Industry

  • The Lincoln Financial Group has named Lisa Marie DeSimone to the position of vice president of corporate development, effective April 1. She was previously a senior vice president and senior financial services officer at Lincoln's affiliate Delaware Investments.DeSimone will report to Chief Financial Officer Fred Crawford and will be responsible for sourcing, evaluating and executing merger, acquisition and divestiture activities."With her knowledge of Lincoln Financial and background in both the insurance and asset management industries, Lisa is an ideal fit for this position and will play an instrumental part in executing our growth strategy across business lines," said Crawford.DeSimone previously worked for Smith Barney/Citigroup, as well as the A.M. Best Company and The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. She has a bachelor's degree in finance from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

    March 14
  • Fund.com Inc. has appointed Philip Gentile as the institutional and consumer financial services company’s chief operating officer.

    March 13
  • Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced the appointments of three investment management executives to its board of directors.

    March 12
  • Fund.com Inc. has named Gregory Webster as president.

    March 11
  • Geode Capital Management LLC has named Patrick Perry as vice president of investor relations. He will report to Daniel Ludwig, CFA and senior vice president.

    March 11
  • Northern Trust has appointed Jon Dunham as head of North America asset servicing sales. He will report to Penelope Biggs, head of worldwide asset serving business development for Northern Trust.

    March 10
  • M&A

    Nationwide Financial Service Inc. has received an offer from its parent company Nationwide Mutual to buy its publicly held shares for $2.2 billion.

    March 10
  • Principal Funds Names New President

    March 10
  • Integrity Mutual Funds Inc. announced that Bradley Wells will serve as interim president and CEO, following the resignation of Mark Anderson.

    March 7
  • PrivateBancorp Inc. has announced that Patrick McQueen will take over as chairman and CEO of The PrivateBank-Michigan.

    March 6