Retirement Industry Deals and People Moves – 12/19/2025

NFP Promotes Adam Favale to Head of M&A

Adam Favale

NFP named Adam Favale executive vice president and head of mergers and acquisitions, to help with the firm’s middle-market growth strategy.

Favale has been with NFP since 2010 and previously served as a senior leader on its M&A team. He reports to President and COO Michael Goldman and will oversee acquisition strategy across NFP’s property and casualty, employee benefits, wealth management, and retirement advisory businesses. The appointment follows NFP’s recent platform transactions and underscores M&A as a core growth driver for the firm.

Fiduciary Trust International Taps New Wealth Director

James Corrigan Jr.

Fiduciary Trust Co. International hired James Corrigan Jr. as a Washington, D.C.–based wealth director, reporting to Regional Managing Director David Edmiston.

Corrigan joins from First National Bank of Pennsylvania, where he helped expand the firm’s Mid-Atlantic presence. Previously, he held roles at Rockefeller Capital Management, Brown Advisory and Prudential Securities.

According to Fiduciary Trust, the addition supports its continued growth in the Mid-Atlantic region and its focus on serving ultra-high-net-worth families with complex wealth-planning needs.

Domain Money Advisors Appoints Jeff Neikrie VP of Business Development

Jeff Neikrie

Domain Money Advisors appointed Jeff Neikrie as vice president of business development. Neikrie joins from Zoe Financial, where he was a founding team member and helped scale the firm’s adviser network and recurring revenue.

Neikrie will lead the expansion of Domain Financial Services, the firm’s white-label wealth management solution designed to help registered investment advisers, certified public accountants and financial firms serve emerging affluent clients profitably.