Deals and People

December 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Richard (Dick) Davies has returned to AllianceBernstein.

December 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global asset manager Russell Investments has appointed Josh Cohen, CFA, as managing director, head of institutional defined contribution (DC).

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wells Fargo announced a leadership change in its institutional retirement business.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lockton added Mike Smith to its national employee benefits practice, Lockton Benefit Group, as director of exchange solutions.

November 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The firm has hired Michael Davis as director of institutional sales.

November 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morneau Shepell, a provider of technology and outsourcing services for the administration of health, welfare and defined benefit pension plans, will be expanding...

November 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towers Watson has hired Edward Root as a senior pension risk transfer expert.

November 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – J. David Johnson has rejoined The Segal Group as a vice president and senior health consultant.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Jack Noble has joined the Kansas City office of consulting firm Mercer as a principal in its Health and Benefits business.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mike DiCenso joined MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division as institutional segment market leader.

November 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Gracan joined Great-West Financial as regional sales director of national accounts in the Northeast.

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC, an investment management firm, has named five new partners.

October 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – John Hancock Investments has hired three new managing directors for its Institutional team.

October 23, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USI Consulting Group has hired Heidi Kruck as a senior actuarial consultant in its Defined Benefit practice.

October 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – LIMRA and LOMA President and CEO Robert A. Kerzner announced the board of directors for the newly established Secure Retirement Institute.

October 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has named Constance (Connie) Donovan to the newly created Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate position.

October 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Charlotte West moved within Mercer to become health and benefits principal at the firm’s Minneapolis office.

October 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morgan Stanley Wealth Management named Jeff Stein, currently vice president, to the newly created position of senior research analyst for Stable Value Funds.

October 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Transamerica Retirement Solutions announced the expansion of its pension sales and distribution team with the hiring of Ty Minnich and Cathy Berg.

October 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wilton, Connecticut-based Commonfund announced three new appointments to support and contribute to the expansion of its Multi-Asset Program for mid-sized nonprofit clients.