Conway was picked to head the new global exchange organization of State Street Corporation.

Efrain Fernandez, Antonio Lopez and Monique France have been named to the sales and distribution team of Mirae Asset Global Investments.

Andrew Scherer was appointed director of defined contribution (DC) intermediary distribution for Russell Investments’ U.S. adviser-sold business.

Michael Foy, Daniel Noschese and Kelly Reey have been named defined contribution investment specialists at Putnam Investments.

Robin Gantz was hired by Towers Watson as a senior consultant in its retirement risk business.

Enrique Chang was named chief investment officer (CIO) of equities and asset allocation at Janus Capital Group Inc.

Dan Schatz joined ING U.S.’ Retirement business April 1 to support the Large Corporate Markets’ Business Development team.

A registered independent adviser (RIA), Independent Financial Advisors of Riverside, California, is Beacon Pointe’s latest deal.

A registered investment advisory, ACI Capital Group LLC, was formally dissolved Friday.

Cetera Financial Group has agreed to purchase Tower Square Securities and Walnut Street Securities from MetLife Inc.

Ronald J. Triche will join the government affairs team of the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) on April 22. 

Nick Koutsoftas, Ben Ross, Brad Sanderson and Michelle Butler are joining Cohen & Steers Inc.