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| Richard T. Luchinsky American Century Investments Senior Vice President, DC I-O Sales | |
After six years with
Ascensus, a senior vice president is
moving on.
A host of recordkeepers and their clients
won PSCA Signature Awards at the trade group's annual conference.
Prudential and its plan sponsors led the pack with five awards.
Earnings and full-service sales are
on the rise in
Voya's retirement unit, event as expenses and revenue fell.
That
Manulife global wealth and asset management rebranding is
affecting its
John Hancock Retirement Plan Services business here in the U.S.
Principal is
launching anew retirement plan program targeted at small and medium-sized plan sponsors.
A student loan repayment specialist
teamed up with a 401(k) recordkeeper.
DC I-O Dispatches
Rick Luchinsky brought an
Allianz alum to
American Century as senior retirement strategist.
MPI helped a DC I-O giant
launch a new evaluation tool for target date funds.
Manny Roman picked a 13-year
Pimco veteran to lead retirement solutions at the firm.
The
Natixis team
welcomed a CIO oversee TDFs and more.
Advisor Updates
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) duo with $5.2 billion in client assets
aligned with
GRP Financial as their RIA and OSJ.
Aggregator Accounts
Troy Hammond promoted three key
Pensionmark leaders. Hammond and his team also
hosted their 18th annual conference, where they gave
awards to three Pensionmark advisors and one team.
After an acquisition, a wirehouse's workplace wealth and retirement plans chief
shifted amid a reorg, and new hires joined the team.
Government Gossip
Two U.S. Senators
introduced a bill that includes a host of retirement plan reforms, much to the delight of defined contribution industry insiders.
TPA Talk
An acquisitive, midwestern TPA
bought another firm, this time in southern Virginia.
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