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Marty Fleischman, CFA, has been named vice president of institutional investment products for OneAmerica. He will be responsible for expanding OneAmerica guaranteed product offerings, initially focusing on Stable Value Wrap (synthetic Guaranteed Income Contracts) for the defined contribution (DC) market.

“Entry into this market demonstrates the OneAmerica continued commitment to serve the retirement plan marketplace,” says Bill Yoerger, president of Retirement Services for OneAmerica. “Focusing on the defined contribution needs of large plan sponsors required a recognized authority on IIP, and Marty certainly has the background and experience to lead this initiative for us.”

This industry veteran brings to his new role more than 30 years of experience in financial services. He previously served as an executive at Mutual of Omaha and Pacific Life. He also was assistant vice president from 1994 to 2009 at Pacific Life Insurance Company. Fleischman earned his master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

NEXT: Fiduciary Vest Names New Partner

Fiduciary Vest Names New Partner

Evan Melcher has joined FiduciaryVest, a boutique institutional investment consulting firm, as a partner.

He will assist his team in helping fiduciaries build and maintain retirement plans overseeing investment pools of some of the country’s largest corporations, hospitals, non-profits, foundations and endowments. Melcher is also on the Board of Directors and currently serves as the president of the ASPPA Benefits Council of Atlanta. He is a regular speaker at conferences and conventions, and has written articles related to fiduciary responsibility, fee disclosure, best practices for plan committees, and other defined contribution (DC) topics.

“We are very grateful for the growth our firm has experienced over the past few years,” says  Philly Jones, managing partner. “Such growth does not occur without talented and motivated leaders such as Evan Melcher. Both personally and professionally, Evan embodies our firm’s values of integrity, service excellence and thought leadership. We all celebrate with Evan his notable accomplishments.”

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Pickett will lead a team focused on leveraging Northern Trust’s global resources to build solutions that meet the demands of the in-house investment teams.

She brings to her new role more than 15 years of experience in various senior operations and technology roles which included a stint as chief operating officer for Emory Investment Management. Picket also spent more than a decade managing technology strategy for the Global Wealth Management group of Morgan Stanley.

She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and an Executive Masters of Technology Management, a joint degree granted by the Wharton School of Business and the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She is also a Chartered Due Diligence Analyst (CDDA), and a founding Advisory Board member of the Investment Management Due Diligence Association (IMDDA).

“Having spent her career designing and executing large-scale change within financial services organizations, Melanie is a tremendous addition to our team,” says Pete Cherecwich, president of Corporate & Institutional Services at Northern Trust. “The needs of global asset owners and allocators have changed dramatically over the last decade and continue to rapidly evolve. It is critical we lead with a forward-looking operational and technology solution, combined with a first-class service offering to meet a complex set of investor expectations—especially in the highly challenging area of alternative investments.”

NEXT: Drinker Biddle Opens Dallas Office

Drinker, Biddle Opens Dallas Office

Twenty three new lawyers will walk through the doors of Drinker, Biddle and Reath’s new office in Dallas, Texas. The office will be led by nine partners.

E. Paul Cauley, Jr. serves as lead national and regional counsel for businesses in class action, products liability and commercial litigation. Susan E. Egeland has defended hundreds of cases from inception through resolution by dismissal, settlement or trial. Her litigation experience stretches across numerous industries including the defense of product manufacturers, corporations, insurance companies, financing institutions, premises owners, and individuals in product liability and business litigation. Travis S. Gamble represents clients in civil litigation with a focus on personal injury, products liability, construction and traffic control litigation. 

Wayne B. Mason is a veteran trial attorney who regularly defends national and international clients in diverse litigation matters around the country. His focus is on class action litigation. George S. McCall has more than 37 years of experience representing clients in commercial insurance litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and extra-contractual claims. 

Dawn S. McCord represents companies in state and federal courts throughout the country in high-stakes class action and multi-district litigation. W. Neil Rambin has more than three decades of experience representing clients in complex commercial insurance litigation, insurance coverage disputes, extra-contractual claims and disputes between insurance and reinsurance companies. 

Sondra S. Sylva advises clients in matters involving casualty coverage, commercial insurance litigation, bad faith, property coverage, environmental coverage, marine coverage and reinsurance. Alan R. Vickery provides counsel to large pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. He focuses on complex litigation and serves as state, regional and national counsel in mass tort litigation.

“Our new lawyers are joining us from Sedgwick LLP’s Dallas office and are renowned in Texas and nationally for their business litigation, products liability and class action capabilities in industry sectors such as automotive, insurance, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, and health care,” reads a company statement. “They are intimately familiar with the Texas legal market and bring significant experience to our Dallas office from the outset.  

NEXT: Empower Retirement Names Leader of Government Market Segment

“Dan is the ideal leader who can provide the strategic vision, thought leadership and expertise to help government plan sponsors best serve their retirement plan participants,” says Empower President Edmund F. Murphy, III. “Workers in public defined contribution plans deserve the best opportunity for a secure retirement, and under Dan’s leadership Empower will continue to serve their needs.”  

Morrison serves on the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce (DMCC) Healthcare and Education committees and is a Craig Hospital PUSH committee member, which raises funds to support the hospital’s programs and research.

He graduated from the University of Vermont with degrees in mathematics and English.

NEXT: New Partner Joins ESOP-Focused Law Firm

Behler joins Strategic Investment from Hirtle Callaghan & Co., where he served as a portfolio manager and serviced the firm’s largest institutional clients. Prior to that, Rick was managing partner and senior portfolio manager at Chartwell Investment Partners. He also worked as managing director and portfolio manager at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and as a Hedge Fund Manager for Moore Capital Management.  

He earned a Ph.D and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Rick Villanova University.

“Rick brings four decades of investment knowledge across private and public markets, along with client service expertise from an OCIO serving large institutional portfolios,” says Brian Murdock, president and CEO of Strategic Investments. “He has worked with colleges and universities, health care systems, corporations, foundations, and insurance companies with a variety of asset pools. He will be a valuable addition to our team and is superbly qualified to deliver the world-class client service that has helped Strategic build enduring partnerships with our clients.”