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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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For ETF #6, a Gotham Startup Plugs Into Neos, And ...
The two firms' teams are also preparing to roll out another ETF soon, too...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Rogers Brings a Minnesota KPA Back to Wholesaling
A 25-year industry veteran has signed on with a recordkeeper in the Upper Midwest...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Gaven Adds a 2nd MD Shop At a 21-State Aggregator
The deal closed a week ago and brings in a KPA team that supports more than 90 institutions and $400 million in AUA...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Half of 401k Trading and 19 Percent of Contribs Go Here
New data from a large- and mega-market provider digs into how participants are allocating their 401(k) dollars...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Week in Preview, December 9 - 15
This week, the teams at ASPPA, Broadridge, DCIIA, EBRI, ERIC, NAPA, NIRS, PlanSponsor, PRP, Spark, T. Rowe Price, WIPN, and WP&BC will host events...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Week in Preview, December 9 - 15
This week, the teams at Allspring, IMEA, MFDF, Nicsa, SEC, T. Rowe Price, and WE will host events...
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Monday, December 9, 2024
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Chi-Town and Space City Allies Switch On an ETF
The new, actively managed fund is powered by a subadvisor in the Lone Star state...
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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An Online, KPA-Focused Marketplace Is For Sale
Who might buy this four-year-old, 401(k) fintech startup?..
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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If Economic Woes Continue, How Many Non-Retirees Will Turn to 401ks For Relief?
An insurance industry trade group offers new data about how Americans expect to react "if economic conditions persist...
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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There Are Eight New Nominees Today. Vote Now!
We need your help! The 401kWire team is once again working on a list of the Most Influential People In Defined Contribution...
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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Non-Equity Fund Flows Jump $35B
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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A B-D Retirement Vet Exits, Handing Off to a MassMutual Alum
The new hire now serves as manager of marketing and communications for strategic retirement solutions at the firm...
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Friday, December 9, 2022
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What to Make of RKer Consolidation and PEPs
My colleague Andrew shares some insider takes on recent trends that KPAs are keeping an eye on...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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A Workplace Savings Leader Leaves a Custodian
The exec spent three years at the Midwestern firm...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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23 Fund Firms Win Big
A trade group reveals the winners of its 25th annual awards...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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Lincoln, Principal, and Saturna Win Big With a Trade Group
Seven firms win awards for their efforts to communicate with, and educate, retirement plan participants, plan sponsors, and KPAs...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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401k Trading Stays Low As Participants Favor Stocks
And TDFs still dominate participant contributions, according to the latest monthly trading data from a mega market provider...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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$1.14T In 11 Months
New data underscores how one side of the mutual fund industry has fared worldwide in 2021...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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More Than 100 Employers Have Joined This PEP
The bundled provider running the PEP first started onboarding clients back in February...
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
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A Fundster Takes Over a Coffee Titan's Board
The exec, who also leads a mutual fund firm, will become a retailers chair next March...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Many Financial Wellness Programs Took a Hit This Year
The impact of the cuts appears to be unevenly distributed across different generations of participants...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Up Next For a $285B-AUA Provider: Managed Accounts and PEPs?
Stay tuned for one offering to launch early next year...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Empower Bets On a Rising Golf Star
The provider is sponsoring a former Rookie of the Year...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Is This Wall Street Titan Hunting Fund Firms?
One of the most high profile execs in financial services publicly says he's a buyer in asset management...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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A Gotham I-Bank Hires a Retirement Vet
The new hire is based in the Orlando area...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
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Expect Miracles Beats Its Record 2018
The team at the mutual fund industry cancer fighting charity reveals their numbers for this year...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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Carroll Reorgs MassMutual Distro Around Three Markets, Nine DVPs
The recordkeeper's distribution chief also hired two execs, promoted two, and shifted five into new roles...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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This Generation Leads In 401k Brokerage Allocations to ETFs ... and Cash
A new report sheds light on generational differences among users of SDBAs inside retirement plans...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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A Midwestern RKer Adds an Online Spanish Option
Spanish speaking retirement plan participants can now access the firm's online materials...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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Week In Preview, December 9-15
This week the teams at Bloomberg, MarketCounsel, and T. Rowe Price are hosting events...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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Week In Preview, December 9-15
This week the teams at That401kSite.com, EBRI, T. Rowe Price, and WiPN are all hosting events...
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Monday, December 9, 2019
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Another Wirehouse Looks to Trim Its Lineup
Wells Fargo has plans to decrease the number of mutual funds on its platform..
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Oregon Taps Ascensus to Run SARP
Legislation passed in 2015 paved the way for the nation's first state-run retirement plan...
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Trump Confirms Puzder as Pick for DOL Head
President-elect Donald Trump has officially confirmed his pick for Secretary of Labor. ..
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Filings for Fundsters - December 9, 2016
A compilation for the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Larry Fink On the Hudson
The world's largest asset manager reportedly signs a deal to move into one unified HQ ... six years from now...
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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Warren and Betterment CEO Agree on DOL Rule
When it comes to the DoL's fiduciary rule, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Betterment's CEO are on the same page. ..
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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BlackRock and Lincoln Create a Strategy for Fee-Based Advisors
Lincoln Financial Group and BlackRock are joining forces to create a guaranteed income strategy to meet a growing need amongst fee-based advisors. ..
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Friday, December 9, 2016
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401k Insiders Toast Salisbury
Houston was among many to raise a glass to Dallas Salisbury as steps aside at EBRI...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Gallagher Welcomes a New Retirement Plan Consultant
Gallagher makes an addition to its defined contribution sales team...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Will RIA M&A Break Through Pre-Crisis Records?
Industry dealmakers tell RIAs and their allies that M&A is accelerating, and concentrating...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Recruiters Grill Four Custodians On RIA Mismatch and More
MarketCounsel's biggest panel ever actually includes two panels: four RIA custodian executives answering questions being asked by four industry recruiters...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Managed Accounts Are Gaining Traction
A recent study by Cerulli takes a look at the growing interest of managed accounts...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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A Significant Gap Shows RIAs Could Increase Market Share
TD Ameritrade's latest study surveys more than 20,000 plan sponsors...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Delaware Buys a 20-Year-Old Shop in Gotham
Shawn Lytle is bringing a domestic growth team into the Macquarie subsidiary...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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Next Up For American Century: Global and Non-US Equities, and Non-Traditional Strats
The Midwestern mutual fund shop just launched a multi-asset income fund. It's product chief talks about what's next...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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BofA Merrill Wins a $2B Lone Star Plan
A company with nearly 40,000 employees is moving its 401k...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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The Sue and Bill Gross Emergency Department
The fallen bond king and his wife donate $10 million to a nearby hospital...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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SageView Hires In Georgia
Things are looking pretty peachy, as a national retirement plan advisory firm just added a pair of KPAs in Georgia...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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Ascensus Lands a New Distro Partnership
Today, the large 401(k) and 529 service provider based in Dresher, Pennsylvania just unveiled a new partnership.....
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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After the FTI Deal, This KPA is Still on the Fence
... about picking a broker-dealer, of course...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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Lovelace Speaks
The grandson of the founder of Capital Group talks to the FT...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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Russell Sharpens its Tool Chest
Firm is designing indices aimed at bringing more bank for the buck...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Are We Setting the Bar Too High For Participants?
Morningstar's David Blanchett delves into traditionally held beliefs about retirement income. ..
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Rubin Expands Transamerica's Advisor-Focused Team
Updated | Michelle Bower and Bryan Schultheis come aboard the firm as vice presidents, specialist advisor channel. ..
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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A $10B 401k Shop Hires in Chicago and Milwaukee
A big LPL affiliate in the retirement plan space unveils two new additions to its team...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Royce Challenges 10 Charities' Chiefs
The fundster calls on those running these causes to invest in a special philanthropic mutual fund...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Gabelli Rebrands a 24-Year-Old Fund
The move corresponds to both the fund's underlying strategy and its silver anniversary coming up next year...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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DCIIA Names New Leaders of Its Pack
James Sia will succeed Toni Brown as DCIIA Chair. ..
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Vanguard Shuffles Its "Closed to New Investors" Lineup
The low-cost mutual fund titan reopens a pair of bond funds while freshly closing the pipes, mostly, to a large-cap growth fund...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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An Alt Funds Shop Consolidates Its Brands
A 10-year-old Garden State asset manager pulls together several mutual funds under one umbrella...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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The Merits of and Challenges to Using Alts in DC Plans
The Financial Times' Peter Ortiz investigates. ..
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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401k Resolutions for 2014
Pentegra wants participants to make 401k resolutions come this New Year. ..
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Are Liquid Alts the Next ETFs? Goldman Thinks So
Barron's highlights a note from three strategists at the investment banking and alternative investing titan...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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Rekenthaler Picks Hedge-Like ETFs Over Hedge Funds
The M* guru ponders "guru" ETFs in his latest column...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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In Praise of Subadvisors
Barron's highlights the common practice...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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This Mutual Fund PM Beats Buffett
The NYT profiles a value mutual fund PM...
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Monday, December 9, 2013
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An Alt Mutual Fund Nears a Funding Deal
It's in talks to close a distribution deal by the New Year...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Delaware Adds Sales and Investing Execs
The Macquarie Group subsidiary adds two analysts, an insurance distribution chief and five internal wholesalers...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Huber Amps its Distribution
An equity mutual fund firm hires third-party sales and marketing support, lowers expense ratios and adds institutional shares...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Neuberger Plays PM Musical Chairs
Two Neuberger PMs are taking over other funds while another PM is leaving the firm to pursue other opportunities...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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NEPC is Hiring
The investment consulting shop is looking to add to its roster of investment consultants...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Fidelity Gets Mo 401a
Fido trumpets a win in Missouri...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Standard Sales Pro Moves to Service
Rob Baumgarten is shifting roles in 2012...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Newkirk Arms Sponsors with Disclosure Tools
The new tools are meant to ease the burden on HR and call center personnel...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Morningstar Rolls with the Times
The Chicago-based fund tracker is preparing a new way to show rolling returns data to fund investors...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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DCIO: Fee Vigilance Shrinks 401k Lineups
Big changes are coming in the retirement plan marketplace...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Fido Eases a FundsNet Restriction
The Boston Behemoth lowers the commission-free holding time for its mutual fund supermarket...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Eight Largest Money Funds Slice French Bank Holdings by Two Thirds
Fidelity Cash Reserves, JPMorgan Prime Money Market Fund, Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund and five other U.S. money-market funds cut holdings in French banks by 68 percent in November...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Legg's ClearBridge Cuts Ties with CEO Sundman
Costs are one of the reason's cited for his departure...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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DTCC Tool Will Track Cost Basis for Mutual Fund Assets
The tool will help custodians comply with new regs that take hold with the new year...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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DCIO: Retail Mutual Funds Burn Wal-Mart and Merrill
The wirehouse and the giant retailer will pay $13.5 million to settle a 401k lawsuit...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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PowerShares ETNs Carry Inflated (and Deflated) Expectations
Four new products roll off the factory floor at Global X and PowerShares...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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A NY TPA Shutters its Doors
... And leaves its clients dangling...
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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Why John Rogers Had to Say No to Handshakes
Nearly two weeks after his close friend President Barack Obama was injured playing basketball, John Rogers suffers his own basketball misfortune...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Ariel Prez Vacates Co-Chair Post on Rahm Emanuel's Campaign
Citing conflict of interest concerns raised by a TV network, Mellody Hobson leaves the co-chair post on Emanuel's campaign...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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ProShares: We are the Alternative ETF Company
The Bethesda, Maryland-based firm launches a new ETF and a marketing campaign...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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401k is Part of Paychex's 'Sure' Deal
Paychex is acquiring an online payroll provider whose services include 401k administration.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Corporate Insight Pulls into Grand Central Terminal
The research firm moves into a historic building attached to Grand Central Terminal...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Hancock Plans to Liquidate a Value Fund
The liquidation of the fund, currently with $13.8 million of AUM, will take place in February...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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A Fund Firm Helps Parents Pick Video Games
The Florida-based firm releases a free video game guide for the second year...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Barstein Bids Adieu to 401kExchange
The 401kExchange founder gives his first speech after passing the torch...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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MassMutual Gives Numbers on its Concierge Service
The plan provider says demand for its concierge service has more than doubled in 10 months.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Ex-Lehman CEO Faces a 401k Suit Over Repo 105
Bloomberg picks up on a lawsuit filed by participants of the Lehman Brothers 401k plan against Dick Fuld and other executives of the defunct firm...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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UMass Loses its 'Mann'
MFS CEO Rob Manning resigns from the board of trustees of his alma mater...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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A Fund Servicer Plans to Add 300 Jobs
The firm plans to create hundreds of jobs in the next three years...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Jeff Gundlach Bristles at TCW's Words
The feud between Gundlach and TCW continues to simmer...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Morningstar CEO to Give Most of His Wealth to Charity
Joe Mansueto is joining Jim stowers on the list of mutual fund execs pledging their wealth to charities.
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Seligman Says It, Too, Has Received a Subpoena
The Ameriprise unit has reportedly received a subpoena a couple weeks ago...
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Putnam Cuts Jobs
The Boston-based firm has laid off 5 percent of its workforce...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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iShares Debuts its First Two ETFs Under the BlackRock Roof
Determined to remain at the front of the ETF pack, iShares unveiled two new bond funds on Wednesday, the first new iShares funds to hit the market since BlackRock's purchase of Barclays Global Investors closed last week...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Recordkeepers Move Over As Advisors Move In
The 401kExchange Opportunities Index for November is showing that most plan sponsors are remaining calm when it comes to their recordkeeper, and are searching for advisors in record numbers...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Cormier Sees Providers 'Rationing' DC Services
More than a year after the financial crisis got into full swing, the Boston Research Group chief offers an update on how participants and plan sponsors see their providers and advisors...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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408b2 Will Return Within Six Months
As part of the Department of Labor's live web-chat series this week, EBSA's Phyllis Borzi answers questions about retirement regulations..
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Lincoln Names a DC Head
The insurer appoints a president of defined contribution...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Scottrade Triples the Number of NTF Funds on its Platform
The online broker now has nearly 3,000 NTF funds...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Petco Hires an Expanding NRP Team
The San Diego-based retailer taps a nearby pair of advisors to work with its DC plan...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Gundlach Says He'll Make His Move 'Within 30-40 Days'
Jeff Gundlach told former and prospective investors that he expected to manage money again within 30 to 40 days...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Bond Fund Net Flows Creep Towards $400 Billion
Full-year 2009 inflows to bond mutual funds are expected to reach a record-breaking high...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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Reynolds Preps Two Retirement Income Funds
Watch for Putnam to launch a guaranteed mutual fund in the first quarter...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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UPDATED| Hennessy Does a Deal
The California fund firm is acquiring two funds with combined assets of nearly $200 million...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Fido Unwraps RIA Platform
Fidelity formally unveiled a Web-based platform for RIAs...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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FINRA Launches Fund Analyzer
FINRA has unveiled a tool that combines that features of its Mutual Fund Expense Analyzer and Mutual Fund Breakpoint Search Tool...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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A Southeastern Bank Starts Selling Fidelity 401ks
The bank has linked up with Boston Behemoth and started distributing the latter's 401k product...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Newport Group Steps Up Efforts to Reach Out to Spanish Speakers
The Florida-based plan provider has added Spanish-language resources for participants...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Schwab Sees the Number of Advice-Seekers Rise
Schwab executives provided a window into participant behavior during the turbulent months of September and October...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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A Bankrupt Retailer Halts 401k Cashouts
The move is reportedly in response to difficulties in valuing some assets held by the Hewitt-administered plan...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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EBRI Turns 30
The research organization kicks off its third decade with a bash in downtown D.C...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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MassMutual Simplifies its Journey
The Springfield, Massachusetts-based plan provider redesigns its participant site...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Expect New 401 Legislation in Q1?
An industry legal eagle gives DC plan advisors a glimpse of how the rules of the retirement industry game may change in 2009...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Barstein: Everybody Wants a Piece of 401k Now
The industry connector shares a little wisdom with advisors at his annual advisor-centric conference...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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New York Life Makes a Pair of Hires on the West Coast
The Massachusetts-based plan provider has also lengthened its participant call center hours...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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OppFunds Fills a Senior Post
The New York investment manager has brought on board a 15-year CIBC vet...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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BGI Drops Lehman from its ETFs' Moniker
Barclays Global Investors renames 14 of its ETFs...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Reserve Suit Will Go On Despite Distribution
The Reserve plans to make an initial distribution from its YieldPlus fund later this month, but that won't hinder a lawsuit already filed, according to Daisy Maxey in her Getting Personal column in the WSJ...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Fetting Takes the Chair at Legg Mason
Legg Mason's president and CEO adds the title of chairman...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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House Vote Expected on Pension Bill
The on-again, off-again House vote on the pension bill HR 2830 looks like it is on again...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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PSCA Goes on the Offensive
The Profit Sharing/401(k) Council is fighting back against the growing number of DC plan critics who argue that those plans put the retirement system at risk...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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Alliance Benefit Readies Advisor Tool
The third-party administator and plan recordkeeper is adding to its Web-based tools to help out advisors...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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CalSTRS Board Opposes Pension Privatization Bill
The board for the California Teachers' Retirement System gives a thumb down on DC plans...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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Janus Adds to Institutional Sales Team
Janus Capital is continuing to build its sales force. The fund firm's latest hire, Brad Gillman, will focus on the institutional market...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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Arkansas Advisor Launches First Fund
Little Rock-based Stephens Investment Management Group has launched its first equity mutual fund...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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Smith Barney Names Consulting Director
Smith Barney has tapped James Tracy to lead its consulting group. He is tasked with steering all aspects of the consulting business, including research, marketing, product management and training...
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Friday, December 9, 2005
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Indy Chair: Not for the Faint of Heart
Independent chairmen need to be willing to take on responsibility, says Paul Roye of the SEC...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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SIA Puts Damper on Social Security Party
Finally, a voice of reason. A director at the SIA has published a report laying out just why a reformed Social Security system under Bush will not generate windfalls for money managers. The system will likely resemble the Federal Thrift Savings Plan and, unfortunately, offer investments options with similarly low management fees...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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No More Energy From Vanguard
Vanguard is cutting off the juice to its Energy Fund. The Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based shuttered the $5.3 billion fund to create what it calls a ’’temporary cooling-off’’ period. The fund started the year with $2.4 billion in assets. The quick growth is a response to its strong performance (a 55.2 percent total return over the past 12 months compared to a 12.9 percent gain in the S&P 500) and the growing popularity of commodity-based funds...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Nutmeg State Bank Signs with S&P
Waterbury, Connecticut-based Webster Investment Services has chosen Standard & Poor’s advisor platform, Portfolio Advisor, to offer to its representatives...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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IBM Move Means More Competition
The decision by IBM to close its cash balance plan to new hires and send them to a 401k seems like good news at first blush for DC players, but it may not be...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Pru Broadens Fiduciary Toolbox
Support for shaky sponsors...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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SEC Begins TIAA-CREF Inquiry
As reports that two trustees at TIAA-CREF resigned over a relationship with company auditors Ernst & Young broke on Monday, TIAA-CREF was getting more bad news...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Combs will Serve Another Term
Key leadership at the DoL will remain there...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Tired, but Not Retired
The majority of Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers alike expect to continue working after retirement...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Fido Said to Fire Traders
Fidelity is showing the exit to traders involved in the "Greens-for-Green" scandal, reports the Boston Herald. The Boston paper reported Thursday that Boston Behemoth a source told it the firings will "happen shortly." However, a Fidelity spokesperson declined to comment to the paper saying that they do not "comment on employees."
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Schwab Funds Opt for D&T
Charles Schwab’s Excelsior funds has hired a new auditor, reports the Wall Street Journal. Deloitte & Touche landed the job after the fund family fired Ernst & Young in late October over concerns that the audit firm’s independence was compromised...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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SEC Investigates TIAA-CREF
As reports that two trustees at TIAA-CREF resigned over a relationship with company auditors Ernst & Young broke on Monday, TIAA-CREF was getting more bad news...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Miller Overshadows Mason
That the name Mason is on the door does not matter much to the fourth estate. Like the proverbial tree falling in the proverbial forest, Legg Mason CEO Chip Mason spoke yesterday at the firm's conference in New York City and no one heard. At least, that is what the report from the Wall Street paper of record implies. Instead of Mason, Bill Miller captured the spotlight at the gathering. While Miller is not a CEO, he is the only fund manager to have topped the S&P 13 years running...
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Thursday, December 9, 2004
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Sponsors Seek More Info on How Fund Scandals Effect Them
Sponsors are signing up for a Web seminar designed to bring them up to speed on the fund scandals...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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Security Trust Exec Pleads Guilty
The first of the three executives charged by regulators admits to wrongdoing...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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Global Crossing Participants Still Waiting on $25 Million
The once-failed telecom company is emerging from bankruptcy, but participants still have not seen the funds pledged by Gary Winnick...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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SEC Is Looking at American Skandia
In a statement, the company acknowledged receipt of an SEC request for information and disclosed that it has been named in a class action suit...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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E*Trade Begins Rebate Program
Firm makes good on new product to share 12b-1 fees with clients...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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Data Co. Intros Disclosure Tool
A new product could make fund disclosure a cinch...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
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Merrill Managed Account Pro Moves
Robert Dineen has taken the CEO and president jobs at LFA...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Stilwell Bonuses Under Review
The parent to Janus is reviewing compensation as it seeks ways to cut costs...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Rydex Will Offer Offbeat S&P Fund
The fund firm best known for leveraging indexes is offering still another new flavor...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Another Insurer Lets Go VA Marketers
The troubles in the variable annuity market continue to pressure insurers. This time 30 jobs are sliced...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Emplanet in Sale Talks
Now that its deal with ExpertPlan is signed, the firm confirms that its new CEO is talking with a number of players about a buyout...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Treasury Readies Cash Balance Regs
Get ready for another firestorm over when the controversial plans are again allowed...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Vanguard To Get SMarT
No, it is Thaler and Benartzi and not Barbara Feldon that the fund firm is turning to...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Tech Consultant Seeks to Help Recordkeepers
A New Jersey-based technology consulting firm has tapped a Citistreet veteran to head its new benefit services division...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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Putnam Rolls Out Enhanced Sponsor Portal
The Boston provider aims to add value by upgrading a major venue for plan and participant analyses...
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Monday, December 9, 2002
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New CFO at Financial Engines
The advice provider has named a new executive to this post...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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PNC Finishes First Data Acquisition
PNC Bank Corp. (PNC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of First Data Investor Services Group (ISG), which will now be integrated with PFPC, PNC's fund services subsidiary...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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New CFO at Financial Engines
Raymond J. Sims has been named as the cfo for Financial Engines, Inc. Sims previously served as a senior vice president at Raychem Corporation, where he successfully negotiated a transaction with Tyco (NYSE: TYC)for the acquisition of Raychem...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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Aim Hires New Marketer
AIM Distributors has a new wholesaler and VP who will be in charge of marketing, promotions and sales support...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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Odd Lots; December 9, 1999
Telecom ignites your grandfather's funds ... Putting VC in the hands of the masses ... Tech inflow madness ... Fund asks public for investment advice...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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Mutual Fund Sales Opportunities for Insurance Companies
How can insurance companies improve their performance in selling mutual funds? William R. White, practice leader at
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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Advice Now from Hearst
A very crowded field has just gotten that much more crowded. Advice is hot, and everyone seems to know it. Now, SmartMoney magazine has announced at a Plan Sponsors' Conference in Atlanta, Georgia the launch of a new advice product for participants in defined contribution plans. SmartMoney is a joint venture between The Hearst Corporation and Dow Jones & Company...
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Thursday, December 9, 1999
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A Report from The IBC Advice Conference Front
Our advice conference wrap. Sponsors and participants show an interest in the pie. Who else is tasting and who was seen this week in the Big Apple.
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Wednesday, December 9, 1998
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MassMutual Now Y2K Compliant
MassMutual Retirement Services of Springfield, Massachusetts has now moved all of its defined contribution clients to its new Year 2000-compliant recordkeeping system. The vendor will now be focusing its product development on enhancing personalized information services...
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Wednesday, December 9, 1998
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Administaff Converts Plan
Kingwood, Texas-based Administaff, Inc. (NYSE: ASF) has just converted its 401(k) plan over to bundled service with Fidelity, Martin Fichler, manager of retirement plans, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has 5,500 participants and $55 million in assets...
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