News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Hartigan Launches 3 More Active ETFs
The Invesco ETFs and index investments chief unveils a trio of new funds from the publicly traded giant...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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12Y In, an Ops Leader Says Goodbye to AmericanTCS
The executive joined a predecessor company in 2013...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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A Chief of Staff Joins a 600-Plan TPA
The new hire hails from the benefits and HR worlds...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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Henon Wonders, Are You a PEP PRO In Your PRIME?
The RAC chief and his team is preparing to roll out a pair of designation for the group plan space...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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Westwood's 2nd ETF Passes 1Y
The actively managed fund is still largely powered by the same team, with one exception...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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How Did Participants Handle April's Market Volatility?
At least one recordkeeper's team saw noticeable spikes in participant enagement last month, especially among participants who don't check in very often...
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Friday, May 9, 2025
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Four Habits of Successful KPAs
My colleague Selma shares habit-building tips from several KPAs...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Morris Hints At F/m's "Pretty Ambitious" Post-Merger Goals
The multi-boutique's chief talks about what's next after their recent combination with ZCM...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $759B-AUM AM Breaks Out a Ret Income Solution, In Two Structures
The team a publicly traded asset manager is making a retirement income offering available for use more broadly, including with outside QDIA solutions...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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AmericanTCS, Ameritas, and Schwab Team Up In Texas
The trio are helping a local bank launch a pooled employer plan...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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Ijaz Promotes a 19-Year Standard Vet
The freshly elevated executive now serves as VP of strategic innovation and emerging markets, and asset management group actuary...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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An 18-Year Fido Vet Becomes a KPA
Near Cincinnati, a recordkeeper alumna joins an insurance brokerage's aggregator...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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M* Fetes the Retiring Hart of 3 Funds, While Skipping Another Award
The Morningstar team revealed one big award winner yesterday. Yet the industry will have to keep waiting for more winners in another award category from the publicly traded investment research firm...
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
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CCM Sells a $70MM-AUM Pair of Funds
The two mutual funds will be merged into a publicly traded asset manager's first ETF, more than doubling its AUM...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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RLC Sells to a DB Specialist
The late John Carl's advisor-supporting education and training shop has been acquired by a Chi-Town company...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Near Boston, a Transamerica Alum Joins Nuveen
The new hire now serves as managing director, DC I-O in the Northeast...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Reader Rating: 1
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A 7-Year Pru Vet Will Help TIAA Target 401ks
The new hire will start next week in a newly created EVP position...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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15 Years, $2.7B In AUM
The team at a $584-billion-AUM (as of December 31) asset manager celebrates a mutual fund's crystal anniversary...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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Participant Contribution and Hardship Rates Ticked Up In Q1 2023
A publicly traded financial services firm's retirement plan recordkeeping team releases data on the first quarter of the year...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
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A $659B-AUM Firm Adds 3 EM Funds
The asset manager now offers 23 ETFs with about $48 billion in combined AUM...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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A NextCapital Alum Joins a Growing FinTech
The new hire now serves as VP of enterprise business solutions at the SoCal-based firm...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 3
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An SS&C VP Rises Again
The exec was previously promoted at the beginning of the year...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 1
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Two Managers Join Definiti
One is in the Midwest, and the other is in Texas...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 1
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Week In Preview, May 9 - May 15
This week, the teams at EBRI, Fi360, Hub, LIMRA, NIRS, That401kSite.com, and WIPN will host events...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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Week In Preview, May 9 - May 15
This week, the teams at Citywire, Envestnet, Invesco, and MFDF will host events...
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Monday, May 9, 2022
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Six Years In, an SVP Leaves Ascensus
She returned to lead her own company...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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Valuation Tips For KPAs
A DC I-O team walks advisors through what factors in to valuation for their practices...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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An Ex-TD MD Joins Vanguard
After 10 years at TD Ameritrade a MD moves over to Vanguard as head of digital, products and partnerships...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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Hammond Kicks Off Pensionmark 2019
The team at the KPA-focused B-D and RIA is hosting their 18th annual conference in the Big Apple...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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A Michigan Team Joins Ray Jay
The advisor trio join from Merrill Lynch...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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Will This U.S. Multinational Open the MF Door to China?
Perhaps it will be the first foreign asset manager to take a majority stake in a Chinese fund firm...
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
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With DST, an Alts Admin Giant Makes a Liquid Push
After SS&C's DST purchase closed last month, the new DST chief talked to MFWire about what's next...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Small-Mid Plan Sales Drove Empower's Q1 Growth
The recordkeeping giant's parent reports Q1 2018 earnings and smiles on Empower's results...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $2.4B 457 Sticks With Pru and Hunts For TDFs
Updated | A state reups with the recordkeeper for three more years and hunts for TDFs...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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A 15-Year John Hancock Vet Moves Up
This John Hancock vet was previously the AVP for JHRPS technology and delivery management...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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An Insurer Revamps Online, For Participants and Others
The new website is designed to be easier to understand and more user-friendly. ..
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Canadian Multinational Keeps Hunting For U.S. Asset Managers
Yet the publicly traded firm's chief insists that he's in no rush...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Guerette Revamps Ultimus' Distro Support
The mutual fund back office provider and series trust specialist is rolling out a new program aimed at streamlining information and client communication...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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T. Rowe Brings on Two New DC I-O Execs
The firm just hired two new plan specialists in the DC space. ..
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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Reader Rating: 3
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LPL Welcomes $420MM KPA Shop
The largest independent broker-dealer LPL Financial, has added a new affiliate!..
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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Pru Retirement Gets a New CEO
Prudential Retirement has named a new president and CEO. ..
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Kovak Securities Acquires $200MM Indie B-D
An independent broker-dealer and RIA based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has recently made a new acquisition!..
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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Can Roman Make Pimco More Quanty?
The fixed income giant's CEO says he's adding 100 employees over the next year...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
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Fundsters Gather to Ponder the Fiduciary Reg
Tomorrow the ICI will host a special, one-off conference to help the industry dive deep into the DoL's new fiduciary reg...
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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A Houston KPA Changes B-Ds
A Texas 401(k) plan advisor switches its broker-dealer...
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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Reader Rating: 3
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MassMutual Welcomes an Empire State Wholesaler
While this wholesaler is changing, they are sticking with the same territory. ..
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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An NY 403(b) Selects an NJ Consultant
An Empire State plan sponsor does not travel far to have its plan serviced. ..
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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Who Will Take Over BMO GAM in the U.S.?
One of the Canadian bank's asset management co-chiefs is taking over a Canadian cousin to Putnam, Empower, and Great-West Investments...
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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More Advisors Offer 401k Planning
LIMRA Secure Retirement surveys the business of 401k plan advisors (KPAs)..
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4
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An NYC Dem Tries to Sick the SEC on OpFunds, Calls Out Steinmetz
The move is the latest wrinkle in the Puerto Rican debt crisis. Word is that OppenheimerFunds, through its municipal bond mutual funds, is the single largest shareholder of Puerto Rican government debt...
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Monday, May 9, 2016
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Ross' Revolutions Sponsors an IQ Booster for Advisors
The VMS subsidiary teams up with an online, advisor-focused hub...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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Lincoln Wins a Health System's $800MM Quartet of Plans
The small- and mid-market-focused plan provider is the new RKer for an Illinois healthcare system's DC trio. ..
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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UBS' Friedman: Alternative Credit has Cred
One of the top four wirehouse advisors is bullish on alternative fixed-income strategies...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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FIA Hires a MassMutual Alum
An experienced consultant in the defined contribution space was just hired at Fiduciary Investment Advisors...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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A $155MM 457 Consolidates RKing With Nationwide
The public-sector behemoth landed the sole recordkeeping spot for the county of a state in the Northwestern U.S...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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MassMutual Wins a $22MM Garden State Plan
MassMutual makes the cut as a recordkeeper...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Is There a Cure for Your QDIA-Selection Blues?
A quiet player is working with DC I-Os and other 401k industry insiders on a solution to the "How do I pick a default investment?" problem...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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BlackRock's Bps Fuel Powerball Winner's Suit
He had bought the $254.2 million winning ticket at a BP Gas Station...
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Friday, May 9, 2014
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Mirae Surfs the Global Consumerism Tsunami
Asset manager promotes funds tied to growing global middle class...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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A Recruiter Acquires in London
CTPartners has bought another search firm overseas. ..
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Matrix Teams Up With NAPA
ASPPA and its sibling partner with the Broadridge subsidiary and a training specialist...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Advisors Are Losing Interest in Retirement Income Products
Interest is down from 2008...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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Leary Lands Atop Another Asset Manager
The former ING US president and COO has a new gig...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Shoot for the STARs!
Remember, the deadline is June 28th...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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A Recordkeeper LOOKs at Financial Plans
VALIC is aiming to help participants plan for the future...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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M* Details Fink's Challenge
The BlackRock chief faces the task of "forging a cohesive, effective, fundholder-friendly culture and delivering superior fund returns while growing rapidly and mainly through acquisitions."..
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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WSJ Drills Down on Retail Headaches
Financial publication takes a look at how some fund firms try to reach retail investors...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Are Financial Sector Funds Trouble?
At least one analyst thinks so...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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Did You Make The Honor Roll?
Forbes has the mutual fund honor roll...
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
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A Minnesota Advisor Joins a Large Market Shop
An industry vet signs on with a firm in the Twin Cities area...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Legg Mason Vet Takes Over kasina's Sales
Steven Miyao brings on a new principal for the consulting firm...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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Another Putnam Alum Takes Over MassMutual's Taft-Hartley Biz
The new hire reports to Jonathan Shuman...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Stevens Lambasts CFTC's and SEC's Moves
The ICI president called out the regulators in his opening remarks at the GMM is Washingon on Wednesday...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Franklin PMs Speak to the Press
Four of the global equity and fixed income mutual fund giant's PMs spoke to reporters today in the Big Apple...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Who's Raking in the Target-Date Dough?
Morningstar analysts track the 2011 flows in the target date fund business...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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Dan Ross Elevates a New Kind of White Paper
Ross' consulting shop explains how "investment brands are different."..
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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401k Insiders Get a Brush With Obama
DCIIA holds an event next to one headlined by the President of the United States...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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MStar's Team Breaks Out Two New Categories
Morningstar's analyst will now classify some mutual funds as foreign small/mid-blend or India equity...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Gross and Hatzius Predict Fed Action
The star Pimco PM and the Goldman Sachs economist expect QE3...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Barrato Notches Arrow's First ETF
The Old Line State mutual fund firm's chief enters the ETF business...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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MFWire at the ICI GMM
MFWire.com reporters are on site...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Morningstar Breaks Alternatives Down By 10
The mutual fund ratings specialists look at alternative investments in new ways...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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A Quiet I-O Giant Preps a 401k Event
A mutual fund firm will welcome advisors, consultants and plan sponsors to a new conference in the Windy City...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 1.36
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MassMutual Adds a 'Dent' to its Plan Sponsor Client List
MassMutual takes over a plan formerly administered by Vanguard...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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BNY Mellon Creates a New Top-Level Job
BNY Mellon names the president of its investment management division...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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New York Life Makes a DC I-O Sales Hire
The DC-IO unit is beefing up its team...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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AUL Closes an RFP in Texas
Bill Yoerger is touting another plan win for the plan provider...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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California and Texas Catch a 403b Acquirer's Eye
With well more than a dozen partners now under its umbrella, where will this firm buy next?..
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Is Larry Fink Number 14 or Number 16?
Another publication unveils a list where Larry Fink is at the top for his segment...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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Where Abby Stands Among the World's Richest Moms
Forbes releases its list of the 20 richest moms in the world...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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The WSJ Raises Concerns About MLP Funds
The WSJ's Ian Salisbury writes that investors 'might want to think twice about diving in," pointing to a quirk in the tax treatment that resulted in portfolios performing unpredictably...
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Monday, May 9, 2011
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De Vaulx Resurfaces
Charles de Vaulx has reportedly popped up once again in the asset management world...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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ALPS Teams with Cohen & Steers for ETF
ALPS Advisers and Cohen & Steers have rolled out a global real estate ETF...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Transamerica Will Not Refill Vacated Senior Post
A Transamerica exec said the Los Angeles-based provider has integrated business development with its sales efforts...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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FINRA Slaps $750K Fine on GunnAllen
FINRA has fined the Tampa brokerage firm $750,000...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Another Oakmark Fund Lets New Investors In
Harris Associates has reopened a global fund that had been closed since December 2003...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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ING Exec Discusses the CitiStreet Deal
The president of retirement services market segments at ING Wealth Management talks to The 401kWire about the $900 million acquisition...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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To Partner With Reish, Have Lunch
At the fi360 conference, the industry legal eagle gives advisors tips on how to woo legal allies in the retirement plan space...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Citi Puts Primerica on the Block
Citigroup is reportedly on the hunt for a buyer for its Duluth, Georgia-based subsidiary, which markets financial products and counts more than 25,000 licensed mutual fund reps...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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Outflows, Weak Stock Market Trigger Allianz Fund Reopening
Allianz has reopened the doors to its NFJ Small Cap Value Fund, which had been closed to new investors since 2003...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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Brennan Heads Up All-Star Investing Panel
The ICI GMM kicked off its first full day of conference activities on Thursday with a panel discussing the changing world of investing...
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Friday, May 9, 2008
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CapTrust Turns 10, Passes 20 and Hits 30
The top executive at the Tar Heel State retirement advisory specialists shares his vision and hints at what's on the horizon...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fido-Oracle Partnership Gives Advisors Greater Flexibility
Fidelity Investments along with Oracle Corporation and Emerging Information Systems, Inc., has created a new, online system for advisors making client data more available than ever before...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Fido-Oracle Partnership Gives Advisors Greater Flexibility
Fidelity Investments along with Oracle Corporation and Emerging Information Systems, Inc., has created a new, online system for advisors making client data more available than ever before...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Van Eck Begins the Greening of Wall Street
Van Eck Globals New ETF is bringing alternative energy into the market...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Fido-Oracle Partnership Gives Advisors Greater Flexibility
Fidelity Investments along with Oracle Corporation and Emerging Information Systems, Inc., has created a new, online system for advisors making client data more available than ever before...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Don't Count the Wirehouses Out of DC Just Yet
The Merrill Lynch may look dead, but some conference attendees expect the big broker-dealers to get back into retirement...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Mother-Daughter Retirement Plans Differ, Says Met Life Survey
A study by MetLife's Mature Market Institute tracks trends between mothers and daughters as retirement looms...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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ING Lowers Advisor Fees
Lower administrative fees mean better service for ING brokers-dealers and their clients...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Smith Barney Adds Midwestern K Exec
The new hire will help the wirehouse's retirement plan advisors.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Broker Says His Recruitment Was Well-Handled
A SoCal 401(k) specialist jumps to a wirehouse to join its elite unit.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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RBC Dain Rauscher Silent on NYSE Charges
RBC Dain Raucher is taking a hit from NYSE with no complaints...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Morgan Pays Up in SEC Settlement
Morgan Stanley's "little slip up" comes with a $7.9 million slap on the wrist...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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FY 2007 Results Are In For Legg Mason
Over its first full year as a global asset manager, the company clocked an increase in AUM of $100.9 billion...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Expanding Long/Short MF Strategy, Within Limits
Russell Investment Group is pleased enough with its limited long/short strategy to add a new version...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Two Fidelity BDs Fined for Ads Aimed at Military
Members of the military would be better off getting their funds outside these systematic investment plans, says NASD...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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SEC Settles With Zurich on Behalf of Mutual Funds
$16.8 million in profit, interest and fines will be distributed to mutual funds harmed by illegal market timing...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1
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Plan Participants Apathetic Toward Plan Web Sites, Spectrem Study Shows
A new study shows 401(k) plan participants are largely unimpressed by online offerings...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1
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New Venue Set to Make this Year's ICI Special
This year's ICI General Membership Meeting kicks off today with the theme "Mutual Funds: Enduring Value for Investors."..
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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AllianceBernstein Taps Replacement for Longtime Recordkeeper
The New York City-based firm has gone with a new provider for its 401(k) plan...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Amvescap AUM Rise to $419 Billion
Assets under management for global investment company Amvescap rose almost 2 percent in the month of April, from $410.9 billion to $419.0 billion, the company reported Tuesday...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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The Principal Offers DoL Form Online
Plan sponsor clients of The Principal Financial Group need no longer wait for the Department of Labor to send its annual reporting form by mail.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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MFS Execs Get New Roles
MFS Investment Management on Monday unveiled changes to its management team amid the rapid growth of its international funds...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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Study: Most Plan Sponsors Open To DB/DC Bundling
A survey of 466 plan sponsors reveals high satisfaction with DC providers, but also a theoretical willingness to integrate DC and DB plans under a single provider.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 5
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AllianceBernstein AUM Up 2.8 Percent
AllianceBernstein on Tuesday said preliminary assets under management grew 2.8 percent in April, driven by generally favorable investment returns, particularly in global and international services, and positive net flows in all distribution channels...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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NIPA Announces Winners of Recognition Awards
The association has honored four individuals in this year's awards...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Mutual Funds Big on SEC Forum Agenda
SEC chairman Christopher Cox has singled out mutual funds as the focus of next month's scheduled SEC roundtable on using interactive data to improve disclosure...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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Janus CEO Purchases 75,000 Shares
In a show of confidence in the future of Janus Capital Group, chief executive Gary Black purchased close to $1.5 million worth of the company's stock last week...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2006
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SEC to Release Comments on Proposals
The SEC is hoping to shine a light on its process. Separately, a 401k trade group releases its position statement on the anti-market-timing proposals...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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AEFE Taps Ad Agency
A Madison Avenue giant will brand the spin-off from American Express. Now all it needs is a name...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Alaskan DC Bills Stalled
The White House calls as the Alaska defined contribution program is locked in committee over the weekend. Pope not involved ... yet...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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E*Trade Hugs Ameritrade
The discount brokers are starting tongues wagging on the Street...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3
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Canary Day 5: Sparks Fly as a Key Witness is Cross-Examined
The uneventful case against Theodore Sihpol, the ex-Bank of America broker charged with late trading and timing mutual funds, took a dramatic turn on Friday .....
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Is Fido Mulling a Sale?
Does syndicated MarketWatch fund columnist Chuck Jaffe know something the rest of us do not? Or, is he just spinning straw to gold with his Sunday column speculation that Fidelity is on the auction block...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Is Ameritrade a Seller?
The rumor on the Street is that E*Trade is courting Ameritrade and this time it appears the rumor has some merit. Word of the possible match circulated among stock traders late last week .....
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Ex-Fido Fund Manager Plots New Destiny
Yet another former Fidelity fund manager is starting a hedge fund. This time it is Karen Firestone, who formerly ran Fidelity's Large Cap Stock and Destiny I funds, will be joined by another former Fidelity fund manager and an alum from Harvard's endowment fund...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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Wells Lets Slip Strong Account Info
The recent spate of compromises in personal information entrusted to corporate America has reached the fund industry, again. And, once again, Well Fargo admitted the breach. This time the bank said that information about Strong Capital brokerage clients was sent into the wrong hands when the bank mis-stuffed envelopes...
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Monday, May 9, 2005
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MLIM Settles Mercury Related Suits
The Merrill unit has paid out in excess of £100 million to date. But its chief reports it is winning new business...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Jumbo Wirehouse to Join R-shares Parade
The move further strengthens the trend toward level compensation. The wirehouse plans to launch its funds in July...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Cigna Retirement Courts Brokers
The insurer has put its small-market segment under the lead of a new senior vice president...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Big Broker to Push Funds Onto 401(k) Platforms
The wirehouse plans to launch R-classs shares party this summer in a bid to further expand placement of its funds...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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More Micro Plan Sponsors Are Searching
The end of the Gulf War and brightening economic outlook may release pent up demand for better plan administrators...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Zurich Sells Another Fund Business
This time the Swiss insurer is dumping an Asian fund unit...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Bisys Names Enrollment Kit Supplier
The recordkeeper and administrator has tapped a partner for custom enrollment books...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3.8
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Bogle Not Popular at Vanguard Either
That the fund industry does not regard Jack Bogle with warmth is an open secret inside the industry. Now the story is out...
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Friday, May 9, 2003
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Peek Under the Product Tarp
A Big 5 accounting firm is trying on a software developer's hat with a product in the works. ..
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Honcho Gone Pronto
The cfo of an online 401k services firm hits the bricks...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Brevity is the Soul of Profit
A new Merrill Lynch study on SEC filing ... Strong to merge funds...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Brevity is the Soul of Profit
A new Merrill Lynch study on SEC filing ... Strong to merge funds...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Back in the General Population
After their dot.com went splat, the founders of Retirement Suite resurface at two other well-known firms...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Personnel Churning
Merrill Lynch is cutting 900 jobs, or 20 percent, mostly in the back office...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Do You Want to Sub-Advise?
One fund firm has put together a campaign to send out a marketing message about its sub-advisory services...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Even Small Public Plans Get in on the Act
Now, there is an Internet service that provides services for smaller 457 plans...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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This Plan Is Rocking
Wisconsin (formerly California) sponsor adding funds...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Funds for the Retiree
These funds give retirees and pre-retirees a way to manage retirement income...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Funds for the Retiree
These funds give retirees and pre-retirees a way to manage retirement income...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Online HR Provider Gets Second Round of Financing
Cha ching! This provider of HR solutions on the Web just got $25 million in its second round of financing...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Janus Closes Three Funds
The Denver fund family is closing three of its funds, including the $42 billion Worldwide Fund to new investments, effective tomorrow...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Participants Hold Steady
It seems that last months rocky stock market did not drastically change the attitudes of 401k participants...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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New Funds at Vanguard
The Pennsylvania fund giant is adding three funds to its index roster...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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May 9, 2000
Firstar merger ... Amvescap shopping spree ... HOLDRs for the timid...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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May 9, 2000
Firstar merger ... Amvescap shopping spree ... HOLDRs for the timid...
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Tuesday, May 9, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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