Deals & People

Christopher Hale has joined The Standard as a retirement plan consultant for the Central sales region.

Bill Bensur has joined the national investment leadership team of Towers Watson and will head the firm’s investment office in Pittsburgh.

Benefits broker and consultant NFP has acquired Meridian Retirement Plan Advisors; the transaction closed on March 3.

Brian C. Ford has joined asset management firm The TCW Group as a senior vice president for the institutional marketing team. 

National 401(k) plan consulting firm MJM401k LLC appointed Mary A. Berk to its leadership team as a senior consultant and plan analyst.

Yie-Hsin Hung has been named chief executive of New York Life Investment Management after serving as co-president of the division.

Lincoln Financial Group’s retirement plan services business made two additions to its institutional retirement distribution team focused on the government plans market.

SageView Advisory Group has hired Kerrie Casey to deliver retirement planning services from within its Boston practice.

Combined elements of Russell Investments and the London Stock Exchange Group will operate under a newly the established brand, FTSE Russell.

Ron Cohen has joined Wells Fargo Funds Management LLC as head of sales for the defined contribution investment only and registered investment adviser channels.

Rodney Balbuena has joined SageView Advisory Group in the firm’s newly opened office in Pasadena, California, while Cathy Christ comes to the Irvine office.

The Maresh Yoshida 401k Group, a 401(k) advisory firm in Austin, says it is changing its corporate name to InTrust Fiduciary Group.

Financial services provider The Standard hired Matthew King within the firm’s retirement services group as the new director of third-party administrator (TPA) relationships.

International law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP has named Elizabeth Deckman partner in the benefits and compensation group of its Seattle office.

Securities America Inc. says it will provide its network of 2,000 independent advisers with access to Envestnet Retirement Solutions’ retirement specialist adviser workstation technology.

T. Rowe Price, a global investment management organization, announces three significant changes to its leadership.

Jennifer Brooks has joined NFP Retirement as a retirement plan consultant and specialist in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services hired Nick Barcelona as a regional vice president, responsible for sales and relationship development with financial representatives and plan consultants.

Tonya B. Manning joined Buck Consultants at Xerox as chief actuary, a role that involves shaping and improving the firm's understanding of current market trends.

Charles P. Nelson will spearhead tax-exempt and corporate markets and wealth management at Voya in his new role as retirement chief executive.