Deals and People

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - EquiLend has appointed Ian Drachman as its new CEO, effective immediately.

September 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robert C. Doll, 47, has been named president of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), the firm's asset management arm with more than $500...

September 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - President Bush has named Betsy Atkins to the advisory committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). Atkins will represent the interest of...

September 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ING Americas, the Americas arm of Dutch bank ING Groep Inc., is moving to form an integrated US business and has named Thomas...

September 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? President Bush has selected three new members of the Advisory Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and has designated a chairperson of...

September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Express Financial Advisors has hired William F. Truscott as its chief investment officer, effective Sept. 6.

August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Board members at the Principal Financial Group have elected Larry Zimpleman executive vice president of retirement and investor services.

August 27, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Online Portfolio management advice firm Bullrun Inc has hired John Michel as chief executive.

August 24, 200l (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Janus Capital has named Loren Starr, a former executive at rival Putnam Investments, as its new chief financial officer. The CFO position had...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Morningstar Investment Services has named Art Lutschaunig as chief investment officer.

August 21, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trust and Custody service provider, Mellon Financial Corporation has promoted Vince Sands to the position of executive director of Mellon Global Securities Services (GSS),...

August 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The interim head of Retirement Services at Prudential Financial, Scott Sleyster, has officially been given the job.

August 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor is accepting nominations to fill five three-year vacancies on the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

August 10, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) ? The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the body charged with setting equal employment opportunity policy and approving litigation, officially has a new chairperson.

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Global Advisors' president Timothy Harbert is replacing Nicholas Lopardo as chief executive and chairman, parent company State Street announced Friday.

July 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merrill Lynch, which has not had a president and COO since July 1999, has finally made an appointment.

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Old Mutual (US) Holdings Inc., has found a new CEO. Scott F. Powers of Mellon Institutional Asset Management, will take over the reins...

July 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dreyfus Corporation has named Stephen R. Byers chief investment officer, responsible for overseeing all investment strategies and investment management staff.

July 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nicholas Lopardo, chief executive of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), has reportedly quit after a dispute with State Street CEO David Spina over...

July 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) ? Ann C. Gersie of The Principal Financial Group, was elected president of the National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA).