Banking & Finance

Waukesha State Bank has hired Rob Kurudza as bank manager for its Muskego office.

All employees, including the managers, at Waukesha-based InvestorsBank will retain their positions following the acquisition of the bank by Fond du Lac-based American Bank.

Waukesha-based InvestorsBank is notifying customers and other stakeholders that its shareholders have approved the sale of the bank to American Bank of Fond du Lac.

Milwaukee-based Baird Financial Group has closed on its acquisition of Seattle investment firm McAdams Wright Ragen Inc. The company is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baird Financial Group, the holding company of Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc.

Teamsters Local 43, based in Racine, has voted to merge with Milwaukee's Teamsters Local 200.

The MACC Fund (Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Inc.) is celebrating a milestone by reaching more than $50 million in contributions since its inception in 1976.

Milwaukee-based Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Inc. has sold its Russell Investments subsidiary to the London Stock Exchange Group plc for $2.7 billion.

Dallas-based Trinity Industries Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Meyer Steel Structures, which operates an ABB Inc. plant in New Berlin.

Milwaukee-based investment advisory firm Geneva Capital Management Ltd., which has $6.3 billion in assets under management, has sold its entire issued share capital to London-based Henderson Global Investors Ltd.

Quinpario Acquisition Corp. has completed its acquisition of Milwaukee-based Jason Inc. The company has changed its name to Jason Industries Inc. and will retain its Milwaukee headquarters.