Deals & People

Gary Crane has been named senior consultant and service team leader at Cafaro Greenleaf, which provides investment advisory and plan consulting services.

Pentegra Retirement Services has named Bob Riebesehl as regional director of the company’s qualified plan sales.

Six relationship managers have been added to MassMutual’s network in New England, New York, the West, Southwest and mid-Atlantic region, boosting the number to 103.

Open architect retirement plan provider, 401kDirect, announces the appointment of its newest president and chief marketing officer.

CAPTRUST and Pensionmark Retirement Group will create a new entity intended to be the industry’s premier platform for retirement plan advisers.

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries has rebranded as the American Retirement Association.

DuPont Capital Management hired William Smith, Jr., as principal, business development, and Paul Leahy as head of relationship management.

Principal Global Investors has hired Paul Kim to launch and lead the firm’s ETF business.

Scott Kaplan has been named head of the pension risk transfer business team at Prudential Retirement, effective immediately.

Jim Neill, Michael Dudkowski and Michael Patalsky join professional services firm Towers Watson from Wilshire Associates.

NFP Retirement hired five new consultants to its retirement plan and investment consulting teams in Texas and California.

Lincoln Financial Group hired Shawn Daly to serve as senior business development director on the firm's institutional retirement distribution team.

Charles C. Cornelio is retiring as president of retirement plan services at Lincoln Financial Group, a position he has held since 2009.

Chicago-based registered investment adviser Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. announced Robert J. Moore will be the firm's next chief executive officer.

Nicole Spinelli has been appointed to lead the newly created WISE organization—dedicated to supporting “the unique needs of female advisers and clients” across Lincoln Financial Network’s businesses.

Four regional vice presidents have been added to the intermediary sales team of CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions.

The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company Inc. announced Matthew Butler and Christopher Pic have been named second vice presidents in the retirement solutions division.

Thomas E. Clark, Jr., an Employee Retirement Income Security Act specialist and employee benefits lawyer, has joined the Wagner Law Group.

Independent advisory firm RMR Wealth Builders appointed Stuart Simchowitz to develop the firm's 401(k) and retirement plans business.

A partnership between Cetera Financial Group and Envestnet Retirement Solutions enables Cetera to offer Envestnet’s practice management platform to its retirement plan advisers.