Deals and People

January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wells Fargo, following the completion of the acquisition of the Strong Financial Retirement Plan Services business, has announced the hiring of five new...

December 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PeopleSoft founder, chairman, and chief executive David Duffield has resigned from his posts as Oracle begins to quickly take control of the company.

December 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Chairman Charles "Chad" Gifford will receive severance benefits that include $16.4 million and a special deal on Boston Red Sox...

December 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recently deposed head of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) lost his bid to get back on the giant pension fund's...

December 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has asked US Department of Labor (DoL) Secretary Elaine Chao to stay in her post during his upcoming second term.

December 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments has announced the departure of Deborah Kuenstner, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of the Large Cap Value and International Value...

December 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As expected, California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) President Sean Harrigan was pushed aside Wednesday after Harrigan charged publicly that the fund's recent...

November 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One of the most powerful public pension officials in the nation - California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) president Sean Harrigan - said...

November 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BNY Brokerage has appointed Anthony Conroy as managing director and head trader.

November 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hoping to increase its market share of institutional money managing, John Hancock Funds has named Senior Vice President John Litzow the new head...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New Hampshire Retirement System has tapped Robert Leggett as its new executive director as of January 2005.

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bridgewater Associates, an institutional investment management firm with $90 billion under management, has tapped Britt Harris to join the company as chief executive...

October 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar Inc. has announced that John Rekenthaler has been named as vice president of new product development for the company's global operations.

October 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments has tapped a former Putnam Investment executive as its new head of marketing and product development for Fidelity's defined benefit business.

October 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Principal Financial Group has announced the hiring of Henry Tebben as the group's director of new business development for defined benefit (DB)...

September 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sarah Ball Teslik, the Executive Director of the Council of Institutional Investors (CII) is resigning to accept the position of Chief Executive of...

September 20, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The investment arm of the Bank of New York, BNY Asset Management, has announced the creation of a new consultant relations team to...

September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) announced Thursday the appointment Bob Gray as the new Director of US Institutional Sales and Consultant Relations.

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - North Carolina State Treasurer Richard Moore has tapped Patricia Gerrick as chief investment officer for the Tar Heel state's $60 billion pension fund.

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has announced that Diana Bourke will become Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Institutional Services business unit,...