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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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A $16.5B-AUM Global Equity AM Launches Its 1st U.S. MF, And ...
The folks at the Scottish asset manager are also preparing to launch a second mutual fund for U.S. investors. Both funds are designed for institutional clients...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Next Up In DC Ret Income: Nuveen Adds a KPA Hub, And ...
The asset manager's DC I-O team is rolling out an online educational platform for advisors and building another new tool...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Fiduciary Awareness Is Declining Among Plan Sponsors
New provider research suggests that most plan sponsors don't that they are plan fiduciaries. The findings highlight sponsor confusion about retirement income solutions...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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A Peach State Leader Leaves AmericanTCS
The move comes two years after the executive joined the provider through an acquisition...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Hung Marks a New Chapter In a $4.67T-AUMA AM's Story
The folks at a publicly traded bank's asset management arm are rebranding their unit...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Two Voya Vets Rise As a MEP PEP Leader Exits
The departing leader spent more than 40 years with the provider and predecessor companies...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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The 6th Zega Tidal Defiance ETF Arrives
The launch comes less than four months after the trio's 5th ETF debuted...
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Monday, July 1, 2024
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How Can KPAs Evaluate Ret Income and Stable Value? There's a New Tool For That
A fintech and back office ally to the retirement plan industry has a new offering, for advisors and home offices...
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Monday, July 1, 2024
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A Cali People Management Platform Picks a 401k Ally
A Silicon Valley RKer startup is one of eight members of a new alliance...
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Monday, July 1, 2024
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Fundster Leaders' Comp Falls, But ...
New research illustrates compensation trends among asset management CEOs, other NEOs, and directors...
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Monday, July 1, 2024
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Micruity's Chiefs Scale Their Systems and Hire Engineers
The startup's founder and CEO talks about how recent funding will be used...
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Monday, July 1, 2024
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Happy Independence Day Weekend!
MFWire will be closed Monday in observance of the Independence Day market holiday...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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Happy Independence Day Weekend!
401kWire will be closed Monday in observance of the Independence Day market holiday...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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A Seven-Year Pru Vet Leaves Empower
The retirement exec worked in marketing at the providers...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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401ks to the Rescue Mid-Pandemic? Most Workers Turned Elsewhere
New research underscores that, even during extraordinary times, dipping into retirement savings was less common than other financial coping tactics...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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A $10.4B-AUM Fund Reopens
New investors will once again be able invest in this short-term bond mutual fund...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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MAP Teams Up With a Dozen TPAs
An alliance adds another member, this time in the Midwest...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
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A $198B-AUM AM Adds an Asset Allocation Co-Chief
An 11-year company veteran is on the rise at the 84-year-old fund firm...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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A $17B-AUA RIA Sells
A PE-backed, KPA-focused RIA buys a 16-year-old shop in the Southwest...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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An Online Marketplace For KPAs Adds PEPs
The startup rolled its platform out at the beginning of the year...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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16 Years In, a Distro Leader Leaves OneAmerica
The veteran sales exec previously spent more than two decades with Principal...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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Reader Rating: 2
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A $551B-AUM AM's Parent Stands Firm
After a strategic review, asset management is one of three key business lines for this publicly traded firm...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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An 11th TPA Signs On to an Alliance
The firm joins up effective today...
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Thursday, July 1, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Shaffer Brings an Intel Chief to Voya IM
The new hire will be in charge of distribution enablement and intelligence at the fund firm...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Newport Buys in the Midwest
The private equity-backed RKer continues to acquire...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Reader Rating: 1
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The Boston Behemoth Offers KPAs and New Plans a Deal
Updated | The Fidelity team launches a "sales and incentive program" in light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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MassMutual's Hobbs Hires Two and Looks For More
She plans to continue to build out the insurer's DC I-O team in the coming year and a half...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Empower Brands With Its Home Team
The firm cements an alliance with a nearby professional sports franchise...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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A Janus Henderson Star Begins His Swan Song
The 26-year company veteran is expected to retire next spring...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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As Two Leaders Join, a TPA Buyer Keeps Hunting
The chief is also looking to continue to hiring...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2020
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Broadridge's Latest Retirement Acquisition is Complete
What it means for the acquired.....
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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A 38-Year-Old TPA Rolls Out Its Franchises
A Tennessee shop teams up with an Atlanta TPA veteran for a new growth model for the firm...
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Serial VP Lands at Eaton Vance
The Eaton Vance team welcomes a 15-year American Century Investments vet...
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Principal Seals the Wells Deal
Thanks to the acquisition, the publicly traded insurer has doubled the size of its U.S. retirement business...
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Week In Preview, July 1-7
Happy Independence Day!..
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Week In Preview, July 1-7
Happy Independence Day!..
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Monday, July 1, 2019
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Millennials Are More Knowledgeable Investors Than Baby Boomers
Securian Financial group surveys millennials and baby boomers to assess generational investment behaviors...
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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OppenheimerFunds Muni Bond Pro Hands Over PM Reins
Daniel Loughran is no longer the PM at the Rochester suite. ..
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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Reader Rating: 3
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JP Morgan's Retirement Link Sees "Steady Growth"
J.P. Morgan's Retirement Link sees a steady, annual increase in participants and plan assets...
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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The New Fund Fuss
MFWire brings you the latest fund launches! ..
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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FLA Plan Sponsor Launches RFI for $445MM in Assets
Rayonier Advanced Materials wants to streamline recordkeeping and custodial services across several 401(k) plans. ..
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Happy Fourth of July!
It's almost time to kick back and celebrate Independence Day!..
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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Is Mister Market Punishing Invesco Too Much?
A Wells Fargo analyst argues that the post-Brexit beating that the mutual fund shop's stock has taken "is far in excess of the actual impact to IVZ's bottom line."..
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Friday, July 1, 2016
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Kublin's BPAS Acquires
Barry Kublin, CEO of Syracuse, New York-based third party administrator Benefits Plan Administrative Services (BPAS), has just announced a new acquisition!..
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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ICI/Brightscope: 403(b)s Trends Mirror Those of 401(k)
Birds of a feather flock together. ..
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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Principal Settles Lawsuit for Excessive 401k Fees
Principal Financial Group has reached a settlement with its class action plaintiffs...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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Will the SEC Allow These MFs to Lend Money to Their Fellows?
BlackRock and Lord Abbett have both asked for regulatory permission for interfund lending...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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For $85MM, Janus Buys a Shop Co-Founded By a Pimco Vet
Dick Weil and Bill Gross are bringing a former colleague and his $6.6B team on board...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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A KPA Shop Switches Their Allegiance To CommonWealth
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) shop that aligned with LPL for approximately 12 years has decided to take on a new venture -- switching to a smaller broker-dealer that was more suitable for the firm...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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You'll Never Guess What Gross' 401k Substitute Is
The Janus fixed income guru slaps the "shadow banking" label on mutual funds and ETFs, and jokingly suggests a strange kind of retirement plan...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
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As Transamerica Reorgs, Nybo Shifts Focus
Nybo is the new head of U.S. retirement strategy in Transamerica's Investments & Retirement unit...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3.67
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11-k Update for the Week of July 1, 2014
The third installment of 401kWire's distillation of disclosures and amendments to the plans that committee members have made since December 31, 2012...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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A Big Beantown Fund Firm Debuts R6 Shares
The DC I-O shop introduced R6 shares for four actively managed mutual funds. ..
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Pru Integrates a $65MM DC Plan
An Emerald City network services provider selects Prudential as its recordkeeper...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Pru Wins a Health System's $91MM DC Plan
USMD Holdings, Inc. opts for Prudential's recordkeeping services...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Fido Pushes TDF Fees Below Vanguard
Morningstar's annual report on TDFs shows that the Boston Behemoth's Freedom Funds pushed lower than Vanguard's now-second-place Target Retirement Funds in terms of average cost...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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A UBS Alum Accelerates T Rowe's B-D Efforts
Recent hire had worked 14-years at UBS in a variety of wholesaling and business development leadership roles...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Frost Bucks for Platform Attention
The San Antonio-based mutual fund shop is launching new funds and hoping to get more of them on the major wirehouse and custodial platforms...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Iwry Slashes 401k Red Tape for Longevity Annuities
The U.S. Treasury Department issues new tax rules to make deferred-income annuities more accessible in DC plans and IRAs...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Shuman Grows MassMutual's Not-For-Profit Group With a New Chief
The mutually owned insurer hired a new national practice leader for its not-for-profit retirement plan business. ..
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Edelman Explains Einstein's Eighth Wonder
In his book, Ric Edelman discusses the essentials of compound interest. ..
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Can the Old Mutual IPO Garner $100MM?
Some interesting things to note about OMAM and the proposed IPO...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014
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Wagner Hires as Obamacare Looms
The ERISA legal eagle expands her team with a new department head...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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ETF Splits: The Retail Investors Suffer The Most
ETF splits are good for traders but not for retail investors, who have to deal with unplanned tax events even if they have an unexpected gain...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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BlackRock Says ETFs Are the True Market
FT Alphaville picks on BlackRock's open letter to investors that ETFs are the "true market."..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Bond Fund Investors Go to Money Funds
The WSJ's Chuck Jaffe writes about how bond fund investors are flocking to relatively safe but low return investments.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Rekenthaler: Contrarians Seek "Blood in the Streets"
John Rekenthaler touts the benefits of being an investor who doesn't follow the crowd. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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New York Fed President Tries to Calm Markets
New York Fed President William Dudley said a rise in short-term interest rates will be a "long way off."..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Loomis, Sayles Amend Advisory Fee
Effective July 1, 2013, Loomis, Sayles & Company [profile] has added two breakpoints in the Loomis Sayles Global Bond Fund’s advisory fee at 0.45% for average daily net assets between $5 billion and $10 billion and at 0.40% for average daily net assets greater than $10 billion. The Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund, Loomis Sayles Limited Term Government and Agency Fund, and the Loomis Sayles Investment Grade Bond Fund have added a breakpoint to the advisory fee. [SEC Filing:I] [SEC Filing:II]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Washington Examines Auto-Rollovers
The Feds are visiting providers to find out more about automatic IRA rollovers...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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EGShares Implements New Advisory Fee Structure
Effective July 1, 2013, EGShares Emerging Markets Consumer ETF has implemented breakpoints in the investment advisory fee paid by the fund at specified asset levels. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Loomis, Sayles New Limit on Operating Expenses
Effective July 1, 2013,Loomis, Sayles & Company [profile] has given a binding contractual undertaking to the Loomis Sayles Core Plus Bond Fund to limit the amount of the fund’s total annual fund operating expenses to 0.80%, 1.55%, 1.55% , 0.50% and 0.55% of the fund’s average daily net assets for Class A, B, C, N and Y shares, respectively. This undertaking is in effect through January 31, 2015. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Century Capital No Longer Sub-Advisor for a Fund
Century Capital Management [profile] no longer serves as a sub-advisor for the SEI Institutional Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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A PM Leaves a BlackRock Fund
Chris Leavy no longer serves as PM for the BlackRock [profile] Diversified Portfolio, BlackRock Large Cap Value Portfolio and the BlackRock Large Cap Core Portfolio. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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PIMCO Updates Maximum Initial Sales Charge
Effective October 1, 2013, the maximum initial sales charge for Class A Shares of PIMCO's [profile] California Intermediate Municipal Bond, California Municipal Bond, High Yield Municipal Bond, Municipal Bond, National Intermediate Municipal Bond, New York Municipal Bond and the Senior Floating Rate Funds is 2.25%.[SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Two Managers Funds Update Fees and Expenses
The Managers Fund's [profile] AMG FQ Global Essentials Fund and the Managers Global Income Opportunity Fund have amended their fees and expenses. [SEC Filing:I] [SEC Filing:II]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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John Hancock Reduces Management Fee
Effective July 1, 2013, the management fee rate for the John Hancock [profile] Sovereign Investors Fund has been reduced.[SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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American Funds Has a New Policy
The American Funds Mortgage Fund may now enter into interest rate swaps in order to manage the interest rate sensitivity of the fund by increasing or decreasing the duration of the fund or a portion of the fund’s portfolio. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Urdang Rebrands with a New Name
Effective July 1, 2013, Urdang Securities Management, the Dreyfus [profile] Global Real Estate Securities Fund's sub-investment advisor, changed its name to "CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc." [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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New PMs at a Mairs and Power Fund
As part of a succession plan established by Mairs and Power [profile], the investment advisor to the Mairs & Power Growth Fund and the Mairs & Power Balanced Fund, Mark L. Henneman has been named lead PM of the Growth Fund and Ronald L. Kaliebe has been named lead PM of the Balanced Fund, effective July 1, 2013. William B. Frels, the lead portfolio manager of each Fund, will remain co-manager of the Funds. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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A Scharf Fund Updates Redemption Fees
The Scharf Balanced Opportunity Fund has amended its "tools to combat frequent transactions- redemption fees" information. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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JP Morgan Welcomes New PM
Shane Duffy has joined the JP Morgan [profile] International Equity Fund as a PM. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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State Farm Loses PM for a Fund
Rasool Shaik no longer serves as a PM for the State Farm Mutual [profile] Fund Trust. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Huntington National Bank Now a Custodian for Fund
Effective immediately, Huntington [profile] National Bank serves as the custodian of the Changing Parameters Fund’s assets pursuant to a custody agreement by and Huntington National Bank and the Trust on behalf of the fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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An Invesco Fund Rebrands
Effective July 31, 2013, the Invesco [profile] Global Quantitative Core Fund will change its name to Invesco Global Low Volatility Equity Yield Fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Franklin Fund Changes Principal Investment Strategies
The Franklin [profile] Floating Rate Daily Access Fund has amended its principal investment strategies. The fund may enter into credit default swaps. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Shareholders of ING Fund Approve New Fee Structure
On June 12, 2013, the ING [profile] Global Target Payment Fund’s shareholders approved the amended fee structure which became effective on June 12, 2013. Under the amended fee structure, the fund will pay an advisory fee equal to 0.08% of the fund’s average daily net assets invested in underlying funds in the ING Fund Complex, and 0.30% of the fund’s average daily net assets invested in direct investments, which include, but are not limited to a security issued by an investment company that is not a part of the ING Fund Complex, including exchange-traded funds, a security issued by a non-mutual fund issuer, such as an operating company, and derivative instruments other than call options written by the fund’s sub-advisor. [SEC Filing].
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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$1.3B Purchase of New Nuveen Sibling is Complete
Acquisition of wealth management shop by Chicago PE firm is finished...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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OpFunds Launches a New Fund
OppenheimerFunds is beefing up its Main Street Fund line. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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A PM Leaves UBS Fund
Effective June 30, 2013, Vincent Willyard will no longer serve as a PM for the UBS [profile] International Equity Fund. The remaining PMs of the fund, Nicholas Irish and Stephan Maikkula, will assume Willyard’s PM responsibilities for the fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Janus's Funds Change the Minimum Investment Amount
Effective July 1, 2013, the minimum subsequent investment amount for purchases made through an automatic investment program for Janus's [profile] INTECH Global Dividend Fund, Janus Growth and Income Fund, INTECH U.S. Core Fund, Janus High-Yield Fund, Janus Asia Equity Fund, Janus International Equity Fund, Janus Balanced Fund, Janus Money Market Fund, Janus Contrarian Fund, Janus Overseas Fund, Janus Diversified Alternatives Fund, Janus Protected Series – Global, Janus Emerging Markets Fund, Janus Protected Series – Growth, Janus Enterprise Fund, Janus Real Return Fund, Janus Flexible Bond Fund, Janus Research Fund, Janus Fund, Janus Short-Term Bond Fund, Janus Global Allocation Fund – Conservative, Janus Triton Fund, Janus Global Allocation Fund – Growth, Janus Twenty Fund, Janus Global Allocation Fund – Moderate, Janus Venture Fund, Janus Global Bond Fund, Perkins Global Value Fund, Janus Global Life Sciences Fund, Perkins International Value Fund, Janus Global Real Estate Fund, Perkins Large Cap Value Fund, Janus Global Research Fund, Perkins Mid Cap Value Fund, Janus Global Select Fund, Perkins Select Value Fund, Janus Global Technology Fund, Perkins Small Cap Value Fund, Janus Government Money Market Fund, and the Perkins Value Plus Income Fund is $50.00. [SEC Filing]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Franklin Offers FAs Retirement Planning Service Tips
The California-based mutual fund giant releases the results of its 2013 RISE survey...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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AST Replaces Sub-Advisor
The board of trustees of AST approved replacing Marsico Capital Management [profile], as sole sub-advisor to the large-cap growth segment of the AST Advanced Strategies Portfolio with Brown Advisory and Loomis, Sayles & Company [profile]. This change is effective on June 17, 2013. [SEC Filing:I] [SEC Filing:II]...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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TCW Launches Latest Emerging Markets Fund
TCW has launched a new product, the TCW Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Opportunities Fund, which will invest in all emerging markets investment opportunities. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Morningstar Creates A New Position and Fills Two More
Morningstar made three new hires: David Falkof, Bryan Platz, and Nathan Voris in its retirement solutions group in its investment management division. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Mellon's Transition Prez Joins an Alt Shop
Exec will serve as chief administrative officer...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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DoubleLine Floats Out a New Fund
The DoubleLine Floating Rate Fund is now open to investors ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Gallagher Hires ING and Lincoln Alums
Mike DiCenso fills new posts in the insurance brokerage's retirement unit...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.24
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Philadelphia Has Talent, McNabb Says
Vanguard's CEO William McNabb is concentrating Vanguard's hiring in Philadelphia...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Mobius Isn't Retiring
Franklin's star emerging markets manager, who is 76, ain't going nowhere...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Fido is Moving Jobs to the Lone Star State
About a 100 employees a month have been moved there, according to Star Telegram...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Credit Suisse Exec Explains Why Hedge Funds Own ETFs
Barrons' Brendan Conway writes a takeaway from a keynote speech at the Journal of Indexes board meeting.
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Will $13B in ETF Outflows Help Mutual Funds?
Index Universe writes an account of ETF outflows in the wake of the recent Fed announcement...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Barron's Applauds Vanguard's $650B Index Switch
Fund giant completes move from MSCI to two competing benchmarks. Barron's gives the switch kudos. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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BlackRock: Gold Miners To Go Bankrupt
Funds investing in gold should be prepared to see some gold miners go bankrupt as a result of the gold slump. ..
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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More Apologies From Bond Fund Managers
In addition to Bill Gross, Jeffrey Gundlach made a few statements about the bond market panic...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Bloomberg: Are ETF Investors "Seduced" By Shifty PMs?
Retail investors may be led to believe that ETF share prices and NAVs will rarely diverge, Bloomberg writes in a long, thoughtful think piece...
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Monday, July 1, 2013
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Pioneer's Outsourcing Deal Will Move Some Employees to its Vendor
The transition started last month and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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MainStay to Liquidate a 130/30 Fund
The liquidation will take place this fall...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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New Hires Boost fi360's Team to 29
The Keystone State fiduciary training and tools experts add five new hires...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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GAO Ponders 401k Safe Harbor For Annuities
At the request of a Senator, a government agency issues a report on retirement income...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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Diversified Taps a Marketing Pro from Pru
The Pru alum takes on a newly created post at the Harrison, New York-based plan provider...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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A Pentegra Sub Expands its Advisor Service Team
Alliance Benefit Group, Carolinas hires an internal wholesaler...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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Larry Fink is Being Buzzed About as a Potential Successor to Geithner
According to the chatter on Wall Street, the BlackRock CEO could be among the potential candidates to succeed Tim Geithner at the helm of the Treasury...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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SEC Sides with American Funds Against Finra
Six years after the case began, the mutual fund giant defeats directed brokerage commission charges...
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Friday, July 1, 2011
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A Fidelity K-Client Jumps with the Help of Two Top Reps
A law firm moves its 401k plan and goes non-direct for the first time. Two advisors from UBS helped with the move...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4.98
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AAM Equity PM Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
The portfolio manager of a defunct mutual funds admits to taking cash from a 401k plan client of his advisory business...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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French Authorities Spare TCW's Founder
A regulatory agency clears the former Societe Generale board member in an insider trading case...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Fidelity Loses 400 DC Plans
The Boston Behemoth suffers apparent client defections over nine months...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Rydex Can't Change Class-Action Venues
The leveraged index fund specialist will have to fight it out in California...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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A Fallen Advisor Confesses to Siphoning $600K in 401k Cash
Half a year after being smote by the SEC, an ex-RIA pleads guilty to misappropriating funds...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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Fidelity's Debt Sale Raises More Cash Than Planned
The debt sale is FMR's first in eight months and brings in some $150 million more than initially sought...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Axa Rosenberg Sees Changes in its Top Ranks
One of Vanguard's sub-advisors is seeing changes in its top ranks...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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AMG Buys P.E. Fund From Russell
The asset manager roll-up and sponsor of the Managers Funds (among others), has finished its deal to purchase a hedge fund manager...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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U.S. One Plans More ETFs After Initial Launch
Now that its One Fund is up and trading, U.S. One plans more offerings that invest in other ETFs. ..
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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BlackRock Hopes to Strike Gold Again, Twice
The giant asset manager unveils a new offering and revamps an old one...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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Bloomberg Spotlights BlackRock's Voice in Washington
Bloomberg writes a feature on Barbara Novick, who leads lobbying efforts for the world's biggest asset manager...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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McNabb Worries That We Lost 'a Generation of Young Investors'
The Vanguard chief wonders what the flash crash will do for future potential savers...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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BlackRock is Exxon's, IBM's and JPMorgan's Biggest Shareholder
The WSJ ponders new proxy-access rules...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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PowerShares Reboots Five Funds
The Invesco unit rebrands some ETFs and swaps their indexes...
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Thursday, July 1, 2010
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CUNA Mutual Group Shields its Retirement Unit from Cuts
Layoffs at the Madison, Wisconsin-based firm do not affect its retirement unit...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Guillocheau Makes an IRA Play
Ascensus acquires again, this time from an acquirer...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Lord Abbett Changes Four Funds' Names
A quartet of funds receive new monikers and one cuts its fees...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Gross Urges Investors To Trim The Fat
Pimco rolls out a new bond fund as the star manager talks dieting...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Principal Estimates Retirement Rebuilding Time
Updated | In the wake of the 2008 market collapse, the Iowa-based provider shows participants how long it would take to turn back the time on their retirement savings...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Three Russell-ites Call For DC 'Reinvention'
Matt Smith writes a retirement-focused book with two of his former colleagues...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Matthews Taps a New CEO
The San Francisco-based firm makes changes at the top...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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A Provider Completes Its Taft-Hartley DB-DC Bundle
The first conversion to the new offering is underway...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Will BofA Get Its Price?
A report from London states that the bidding for Columbia is "tepid" now that BlackRock's Larry Fink is out of the negotiations...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Haldeman is Reportedly Heading to Freddie
Putnam's ex-CEO, who stepped down from his three remaining posts at the Boston firm on Tuesday, is reportedly the prime candidate for the top spot at Freddie Mac...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Legg is Still Cautious at Mid-Year, But Sees Some Bright Spots
Managers in the Legg Mason family discuss investment opportunities at a press briefing in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday...
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Q2 Brought Seven New Member Firms to NRP
Chetney and his team now count 120 offices under their umbrella, aiming for 30 more by the end of the year...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Principal Shepherds Sponsors Through the 403b Terrain
The Des Moines, Iowa-based provider has released the first of a four-part compliance guide...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Hewitt Writes Back ... to Senator Kohl
As a hearing on DC distributions looms, a provider responds to a letter and at least one more provider prepares its own words...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Frost Finds Funds
Frost Investment Advisors is making ten of its co-mingled fund strategies available in mutual fund form...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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FundQuest Makes a Hire
FundQuest has hired a new analyst...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Hewitt Explores Gap Between Workers' Savings and their Retirement Needs
In its study of nearly 2 million workers, Hewitt says only 19 percent will have enough to meet 100 percent of their retirement needs...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Aberdeen Officially Enters U.S. Fund Business
Aberdeen has put the finishing touches on its acquisition of Nationwide Funds...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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A DC Software Specialist Makes Widgets For You
UPDATED | A California-based firm launches five new online products to support retirement industry specialists and vendors.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Top CitiStreeters Are MovING
Two months after the mega deal first came to light, ING completes the transaction as CitiStreet honchos step into new roles...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Fido Boots Up With Two New Hires
Fidelity continued on its hiring spree today, tapping tech talent from Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Merk Gets a Window into the Mind of the Fed
Palo Alto-based Merk Investments has made a hire that is famous in more ways than one.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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$1.3 Million Deal Brings TPA Into a National Fold
A Midwest-based firm makes yet another buy, expanding into a 13th state...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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First American Takes its Global Infrastructure Fund to the Masses
First American Funds has decided to allow retail investors to invest in its Global Infrastructure Fund...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Subprime Fallout Lawsuit Hits Yet Another Ultra-Short Bond Fund
State Street is the latest firm to be swept up by the decline in a now-defunct so-called yield-plus fund...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Legg Mason to Pay Another $240 Million to Bolster its Money Funds
The Baltimore fund firm has not yet finished the process of shoring up its money-market funds...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Q2 Review: Commodity Funds Were Winners
Tuesday's WSJ Fund Track lauds those in the fund industry for making it through a rough second quarter...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Mutual Fund to Hedge Fund Pipeline Sees a Reversal
William Blair has re-hired a fund manager that left for a hedge fund...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Principal Tries Down Home Marketing
Baseball and 401ks make a fun combination...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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Thrivent Makes Asset-Allocation Move
The new funds are designed for pre-retirees...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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Thrivent Launches Asset-Allocation Funds
Thrivent Investment Management is thriving. The subsidiary of Thrivant Financial for Lutherans has launched a four-fund asset-allocation series as well hired three subadvisors for three new sector funds...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
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SEC Bars Fiserv Timer
A former New York-based trader gets off easy...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3
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Is the GOP Back on Top at the SEC?
Commissioner Cynthia Glassman takes the reigns at the SEC, but temporarily...
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Friday, July 1, 2005
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Are Sponsors Getting All They Can Get?
A Big Four parnter says there is money sitting on the table at large plans that they can use to buy additional services...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Judge Approves IDC-Heartland Settlement
The bond pricer will pay $1 million to end litigation brought over the collapse the Heartland bond fund NAVs...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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SEC Turns Critical Eye Inward
The SEC hires a director for an initiative to improve the operations of the agency...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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OppFunds Pushing TPA-Based Program
OppenheimerFunds recently invited one hundred or so TPAs to Colorado to hear about its new platform...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Federated Makes Fund Transfer Agency Switch
Boston Financial begins providing fund transfer agency services...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Janus Names Worldwide Fund Manager
A $9 billion fund gets a new manager...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Bold Colors, More Depth in New Newkirk Statements
The Albany-based creator of education and enrollment materials is offering providers fresh looking participant statements...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Milwaukee Firm Reorgs Fund
A $6.3 million mid-cap fund gets a new name and a new advisor...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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State Street Head Honcho Retires
The Boston-based company quickly names a successor...
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Thursday, July 1, 2004
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Firm Adds Redemption Fee to Battle Timers
Arbitrageurs will find two Harbor Funds less attractive come August...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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ABN AMRO Opens High-Yield Fund
The new fund will leverage existing skills at the firm...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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SunGard Forms Managed Account Alliance
The systems software specialist will link to an investment manager to offer the latest hot service to participants...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Integrity Picks Up Bond Funds ...
The North Dakota fund firm keeps busy. Will take over $50 million in bond fund assets...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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... After it Makes Another Equity Fund Pickup
The North Dakota fund firm has made another deal to bolster its equity fund lineup...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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TPA Taps Financial Services Director
John Sullivan has joined a Philly-area benefits consultant...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Wachovia Completes WyStar Purchase
April showers brought July flowers for Wachovia. The deal officially closed today...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Exec Returns to Citistreet
After a very, very short stay, a new Bisys hire returns to Citistreet...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2
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Open Wide!
A Michigan sponsor is in the process of soliciting bids...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Hoosier Chemical Co Taps NYLIM
The insurer is taking over from a Midwest rival which lost the mandate...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Carret Makes Buy
The money manager adds another $335 million in client assets...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Conservative Offering from ING
The firm launches a new product that should appeal to the more cautious side...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Non-Profit Readying Ed Service
The participant education arena is getting a new entrant. This time information, not profits, is the goal...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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BB&T Completes Deal
The bank has finished its acquisition with a Southeastern TPA...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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WorldCom Suit No 3
A third class action lawsuit is brought against Worldcom...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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On Board at Reserve
There is a new face in sales and marketing at the New York firm...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Rockhaven Gets Stronger
The asset manager is purchased by a larger firm...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Nationwide Completes Sale
The firm has completed its restructuring with regards to Gartmore...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Aiming for More Disclosure
A fund family provides more information on its personnel...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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It Is Easy Being Evergreen
The firm simplifies its website...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Invesco Lay-Offs
There are fewer faces in the mutual fund unit at the firm...
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Monday, July 1, 2002
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Oppenheimer Enterprise Closed Again
The Oppenheimer Enterprise Fund, closed once before for a year, is closed again to new investments, starting today...
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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SVA July 1, 1999
GIC quotes rose an average of 5 basis points this week, well short of the 11 basis point rise in Treasuries.
Weekly Bullet GIC/BIC Statistics from FCM
Rates as of June 24, 1999*
| Compound
Rates |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
| High |
6.92 |
7.01 |
7.16 |
7.29 |
| Average |
6.52 |
6.77 |
6.93 |
7.10 |
| Low |
6.22 |
6.47 |
6.64 |
6.93 |
| Treasuries |
5.78 |
5.91 |
5.95 |
6.02 |
| Spread |
1.14 |
1.10 |
1.21 |
1.27 |
| Issuers |
22 |
22 |
19 |
9 |
| Simple Rates |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
| High |
6.92 |
7.01 |
7.05 |
7.27 |
| Average |
6.43 |
6.66 |
6.82 |
6.96 |
| Low |
5.89 |
6.17 |
6.27 |
6.38 |
| Treasuries |
5.78 |
5.91 |
5.95 |
6.02 |
| Spread |
1.14 |
1.10 |
1.10 |
1.25 |
| Issuers |
27 |
27 |
20 |
11 |
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*All rates are for non-benefit responsive, investment-only contracts with a value of $5 million. Rates are net of all expenses, with no commissions payable. Treasury quotes are for close of business Wednesday.
Source: Fiduciary Capital Management..
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Former Exec Sues Fido
Robert G. Flater, formerly a president at FIRSCo (for the international defined contribution arm of the business), is suing his old employer, Paul T. Prew, one of the litigant's attorneys, told the 401kWire.com. While at the firm, he reported to FIRSCo head Bob Reynolds.
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Former Exec Sues Fido
A defined contribution official who was terminated by the Boston firm is now suing his old employer for wrongful termination...
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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TAG On: Incompetent Spouses
The Technical Answer Group, Inc. ("TAG") is a weekly guest on the 401(k)Wire site. TAG provides technical answers and supporting research for professional firms and individuals that administer, sell or sponsor qualified employee benefit plans. The following question was asked by a TAG Subscriber and includes the TAG answer:..
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fido Appoints CIO for Europe
Fidelity Investments has appointed a new chief investment officer for the UK and Europe...
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, July 1, 1999
Seligman uses unique fund structure...
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Thursday, July 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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DoL Releases Brochure Explaining 401(k) Fees
The Department of Labor has released its brochure explaining 401(k) plan fees for plan participants. The complete text of the brochure can be found on the Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration homepage...
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Wednesday, July 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Strong Makes Fund Moves in Wake of Manager's Departure
Strong Funds announced a number of moves to change its mutual fund lineup. The most eye-opening is its decision to merge the Small Cap Fund (SCAPX) which had been managed by Mary Lisanti into the Strong Growth Fund (SGROX). At the same time it announced the merge, Strong also revealed that it is broadening its offering’s range by adding three new funds including two international funds and a domestic mid-cap fund...
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Wednesday, July 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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