Company: Putnam Investments

Milestone: Service Excellence Award

For the 27th consecutive year, Putnam has been recognized by Dalbar for its "mutual fund service quality, reflecting industry-leading consistency and reliability."



Company: Hartford Funds

Milestone: Lower Fees On Smart Beta ETFs

On January 1, Hartford is cutting fees on four of its smart-beta ETFs.



Company: WisdomTree

Milestone: Fund Passes $1 Billion in Assets

The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund has recently passed $1 billion in assets.



Company: 361 Capital

Milestone: Best Place to Work in Money Management

Pensions & Investments awarded 361 Capital with this honor on December 13.



Company: AB

Milestone: AUM Report

AB announced its preliminary AUM decreased to $478 billion on November 30.



Company: Manning & Napier, Inc

Milestone: AUM Report

Manning & Napier announced its preliminary AUM on December 12 as $32.3 billion.



Company: Invesco Ltd

Milestone: AUM Report

Invesco has released its preliminary month-end AUM on November 30, 2016 as $805.6 billion.



Companies: BlackRock, Deutsche Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, Pacific Life

Milestone: 2016 Financial Intermediary Service Award

Dalbar has recognized these companies for "delivering the absolute highest level of client service to the advisor community."



Company: Voya Investment Management

Milestone: 2016 Best Places to Work in Money Management Award

Voya has been awarded this honor from Pensions & Investments Magazine for the second year in a row.



Company: RidgeWorth Investments

Milestone: All-New App with Interactive Elements

RidgeWorth has launched this app to "give users instant access to RidgeWorth's most popular tools and resources."



Company: Altegris Advisors

Milestone: Best 40 Act Equity Fund Award

Altegris was awarded this honor at the 2016 U.S. Hedge Fund Performance Award for the Altegris/AACA Opportunistic Real Estate Fund.



Company: Pzena Investment Management

Milestone: AUM Report

Pzena announced its preliminary AUM as of November 30, 2016, totaling $29.3 billion.



Company: Artisan Partners

Milestone: AUM Report

Artisan Partners announced its preliminary AUM as of November 30, 2016, totaling $97.2 billion.



Company: Legg Mason, Inc

Milestone: AUM Report

Legg Mason announced preliminary AUM of approximately $707.3 billion as of November 30, 2016.



Company: Franklin Resources, Inc

Milestone: AUM Report

Franklin Resources reported preliminary month-end AUM by the company's subsidiaries of $714.4 billion at November 30, 2016.



Company: Cohen & Steers, Inc

Milestone: AUM Report

Cohen & Steers reported preliminary AUM of $56.5 billion as of November 30, 2016, a decrease of $2.1 billion from October 31, 2016.



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