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Friday, April 12, 2002 TIAA-CREF to Compensate 529 Sales TIAA-CREF will reportedly be offering advisor shares through the Missouri 529 College Savings program. Officials at the firm were not available for comment, nor were officials from the Missouri Most program. The New York City-based asset manager has been seeking to add ways to compensate fee-based advisor for the state programs that it administrates in order to maintain its competitive position in the market. The addition of loaded shares and advisor compensation has been one of the prominent trends in the 529 college savings plan market as program providers face stagnant sales in direct sold programs. The hope is that advisors will educate investors to invest in these accounts. TIAA-CREF is the provider for 14 states programs, making it one of the leaders in the market. One change that the firm is considering is creating structures in which advisors can create a customized model portfolio for clients from underlying funds. Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=2320 Copyright 2002, InvestmentWires, Inc. All Rights Reserved |