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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Indxx Helps a 300-ETF AM Target Critical Metals
The folks at a Midwestern fund firm are rolling out another passive exchange-traded fund...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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A 6Y Paychex Vet Joins USICG
The new hire is based in upstate New York...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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Why De Silva and Co Are Turning to an Ex-Trustodian Chief For Guidance
The retirement plan industry veteran joined the IRA rollover-focused fintech's board of directors earlier this week...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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Brandwein Will Take Over On New Year's
The leadership updates at a trade group of trade groups will take effect in January...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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AmericanTCS and Empower Prep One New Year's Launch
The providers are preparing to roll out another pooled employer plan in January...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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Cove Honors a 35Y Ally to Fundsters
The award was presented during the organization's most recent conference last week...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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In AZ, a 37Y Industry Vet Exits MissionSquare
The departing executive joined the provider back in 2023...
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Friday, November 7, 2025
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A $1.3T-AUM AM Preps an 11th FI ETF
The new, passively managed fund is expected to debut in less than two weeks...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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LeafHouse's New BlackRock-Powered APP Is Live, And ...
Watch for the new offering to become available through additional recordkeepers...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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TDFs and TRFs Expand Their 401k Contributions Dominance to 53 Percent, And ...
New data from a large- and mega-market provider digs into how participants are allocating their 401(k) dollars...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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After a Partner's Exit, a DMV KPA Sticks With an Aggregator
Stout first joined OneDigital in 2021...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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A 20-Year JPM Vet Takes Over a $12B-AUM Boutique
The Keystone State asset manager has been in the mutual fund business for 36 years...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Rockefeller Teams With Empower and Finway
The trio's teams are preparing to launch a retirement plan offering next month...
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Reader Rating: 2
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A New ETF Simply Focuses On Newer MBS
A Gotham team adds another active fund to their lineup...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Cullen and Meyerhofer Pick SRP's 3rd Officer
Effective November 1, the freshly promoted company serves as VP of strategic operations at the KPA aggregator...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Reader Rating: 5
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MMFs Gobble 56 Percent of 401k Trading Inflows
International equity funds and company stock also had a strong 401(k) trading month, even as TDFs and their siblings continued to dominate participants' contributions.
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Why a Midwestern VC Is Betting On Payroll Integrations
A investing group talks about the reasoning behind leading a series A funding round for the ally to recordkeepers...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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1,499 Days, $30B
A boutique's team celebrates a big milestone. They power 24 ETFs and eight traditional mutual funds...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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A $450B-AUA RKer Continues to Focus on Stable Value, Too
Stay tuned for product development from this publicly traded retirement plan provider's stable value team...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2023
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Invesco and 15 Other Firms Win Big In NYC
A trade group's team celebrates the winners of its 26th annual awards...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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25 Years In, an RKer Sales Chief Passes the Reins, And ...
Two 11-year company veterans are on the rise as a senior leader retires from a publicly traded firm's retirement plan business...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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An Insurance Brokerage Buys a 23-Year-Old KPA Shop
The deal brings the West Coast firm its 18th office...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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A Southwestern MassMutual Alum Joins USI
The new hire most recently worked with Empower...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Week In Preview, November 7 - November 13
This week, the teams at Definiti, DCIIA, Fi360, Hub, P&I, PSCA, Spark, Tiburon, and WIPN are hosting events...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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Week In Preview, November 7 - November 13
This week, the teams at Aite-Novarica, ICI, Informa, MFDF, MMI, Tiburon, and U.S. SIF are hosting events...
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Monday, November 7, 2022
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A Little More Social Media Structure
New research highlights the power, for advisors, of using social media. The research also counters a common assumption...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Despite a Single Large Client Lapse, an RKer's AUA Rises Year-Over-Year
The provider's stable value assets also climbed, from last quarter and year-over-year...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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A $192B-AUM Shop Prepares to Cross the Pond
A New Yorker will lead the asset manager's first U.S. office, expected to open in the first half of 2020...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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FBi Preps A Broader Rollout With a Big B-D
Meanwhile, KPAs are piloting the new offering and Kmak is contemplating a firm name change...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Four Years In, an Alliance Upgrades and Aims at Younger Participants
The focus of the group is on improving participant outcomes...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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From $64.1B to $145.8B In One Quarter
An asset manager's leaders share numbers on the post-deal firm...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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EBRI Honors a Pension Pioneer
A longtime retirement consultant has been recognized for decades of service in the industry...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Pru Wins a 1,000-Doctor Health System
This midwestern plan sponsor's DC plan had $283MM and 6,512 total participants as of the end of 2016...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Nestor Plans a Direxion Sales and Marketing Push
Six months in, the Gotham MF shop's new prez makes a pair of key hires and looks to further expand his team...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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Watch These Six Members of Congress
These are the Representatives and Senators likely to have the key voices when it comes to retirement plan legislation over the next two years...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Midwestern RKer Breaks Its Annual Sales Record
The new chief expects retirement plan sales to rise more than 21 percent for the full year...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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USAA Sells Its AM Arm, For $850MM Up Front
A publicly traded multiboutique expects to double its AUM with the deal, adding its 11th investment franchise and keeping the right to use the USAA brand on funds...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2018
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Is Vantage Still Operational?
It's been almost two weeks since the FBI showed up at the recordkeeping TPA's door...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Franklin's New Global Distro Chief Hunts for a Key Hire
A top executive at the publicly traded mutual fund shop plans to retire next year...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Ahmed Creates Two More DC I-O Roles at Franklin Templeton
The head of DC I-O at Franklin Templeton Investments shares potential job listings and his DC I-O trends to watch...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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O'Hanley Rises and Passes the SSgA Reins
Another Fidelity alumnus is taking over SSgA as O'Hanley takes over all of State Street...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Ohl Hires a 20-Year Merrill Vet
The Lincoln retirement plan services chief brings over a top exec from a bank's retirement plan business...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2
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PCS Offers Participants More Knowledge
The Philadelphia-based recordkeeper recently rolled out a financial wellness tool for its participants. ..
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Another Gotham Giant Shifts, This Time to the West
The pivot provides an excuse for an update on successor possibilities at this big asset manager...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2017
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March Sees Big Opps for RKers
But it will take reinvention and innovation to be a winner. ..
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Altegris Finds a Banker
The liquid alts shop's private equity backers have hired an investment bank...
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Exec Elected to Top Utah Retirement System
This executive has been elected to serve as president of the Utah Retirement System. ..
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Principal Doc Helps Chart Fees
The fee policy statement lets employers chart fees and services. ..
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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OneAmerica Launches Tax Exempt Website
This recordkeepeer has unveiled a new tax exempt website...
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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People on the Move - November 7, 2016
Hirings, firings and the like!..
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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99 New Advisors Join Commonwealth
Commonwealth recently recruited many advisors to join their network...
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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DoL Rule Clears First Court Challenge
A challenge that would have delayed implementation was dismissed. ..
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Two KPAs Take the Stage at Spark
Spark recognizes two KPAs with its annual award at its Forum in Florida...
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Fund Marketers in Manhattan, 401k Folks in Florida, and Entrepreneurs In Texas
Fundsters are gathering for at least three conferences around the country today...
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Monday, November 7, 2016
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Paul McCartney Rocks Out For Mutual Fund Investors
A billionaire fundster brings the ex-Beatle to the Big Apple to perform at the mutual fund shop's annual conference...
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Friday, November 7, 2014
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An ETF Giant Triples Its U.S. Distro Footprint
A multinational firm is "very much in expansion mode" with its ETF business here in the U.S...
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Friday, November 7, 2014
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With the FTI Deal Done, Chetney Refocuses On His KPA Recruiting Pipeline
128 advisors have joined the former NRP and LPL retirement chief's new group...
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Friday, November 7, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Have You Tried Paying Participants to Be Financially Healthy?
Updated | A large- and jumbo-market player offers its own take on the financial wellness trend...
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Friday, November 7, 2014
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Reader Rating: 1
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The SEC Smiles On Faust's Exchange-Traded Next Step
It looks like the Eaton Vance chief can soon move move forward with plans to launch a new type of active, ETF-like mutual fund...
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Friday, November 7, 2014
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George Miller's Voice is Leaving
Aaron Albright will no longer be working for Democrats in the House Education and Labor Committee. ..
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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DC I-Os and RKers Are Watching You. Meet Their Newest Ally
A data specialist is helping providers ID and segment retirement plan advisors...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Merrill Wins a $19B Plan
BofA's 401k plan will finally be in the hands of subsidiary Merrill Lynch. ..
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.57
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Sidley Austin Names a New Funds Legal Ace
Attorney will advise fundsters on compliance, internal partnerships, co-investment arrangements and personal investments, among other things...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Delaware's Owner Moves to Block an Aberdeen Deal
Macquarie will make an $800 million cash offer for a Scottish investment concern in an attempt to bump out Aberdeen...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Fido Hires a PR Flak from Columbia
Boston Behemoth hires public point person from Columbia...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Van Eck Lures a C-Suite Executive from HSBC
The new hire leads compliance for the ETF firm...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Genworth's TAMP Rebrands, But With an Old Name
TAMP resurrects a name from its past. GFAM also gets a new name as well...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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A Garden State RKer Offers Advisors an Edge
A recordkeeping TPA unveils a new program for its 401k intermediary allies...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Fundsters Enter China in Style
China A Shares ETF has already generated healthy amount of investor interest...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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T. Rowe Price and Morgan Stanley Are Happy Tweeters
Fund managers set to benefit from $26 Twitter IPO...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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USI's Latest Deal Adds a 401k Advisor
The insurance brokerage buys an East Coast shop, one whose business includes retirement plans...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013
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A New Player Maps Its Own Approach to Education
A San Francisco software company debuts its first offering for the retirement plan market...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Hoch to Handle Fido’s Advisor Marketing
Former Hancock exec will lead marketing strategy...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Lincoln Trust Adds a Partner
Another investment manager will offer the 401(k) platform as part of their business...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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MassMutual Hires on the West Coast
The new hire will focus on TPAs...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Pyxis Launches a Bank-Loan ETF
The new fund will be first to follow its index...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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ING Rebuts a Revenue-Sharing Suit
The RKer has asked the court to deny claims that it accepts "kickbacks."..
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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The RIIA Taps a DFA Bigwig for a Director Position
DFA's new Asia CEO will direct the association's education curriculum...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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OneAmerica Brings on a Pru Alum
The new hire will be a regional director in the midwest...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Virtus Names a President for a $10B Boutique
A familiar face will lead a fixed income shop...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Maggioncalda Picks His Number Two
Financial Engines has a new president...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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BMO Hires Four in Institutional Sales
Move follows on BMO's big US growth plans...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Jeff Carney Jumps Again
An ex-Bob's Boy is on the move only seven months after joining Charles Schwab...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Three More Names Added to Legg Mason Speculation
Reuters offers an analysis of the search for a new CEO for the multi-boutique mutual
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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American Century Brings on a New Exec
The firm has replaced its retiring COO...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Industry Gives Kudos to Fink's Fee Cuts
iShares cuts garnering BlackRock positive feedback..
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Obama's Reelection Touches the Fund World
Just like everything else, some fundsters are focusing on politics...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Federal Judge Blocks the TCW Sale, For Now
Unless TCW can convince the court otherwise, the deal will be dead...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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S&P Develops Low-Vol Indices for PowerShares
The indices cover mid-cap and small-cap stocks...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Global X Launching US SuperDividend Fund
Fund will be Global’s third super-divident product...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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Lincoln Trust Makes Its First Post-Fiserv Purchase
The Colorado recordkeeper buys an RKing TPA in the South...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Schapiro Talks Money Funds at Sifma
The SEC chief made an appearance at the Sifma annual meeting today in New York...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Vanguard Names a New Retirement Chief
The plan provider taps a successor for Barbara Fallon-Walsh, who is retiring at yearend...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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ADP Runs 401k Plans By Accountants
The payroll giant hooks its DC products into its offering for accountants...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Evercore Sees Opportunity in Risks
The Empire State mutual fund firm launches a new product...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Most Participants Think Target Date Funds Offer a Guarantee
A DC I-O firm releases its latest annual survey of defined contribution participants...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Highland Rolls Out a Dividend Fund
The Lone Star State mutual fund firm unveils its newest offering...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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WSJ Overviews 401k Advice
The paper talks about managed accounts, in-person advice and online services...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Reader Rating: 1
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Falcon Lands at Spark
JPMorgan's retirement chief shares some recipes for retirement success at the 2011 SPARK Forum...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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When Charlie Met Sallie
Charlie Rose interviews Sallie Krawcheck this morning at Sifma's annual meeting. ..
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Ward: Top 10 Reasons to Own Stocks
Gamco Investors' CIO for growth equities gives the top 10 reasons to own stocks...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Joe Ready Takes the Stage
Wells Fargo's director urges the industry to more fully understand participants...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Fund Industry Visionaries Gather in NYC Tonight
Strataegic Insight's 25th anniversary gala tonight will honor the industry's visionaries...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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BlackRock's Proposal Draws Buzz
The WSJ picks up on BlackRock's proposal last month to rename leveraged and inverse ETFs...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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WSJ Ponders Hedge-Fund Replicators
Some mutual funds passively track hedge funds, sort of...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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'The Bishop' Awaits Trial in Jail
Folks at American Century and Janus may be sleeping a little easier now...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Fink and Gross are Among the Most Powerful People on the Planet
Forbes magazine unveils its list of the Most Powerful People in the World...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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UPDATED: Schwab Impact 2011 in Pictures
Photos from the 20th annual Schwab Impact conference in San Francisco...
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Monday, November 7, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3
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Treasury is on the Hunt for Asset Managers
The Treasury is looking for asset managers for the Capital Purchase Program...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Goldman Appoints a New DC I-O Head
The bank draws from its own ranks to fill Doug Manchester's former post...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Another Jumbo Sponsor Slams on the Contribution Brakes
Matching contributions continue to fall victim to the economic downturn...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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A Big Sky RIA Unveils its First Fund
A 33-year-old firm decides to get mutual with a new offering and plans more...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Fund Flows Finally Swing Positive
For the first week in three months, an industry research firm investors put more money into equity-based mutual funds than they took out...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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A Fund Consultant Casts its Net into the Talent Pool
A New York City-based consulting firm scouts for three posts, including one for its sales team...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Report Shines a Harsh Spotlight on 2010 Funds
Volatile markets have hit some near-retirement target date funds hard, and the mainstream media is beginning to notice...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Hartford's Ohl Eyes Cash Balance-401k Combo
Equipped with new capabilities from an acquisition, the plan provider aims to launch the product early next year...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Obama Turns to a Provider Chief for Advice
A familiar DC face bends the ear of the president-elect...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Obama Leans On TIAA-CREF Chief
A familiar financial services face advises the president-elect...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Lawson: Tough Times Yielded a 'Significant Negative Effect' on Fidelity's Revenue
Fidelity's president told employees Thursday that cost-cutting measures needed to be accelerated...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Spitzer Dodges a Federal Bullet
Uncle Sam drops charges against the ex-governor...
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Friday, November 7, 2008
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Large Sunshine State Sponsor Hit Over Company Stock
A Manhattan law unleashes another 401k suit...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Another Mega Market Fee Suit Brews
Keller Rohrback launches an investigation of another multi-billion dollar 401k plan and its fees.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2
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TPAs Continue to Corner Market Share
TPAs continue to see their share of the market expand, thanks to factors such as the need for third party due diligence stemming from fee concerns...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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Fido Puts Out Three New Funds
The Boston Behemoth has launched three new mutual funds, two of which are international funds...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Recordkeepers Line Up to Get Certified
An industry trade group, an independent standards-arbiter and a team of fiduciary auditors work together to help show sponsors which providers are up to snuff.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1
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New Rydex Leveraged ETFs Make Their Debut
Rydex's new leveraged ETFs hit the AMEX today...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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AARP, FINRA, RSP Team Up in Auto Push
The three groups have formed a coalition to promote auto enrollment, launched a Web site and revealed the results of a survey...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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DWS Scudder Going Green
DWS Scudder has launched a climate change-related fund...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2
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And Now Introducing ... the ERISA Defenders!
A Washington, D.C.-based trade organization spins off a new organization to protect the pivotal 1974 law...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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ERISA Lawyers Keep Lining Up to Take on Merrill
Sub-prime related company stock losses in the wirehouse's 401k continue to draw class-action fire.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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OppFunds' Market Outlook Brightens Reporters' Day
Last night OppenheimerFunds held its annual 2008 Market Outlook at Le Cirque, a swanky restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Merrill and Citi Set to Duke it Out For Top Talent
With two of Wall Street's brokerage giants in the hunt for new chiefs, competition is building to woo the top candidates...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Success of Team Managed Funds May Signal Curtains for Star Fund Managers
Is the age of the star fund manager coming to a close?..
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Another Janus Skipper Heads Out the Door
The manager running the Janus Growth and Income and Janus Fundamental Equity funds is leaving the Denver fund firm...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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New Morningstar Products will Target Derivatives
In response to the sub-prime mess, Morningstar is working with mutual fund companies to develop a tool that will allow fund investors to gauge their exposure to derivatives...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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How Today's Vote Effects 401k
While today's election is seen by many Americans as more critical than most mid-term votes, industry insiders give a shrug and say it will have little impact on 401ks...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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Wall Streeter Taps TPA
Cantor Fitzgerald has tapped a TPA from the City of Brotherly Love to administer its DC plan...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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Flows Fuel Financial Engines
The advisory firm saw a surge in asset flows in October...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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Sponsor Convicted for Failing to Make Plan Deposits
A New Jersey plan sponsor faces up to 10 years of prison time after a jury finds he failed to deposit participant deferrals into his plan...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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iMoneyNet Hires Fidelity Vet
Fidelity veteran Kevin Grist has signed on with iMoneyNet as a sales director. Grist, 39, will lead the effort by the Westborough, Massachusetts-based unit of Informa to sell its new Web-based services to corporate treasurers...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Timco Adds a Match
Has the worm turned on the economy? One sponsor is adding, not dropping, a 401k match...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Fidelity Launches Intermediate Municipal Income Fund
Fidelity Investments is filling a gap in its Advisor fixed-income product line. The Boston Behemoth has launched a municipal bond fund targeting investors with intermediate to long-term horizons...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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Payroll Vendor Signs on with Invesmart
The deal adds 401k administration, recordkeeping and advice to the package of services the Atlanta payroll firm offers to its clients...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 1
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Chase Shops Insurance, Annuity Businesses
A newspaper is reporting that JP Morgan Chase has decided to shop the unit it picked up through Bank One...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Chase Shops Insurance, Annuity Businesses
A newspaper is reporting that JP Morgan Chase has decided to shop the unit it picked up through Bank One...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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CitiStreet tapped for HR Contact Service
CitiStreet leverages a mega plan 401k relationship to build its HR services unit...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Hartford Investigation Expands
Like the proverbial camel with its nose under the tent, regulators are using their initial market-timing investigation at the Hartford to inquire about multiple sales practices. So far, the insurer has been subpoenaed for information about its use of directed brokerage and how it selects mutual funds for its annuity line, as well as for market timing related information...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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Provider Offers Socially-Screened Solok
Business owners who are looking to invest in socially-screened funds now have a turnkey solution...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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Amvescap Shares Up on Talkover Talk
London speculators were betting on the Amvescap shares late last week in response to rumors that the fund firm may be on the receiving end of an offer from Janus Capital Corp. The rumors pushed up Amvescap's share price on both Thursday and Friday...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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Hedging Funds Sell Better than they Perfrom
While mutual funds that act like hedge funds may be all the rage in theory, they are not necessarily a success in practice. A column in the Wall Street Journal reports that the performance of these funds is lackluster. , they continue to pull assets and more fund firms have hedge-like products in the pipeline...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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WSJ Sees Demand for ETFs Where No One Else Does
Will there be more bond-flavored ETF offerings in the future? The Wall Street Journal today reports that obstacles notwithstanding, more fixed-income ETFs will manage to find their way to the market. But a closer look at the WSJ article gives one pause. Either Journal is seeing things that are hidden from everyone else’s sight, or it is being far more optimistic than it should be about future launches...
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Monday, November 7, 2005
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401k Searches Reported This Week
Fidelity wins an $80 million plan. Sponsor mulls startup plan...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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More Bad News At Security Trust
One fund family modifies its relationship with the company, the other terminates it...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Akaka Bill Gains Support
Consumer groups are backing the Senate mutual fund reform bill...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Paper Highlights Timing in VAs
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at market timing trades in VAs. Says regulators are looking into the issue...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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What Were the Crimes?
Prosecutors may bring criminal charges against fund executives. But first they need to develop a legal theory to find the crimes...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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401k Company Drops Micro Market Clients
They are small plans but they are worth millions...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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529 Plan Sponsors Review Options
A quick rundown of where three 529 plan boards dealing with the fund scandals stand...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Putnam Sees Retail Outflows
The numbers hint at the power of investigators to hit funds were it really hurts -- in their wallets...
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Friday, November 7, 2003
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Kansas Enhances Its Deferred Comp Plan
However, the changes do not include a new recordkeeper. ING holds its 22-year relationship with the state...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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SEC Sues Beacon Hill
The firm is ordered to hand $400 million over to a rival asset manager...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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BlackRock Targets Private Client Biz
The New York money manager hires to expand into the managed account, RIA and financial planner distribution channels...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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Who Will Follow Pitt?
Giuliani and Doty are the names most mentioned, but the list includes a name with 401k ties...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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Stock Transfer Agency to Buy Schwab ESPP Biz
The global firm makes the move as part of a strategic alliance...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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AIG Forms New International Unit
The New York-based insurer taps an inside exec to head the new retirement savings initiative...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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Schwab At Treasury?
A published report saying Charles Schwab is stepping back from his firm with an eye to Washington is absolutely untrue, says the firm. Also, more layoffs may be coming in 2003...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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TIAA-CREF Gives Thumbs Down to Disclosures
The retirement specialist is telling its fund shareholders to vote no on a requirement that it disclose how its funds vote their proxies...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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Fidelity Tax ID Feature Gets Play
A little noticed feature rolled out by Fidelity earlier this year gets the attention of the Wall Street Journal...
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Thursday, November 7, 2002
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Mother Merrill Vacating Canada?
Exiting Retail Biz Up North ... Calvert to Speak at Salomon Smith Barney Conference ... Third Quarter Worker Productivity...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Mother Merrill Vacating Canada?
Exiting Retail Biz Up North ... Calvert to Speak at Salomon Smith Barney Conference ... Third Quarter Worker Productivity...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Small Plan Product Launch
1Point Administrative is introducing a new platform for the small plan market...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Plan Taps Emplanet
The firm continues to climb further and further into mid-sized plan market niche...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Moving to the Windy City
CNA Trust has a new manager for its Midwest region...
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Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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New Plan on Tap
Houston-based EEX has settled on a new bundled vendor for its 401k program...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Eaton Vance Prepares Web 401k
The fund firm has partnered with DAC to provide a Web 401k plan for brokers selling to small plans...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Calvert Swings On Five Stars
One of the socially responsible manager's new funds rolls out the door with a five-star Morningstar rating...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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MainStay Taps Pru for Marketer
The firm has filled the shoes of Eric Disend who left the insurer as fund marketing head in September...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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November 7, 2000
Janus Marketer Foresees Slower Sales ... Merger May Make Largest Canadian Fund ... Growth Funds Turn to GARP...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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November 7, 2000
Janus Marketer Foresees Slower Sales ... Merger May Make Largest Canadian Fund ... Growth Funds Turn to GARP...
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Tuesday, November 7, 2000
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TCW Hires Grabot
The TCW Group has hired Sherrie E. Grabot as senior vice president of its defined contribution group according to a report published in P&I Daily. Grabot had been employed by T. Rowe Price where she had served as vice president and West Coast regional client manager. ..
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Friday, November 7, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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Ziff-Davis Bundles with Scudder
New York City-based Ziller-Davis is bundling its $120 million 401(k) with Scudder Defined Contribution Services, according to a report in P&I Daily...
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Friday, November 7, 1997
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New York City Taps GIC Managers
The New York City Deferred Compensation Plan has awarded $50 million of stable value assets to each of two stable value managers, according to a report in P&I Daily. The two fixed income managers are PIMCo and Brundage Story and Rose. Diversified Financial Products will wrap the accounts. William Mercer reportedly acted as consutant for the search. ..
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Friday, November 7, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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