News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Success Management Tips From a Poker Pro
My colleague Selma shares wisdom from a player who came out of retirement and then won 4th place in a World Series...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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14 ETF Cash Cows and Counting
The folks at a Pennsylvania fund firm roll out two more index funds...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Savvy Teams With a Northeastern RKer
A Gotham roboadvisor gains an ally in a nearby retirement plan provider...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Vestwell Preps a June 2025 Launch
The Gotham RKer's team is preparing to roll out a new PEP...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Garwood Passes PSCA's Reins and Hope Leaves Her Mark
The trade group's volunteer leadership teamdid their annual handoff last week in Sin City at their biggest ever national conference...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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In FAs' Eyes, 4 Fund Firms Dominate Thought Leadership
Yet an industry consulting firm's new research shows the perceived thought leadership race to be tightening among the leading players...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Eversheds Sutherland Brings Back an Ex-RKer C-Suiter
The familiar new hire will serve as a special counsel in Washington, D.C...
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
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Lege Joins a $570B-AUA AM's C-Suite
The executive most recently served as CFO for a Mid-Atlantic ETF shop...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Brenner Brings a 21-Year Lincoln Vet to MissionSquare
The new hire will lead the Mid-Atlantic RKer's enterprise partnerships unit...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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Stafford County Considered 4 RKer Finalists For Two Plans
A spokesperson explains how the local government plan sponsor made its choice...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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A Bank Breach Hits Nearly 452K Participants, But ...
Word is that the breach did not affect the retirement businesses of the publicly traded firm's asset management arm...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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How Can Fundsters Build an AI-Ready Sales Culture?
A research ally to asset managers claims that AI's impact on distribution is real and growing...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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A 23-Year Voya Vet Joins Empower In NC
The new hire is a managing director at the Colorado RKer...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
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A Cali-Nevada Duo Enters the ETF Biz
ETF Architect helps an RIA's new sibling launch its first ETF...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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A Pensionmark C-Suiter Refocuses
One of the KPA aggregator's senior leaders will focus on a key role after the recent hiring of a global CCO...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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What Drives Employers Not to Offer Retirement Plans?
New research digs into both worker and employer thoughts on retirement plans and more...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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Voya's Murray Hires In AZ and CA
One new hire comes from MissionSquare Retirement, while the other comes from a TPA...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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Reader Rating: 4.46
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Week In Preview, May 8 - May 14
This week, the teams at DCIIA, EBRI, EdgeCo, ERIC, Faegre Drinker, Spark, and WIPN are hosting events...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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Week In Preview, May 8 - May 14
This week, the teams at MFDF, MMI, Nicsa, the Sohn Conference Foundation, and WE are hosting events...
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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A 23-Year Dodge and Cox Vet Will Exit
The exec is expected to retire from the San Fran fund firm at the end of 2020...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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Nationwide Will Permanently Go More WFH, Except ...
An RKer's parent unveils an operating model change for later this year...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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401k Washington Watchers Cheer the Final States of a DoL Change
Defined contribution industry insiders smile on the posting of the reg to the OMB's website...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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A Newspaper Chain Suspends Its Match
A plan sponsor is reportedly cutting 401(k) costs as it navigates the coronavirus crisis...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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KPAs Take a Race Online
This charity event is going virtual in light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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$100B In 21 Years
A giant fund passes a big milestone...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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Long Expands SageView's C-Suite
A seven-year company veteran is on the rise at the Orange County-based, national, KPA-focused RIA...
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Friday, May 8, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A KPA Joins SageView's Florida Team
She joins with 15 years in the business...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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Federated Buys a $12.4B MF Biz
The $52-million deal includes three fund adoptions and a host of mergers...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Voya's Full-Service Sales and RKing RFPs Rise
Charlie Nelson talks about the bundled provider's Q1 earnings...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Reader Rating: 1.67
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Unified Trust Helps Participants Wield Their Rollover Wands
The new platform is designed to inform plan participants about their rollover options...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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A Multinational Tweaks Its U.S. Asset Management Brand
The change is part of a global rebranding for a host of businesses...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Roman Picks a 13-Year Pimco Vet to Lead Retirement
A managing director at Pimco’s Newport Beach HQ becomes head of retirement solutions...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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After 22 Years, a Wells Fargo AM Vet Retires
The executive is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Reengaging Participants After Set-It-And-Forget-It
A DC I-O and a think tank are working on a tool to help retirement plan participants "make more active decisions along the way."..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Transamerica Wins a 24-College Group
24 private colleges are working to bundle together a 403(b) MEP. ..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Tomorrow EBRI Will Honor an Exec From a $4B Plan
The plan sponsor is the winner of the 2017 EBRI Lillywhite Award...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Bye, Bye, Piwowar
This Republican SEC commissioner, appointed by Obama, is leaving the regulatory agency...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Gundlach Attacks the Myth of Passive
The DoubleLine head takes the stage at the 22nd annual Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, taking shots at active equity and passive fund managers alike...
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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After a Distro Pivot, Piscitello Creates a New Gemini Team
Watch for the Northern Lights Distributors exec to spread a consulting framework for relationship across Gemini's business lines.
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Why Did Carillon Tower Create a CMO Position?
After recent acquisitions, a chief marketing officer role was created, and filled at Carillon Tower. ..
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Eye for Earnings - May 8, 2017
The latest earnings releases are here!..
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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SSgA Has a New Head of Retirement
SSGA has a new global head of defined contribution. ..
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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MassMutual Gets an Inside Look at Millennial Investing
A MassMutual survey revealed trends in the ways Millennials invest their retirement savings. ..
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Wells Fargo's Ready Unveils New Annuity Option
This tool will give retirement plan sponsors a new annuity option for their employees as they plan the distribution phase of their retirement...
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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$400MM Wirehouse KPA Goes Indie
A financial advisor who managed $400 million at a wirehouse has decided to go independent. ..
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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Reader Rating: 1
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This Week In Preview, May 8-14
Events this week include: an MFEA council in Baltimore; ALFI, MMI, and Sohn events in NYC; and P&I events in Dallas and San Francisco...
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Monday, May 8, 2017
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SFDC Changes Its Investment Line-up
San Francisco Deferred Compensation Plan has added the Vanguard Small-Cap Value Index Fund. ..
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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RayJay Welcomes a KPA In The Yellowhammer State
A KPA joins broker-dealer Raymond James.....
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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White's SEC Has the Tools She Needs For Fundsters
ICI's chief chats with the regulatory agency's chair about the future of regulation for the mutual fund industry...
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Voya Extends $830MM Relationship
The County of San Bernardino extends its relationship with incumbent retirement service provider Voya Financial. ..
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.67
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T.Rowe Price Announces New Marketing Head and New Sales Exec
Two new hires have entered the fold at the Baltimore, Maryland-based DC I-O...
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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How Did 401k Get Here?
The most popular defined contribution retirement plan type in the country has become increasingly important for the mutual fund business. How did this happen? John Rekenthaler ponders...
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Grim Will Stay
David Grim will be officially appointed.....
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Friday, May 8, 2015
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Allianz CEO Tells Pimco Critics to Shut It
Michael Diekmann, head of Pimco's parent, defends the bond giant from critics...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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So You're Talking to a Reporter
Media relations 101 for the retirement plan advisor...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Steyn Steps Down from Aberdeen
Successor to Gary Marshall steps down five months after his appointment...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Sponsors, Does Your Digital Strategy Need a Reboot?
A new study tells plan sponsors how they can upgrade their digital strategy to better engage participants...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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David Basten Assembles His $1B Dream Team
Managing director of Yorktown Management wants to break the billion dollar mark with API Funds something bad. He just hired a Dreyfus alum to help, and plans to hire two more externals, some internals and a national accounts honcho.
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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Value Line's Mitch Appel Steps Up Equity Shop Hunt
CEO of $2.3 billion fund firm wants to acquire a few "Steady Eddie" firms, either value or income-orientated...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Voya's Retirement Flows Fall 97 Percent
... as earnings for its retirement business also fell, by 17 percent year-on-year. ..
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3.25
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An RIA Specialist Changes TAMPs
Expert in RIA sales with experience at Genworth, Fidelity and Advisor Partners has joined Sowell Management...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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Davis Extends URPC's Reach in Three Locales
The national TPA's chief is adding three more sales folks after adding two more since the beginning of 2014...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014
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The Next Gig For the Week of May 8, 2013
Looking for a new gig? Read here for the latest industry openings...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Aberdeen Takes Its Brand on a Global Tour
The six week plan will be launched in over 20 countries, in 13 different languages, really soon...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Three Things to Know from Franklin's Earnings
Senior management gets peppered with lots of questions on flows...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Financial Engines Rolls Into a New Business
Financial Engines is now managing individual accounts...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 3
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An $18B Alts Shops Wins Over a Citi Alum
New hire will promote funds to pensions, consultants, foundations, etc...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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vWise Grows a New Midwestern Partnership
An RKing TPA teams up with the SoCal-based online interactive video education specialists...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Schroders' Dasher Warns of Negative Rates
Schroders USA CEO tells journalists that past 30 years of bond boom was an anomaly...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Three Things to Know from Financial Engines' Earnings
Here's what to pay attention to...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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NIPA Seals a Deal With a New Supporter of TPAs
The trade group will cover its members' use of a soon-to-launch offering for TPAs...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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CQ's Phillips Shares What Mutual Fund Investors Want
He has four areas to focus on. ..
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Did Fidelity Blow the Insider Trading Whistle?
A defense attorney says the Boston Behemoth "probably alerted the SEC" in an insider trading case involving a KPMG partner...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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A Money Fund Idea is Making the SEC Rounds
Could new rules be coming soon?..
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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ICI Will Have a Tough Time Challenging the CFTC
It may even be too early to fight the regulations...
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Miller Adds Three Top Execs to the CapTrust Team
A CFO, a marketing exec and a client services exec all join the Tar Heel State advisory shop...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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A Product Guru Joins a New Old Fund Shop
Emerald Asset Management just hired a new product developer...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Magner Picks His Right-Hand Man
The Guardian retirement sales chief promotes one of his one...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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Nygren Seeks a New Partner
A portfolio manager of the Oakmark Select Fund will retire this Summer...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reynolds Expands Putnam's DC I-O Offerings
Putnam is looking for increased distribution in the DCIO market with the introduction of two new share classes...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Plan Sponsors Fail to Learn Education Lessons
Updated | New research underscores the disconnect between participant behavior and plan sponsor reactions...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Bond Market Gold Rush Overflows Two T.Rowe Funds' Coffers
T. Rowe is shuttering its high yield bond funds...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Does Schapiro Have Money Fund Reg Backup?
The WSJ wonders if a new panel will step in if the SEC fails...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Is Morgan Keegan Using a "Scorched-Earth Policy"?
The fallen B-D fights arbitration claims...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Directors Should Rock the Boat Says Jaffe
The MarketWatch columnist worries about directors' independence and motivations...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Mstar Recommends Against Magellan
The MStar mutual fund research director says to keep an open mind about two former highflying mutual funds under new PMs...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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Reynolds Offers Plan Sponsors More Fee Options
This summer the Putnam chief and his team will two new, retirement plan-focused share classes...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1.33
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DC Chiefs Rally Fundsters Around 'Legislative Simplicity' and Target Date Funds
The leaders of four top retirement plan providers speak at a giant mutual fund industry conference on where the DC business is headed while pushing back subtly against the proposals unveiled earlier this week by Bob Reynolds...
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Friday, May 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4.89
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Schapiro Addresses Fundsters at the ICI GMM
The SEC chair tells attendees that the commission is entering one of its most active rule-making periods...
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Friday, May 8, 2009
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Another California Firm Slashes Target-Date Fees
On the heels of Schwab's fee cut, a Los Angeles-based fund firm is trimming the expense ratio on its target-date funds...
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Friday, May 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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NRP Prefers Several Vendors and Hunts for More
The retirement plan advisory network helps connect its advisors with various support vendors...
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Friday, May 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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AIFs, Start Your Writing Engines!
fi360 top brass unveil a new competition as their fourth annual conference begins...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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UPDATE 10| Fund Companies Report Q1 Results
Among the latest to report are GAMCO Investors and Phoenix Companies...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Chicago Law Firm Files Another Finra Arbitration Claim Over Schwab Bond Fund Losses
Attorneys at a Chicago law firm said they filed another Finra arbitration claim and will file an additional 25 claims in the weeks ahead...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Gratton Gives Up Power Chair at Putnam Parent
Changes are afoot at Montreal-based Power Financial, whose Great-West Lifeco unit bought Putnam last year...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Trone is MIA at fi360 Conference
The fi360 founder was a no-show at the Charlotte conference, and the absence may not be temporary...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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NIPA Reveals Award Winners
The organization honored the recipients of its 2008 Recognition Awards at Las Vegas conference...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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NEXT Names Operations Exec
The Houston b-d, which counts nearly 1,000 registered reps, has appointed a director of operations...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Nationwide Retirement Posts Higher Q1 Operating Profit
Retirement plan sales, however, dipped three percent.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Bush Moves to Fill Atkins SEC Seat
The Bush Administration has nominated a law professor to replace Atkins, according to a published report...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Fido Suits Could Bring SOX Whistleblower Rules to Funds
Do the whistleblower rules in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 extend to mutual fund workers? They may, reports Boston Globe, depending on the outcome of two recent whistleblowers suits filed by ex-workers against Fidelity...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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WSJ Explores Oil ETF Returns
With oil prices continuing to head north, John Spence looks at returns generated by oil ETFs and ETNs in the Thursday edition of the WSJ Fund Track...
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Accessor Awards Fund Administration Mandate
Accessor Capital Management has found a new partner for back office support services...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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SoCal Broker Is Planning Closer to Home
A Los Angeles-area broker relocates his home office. This California move works out for everyone.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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How Are Retirees Managing Their Income?
A Keystone State managed account provider gets some answers from the advisors it works with.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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ING Lowers Advisor Fees
ING broker-dealers will be lowering the fees that their advisors pay on two core advisory programs...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Lone Star Advisors Sell For Up To $16 Million
A TPA and advisory firm with $700 million in assets prepares to sell to a nearby bank.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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Archdiocese To Freeze DB Plan
One of the country's largest religious employers has joined the DB to DC trend...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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NASD Fines Fidelity BDs
The regulator has fined two Fidelity broker-dealers
for preparing and distributing misleading sales literature...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Study Spotlights Fund Shops' Web Offerings For Small Retirement Plans
How do mutual fund firms fare when it comes to offering online retirement resources for small businesses? A New York consulting firm explores that question in its latest study...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Wilmington Trust to Buy RIA
Wilmington Trust Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Bingham Legg Advisers LLC, a Boston-based RIA...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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401kDirect Rolls Out 12 CIF Offerings
The Campbell, California-based firm introduced its newest offerings at the NIPA Conference on Monday...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1.4
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CapResearch, BlackRock & Alliance Chiefs to Speak at Morningstar
Capital Research's Jim Rothenberg will be one of a trio of fund managers keynoting this year's Morningstar Investment Conference at the end of June...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Schwab Slashes Minimum Investment Requirement
Charles Schwab Investment Management is making it even easier for investors to get access to its funds...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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T. Rowe Takes Advisor Support Online
A new website from the Old Line State fund family aims could help recordkeepers, too.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1
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Fund Tracker Parent in Merge Talk
Thomson has made a move for Reuters. If a deal goes through it will be the second in a decade for Lipper...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.17
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Directors Report on 12b-1s
A group of independent fund directors is taking on the rule and the fees associated with it, and plans to offer recommendations to the SEC next.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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New Tool is the Key to Unlocking Secrets of the Weathiest Investors
Which investments do independent advisers choose for their wealthiest clients?..
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.57
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Capital Group Plots Chesapeake Expansion
The investment adviser to the American Funds has big plans for the Chesapeake area...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Consultants Advise Advisors
Two consultants offer advisors some help in ensuring the profitability of their practices...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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15 DWS Scudder Hires Will Build Advisor Network
As part of a sustained effort to build up relationships with advisors nationwide, DWS Scudder has added 15 new hires to its staff of sales professionals. The firm announced the appointments on Monday...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Federated Eyes Expansion of K-Share Lineup
The Pittsburgh-based firm is looking to broaden the roster, which is currently made up of nine funds...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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Transamerica Enters Phase Two of Roth Launch
The firm had a low-key Roth roll-out in January, after "heavy demand" from interested clients. Now it has announced it's seeking takers in the broader marketplace.
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Reader Rating: 5
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Van Eck Registers Gold Miners ETF
There may soon be a fund to track the Amex Gold Miners Index. Van Eck Associates Corp. has registered an ETF that would track the index's shares of publicly traded gold mining outfits, reports Dow Jones Newswires...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Study Explores Link Between Employee Turnover And Plan Participation Rates
Using data from 85 employers, a study compares the turnover rates of employees who voluntarily partcipated in their employer's plan and those who did not...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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Barclays Unveils 10 Subsector ETFs
San Francisco-based Barclays Global Investors last week rolled out 10 iShares Dow Jones Subsector Index Funds, raising the number of exchange traded funds in the iShares family to 111...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Merrill Fills Post of Demoted MD
Merrill Lynch has moved Manhattan branch manager Thomas Fickinger to New Jersey, where he will replace Andy Williams as regional managing director. Williams was demoted last month as part of the fallout from the Millennium Partners marketing timing scandal...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Access Data Adds 22c-2 Product
As the race to ensure SEC Rule 22c-2 compliance by October gets underway, those at Access Data Corp believe they have a head start...
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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New Name, New Executive Team For Potomac Funds
The Potomac Funds has rechristened itself Direxion Funds as part of a string of moves aimed at positioning the nine-year-old company for further growth.
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Monday, May 8, 2006
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Northern Trust Global Unit Taps New CEO
The London-based arm of Northern Trust recruits a new leader...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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A New RBC Fund Unit Outsources Back Office
This fund manager is cutting staff after a decision to outsource its back-office services to three vendors. The administration of a separately run fund family, the Buffalo Funds, has also been impacted...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Merrill Retirement Gets New Head
Mark Feuer is moving inside Merrill. His duties are being taken over by another Merrill insider...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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SoCal Advisor Expands Offerings
The Southern California advisor has brought a veteran of TRI-AD on board and added account management services for plan sponsors...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Cross-Tested Plan Seminar Announced
Those needing an introduction to cross-tested plans can turn to the Web-based seminar for info...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Strategic Advisors Files for Five New Funds
UPDATED: The new funds to be offered by the FMR affiliate are to invest in a mix of equity, bond and money-market funds from Fidelity...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Strong Reinvests in Tech
The Midwest provider says its three-year infrastructure spending plan reflects its commitment to the retirement channel...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Feds O.K. Fidelity-UBS Deal
The $340 million deal creating a top five clearing firm gets the initial go-ahead from anti-trust regulators...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2
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MassMutual Expands DB Services
The insurer is enhancing to its online defined benefit servicing capabilities for its DB and Total Retirement Services (TRS) sponsors and participants...
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Thursday, May 8, 2003
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New Dogs at Fido
There is a new exec in retail marketing at the Boston Behemoth...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Au Chocolat
Nestle has selected an online advisor for its employees...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Waterhouse Shifts into Tech High Gear
The fund firm hops into the fast lane on the information superhighway...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Easy Access
Software provider adds feature to speed up document processing...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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MetLife Makes a Profit
MetLife in the profit zone ... Access Data enhances ... UPI IRA alliance ... Fido at play ... Promotion at American Century subsidiary...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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MetLife Makes a Profit
MetLife in the profit zone ... Access Data enhances ... UPI IRA alliance ... Fido at play ... Promotion at American Century subsidiary...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Wholesalers Wanted
A distribution push is underway at the Reserve Funds, opening up room for two sales execs...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Consulting Firm Continues to Grow Staff
In these times of layoffs, it's rare to hear about a firm that is looking to increase the number of employees. This consulting company is accepting resumes for its staff...
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Tuesday, May 8, 2001
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Advice Provider No Longer
A Georgia-based online investment provider has disappeared. A new and separate firm is emerging from the previous CEO...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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Far East, Man
Liberty Funds is offering two new investments that concentrate on the Far East...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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Gentlemen, Start Your Online Bidding Sites
As we march into the new millenium, it seems that 401k bidding Web sites are the next big thing. Here's (yawn) another one...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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Skandia Passes Hartford for VA Sales
American Skandia has overtaken Hartford in variable annuity sales for the first time for the first quarter of 2000...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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TAG-On: Breaking Up is Hard to Do
The IRS has liberalized the "same desk rule" concerning the sale of a business and the distribution of 401k assets to employees who have gone to the new owner...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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Run Like the Wind
A new online service matches individual investors with professional money managers...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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The True Cost of Plan Loans
Do your employees really understand the financial impact of taking a loan?..
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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May 8, 2000
Amvescap looks North...Florida "qualifies"...US good for Skandia...Socially responsible...
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Monday, May 8, 2000
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May 8, 2000
Amvescap looks north...Florida "qualifies"...US good for Skandia...Socially responsible...
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RFP Roundup: Week of May 3, 1998
Another week of RFPs has past, and a strange week it was. The 401kWire has reported on a full range of searches over the past five days. We've seen everything from one plan having to change providers because of a merger to another provider winning its biggest 401(k) client ever...
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Friday, May 8, 1998
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Participants Reacted to April’s Volatility by Selling Low and Buying High
Plan participants may not be as conservative as they are believed to be. During last Monday's market drop participants sold, only to buy again on the mid-week rally. ..
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Friday, May 8, 1998
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Schwab Comes Home Again
Sometimes the best things are found closest to home. At least this is the view of those running Charles Schwab & Co.'s $1.1 billion 401(k) plan. The brokerage company announced today that it will be switching the recordkeeping and administrative functions for the 12,000 participant plan to Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services SchwabPlan product from the Kwasha Lipton Group of Coopers & Lybrand effective October 1, 1998...
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Friday, May 8, 1998
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Sponsor Spotlight: Where are Sponsors Getting Their Information?
It's a lot of work to be a plan sponsor. Do you choose a bundled or unbundled product? How many funds do you offer? Which funds do you choose? Who is going to be your service provider? How will fees be charged? What sort of technology will be utilized? How are participants questions going to be answered? And all of that is on top of your other responsibilities, like producing your product(s) at a profit...
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Friday, May 8, 1998
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