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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Happy MLK Jr Weekend!
In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day market holiday, MFWire will be closed all day on Monday...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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Happy MLK Jr Weekend!
In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day market holiday, 401kWire will be closed all day on Monday...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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A Cali RKer Teams Up On Participant Engagement
It is the 30th recordkeeper to partner with the firm...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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Tracking Financial Wellness Engagement
The RAC releases new research...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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Two PE Firms May Buy a $607B-AUM Asset Manager
The rumored bidding partners are not strangers to the asset management business...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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An Eight-Year MassMutual Vet Departs
The exec previously worked with the Hartford and Hancock...
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Friday, January 15, 2021
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A CO DC I-O Vet Joins MassMutual
Mark Cover expands his DC I-O field force to five people, thanks to a recent additon...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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The $183B Year
The M* team updates flows data for December 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Cali, Illinois, and Iowa Plan Sponsors Win Big
A national retirement plan industry group recognizes a trio of retirement plan sponsors for going above and beyond...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Marcia Wagner Picks a Right Hand
The ERISA legal eagle appoints one of her own to a newly created role: COO...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Boosting Deferrals Stumps Healthcare Plan Sponsors
New research suggests that getting participants to amp up DC contributions is a top goal for this sector of the marketplace...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Bathon and Co Offer a New Intel Service
The Fuse Research Network team's latest offering is not aimed at fundsters...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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An MO Fund Entrepreneur Hires an Insti Sales Chief
The new hire most recently worked with Luken Investment Analytics and Riskalyze...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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A 39-Year Industry Vet Retires From MassMutual
Over the years, the exec worked in actuarial services, client management, sales, and more...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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DeCamillo Consolidates a T. Rowe Channel Under a Familiar Chief
The mutual fund firm's RKer chief promotes two execs...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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Mansueto Bets on Virtual Healthcare
The M* owner co-leads a fundraising round for a local startup...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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A Colorado KPA Shop Upgrades Online
A Denver, Colorado-based investment advisory firm is enhancing their online presence...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
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This Indiana-Based TPA Goes a Step Past TDFs For Its Employees
Plan sponsor leans on predictive technology to aid participants. ..
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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Don't Call Them ETMFs
The Eaton Vance folks clarify the branding of their next-gen fund structure...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Many FAs Love PM Speeches, But ...
An industry consulting firm releases new research on fundsters' marketing support for financial advisors...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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This California KPA Has a New BD
A west coast 401(k) plan advisor has a new broker dealer...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Getting a GRP on Financial Wellness
Chetney kicks things off at his latest venture's participant advice and financial wellness summit...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Participants Will Not Increase 401(k) Plan Contributions in 2016
A recent study shows a lack of commitment to increase 401(k) plan contributions.....
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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A Midwestern Shop Hunts For TPAs in the Pacific NW
Watch for this employer services company to make an acquisition as soon as next quarter...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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Are You the Next Third Avenue? The SEC Wants to Know
After the infamous collapse of the value mutual fund shop's junk bond fund a month ago, the regulatory agency reportedly rushed to figure just how bad the high-yield bond mutual fund market is...
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Friday, January 15, 2016
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15 Issues For 2015 ... Part Three
KPAs, here are five issues your vendors may be paying attention to this year. Get on top of these and you'll better understand what's keeping your allies up at night...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Reader Rating: 2
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Montage's 2015 Mission: Improving the Noble FA Profession
Watch for new products and new advisor education offerings from the Midwestern mutual fund shop and brokerage...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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This ETF Crossed $100MM ... In Six Weeks
An ETF industry veteran launched his fourth offering in November, and it crossed the nine-digit mark last week...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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An Illinois Shops Hires a Retirement Plan Practice Chief
The new hire has more than 15 years of experience in the industry...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Marketer Joins Mesirow
Mike DiCenso and his team welcome an alumnus of Tiger Global Management and UBS...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Bye, Bye Dallas
Updated | Change is coming for the Employee Benefit Research Institute...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Charles Johnson Faces a Lawsuit Over $150MM in Franklin Stock and Dividends
Updated | The son of an early Franklin creditor files a lawsuit in federal suit...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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The Principal Beats a 401k Fee Suit
Yet an appeal has been filed, so the fight might not be over just yet...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3.17
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Sponsors, Capitalize on Confidence
Three DC honchos from DC I-O giant State Street offer this advice to plan sponsors at a media summit in New York. ..
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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This is How Great-West is Winning Over Cities
It takes patience, dedication, and a heck of a partnering organization willing to do the footwork...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3.67
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An iShares PM Returns to Sales
Craig Dehner is now an ETF due diligence strategist...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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This Firm Has No Wholesaling Staff, and Loves It
Recently-hired distribution chief at $4B firm explains how breaking from the traditional sales obsession can help...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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Brookman Brings a $5.5B UBS Retirement Plan Team to Graystone
Morgan Stanley's institutional consulting arm welcomes an eight-person team in Southern California...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Swisher Makes a Key Hire at Pentegra
The exec will oversee retirement in the credit union market. ..
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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These Companies Spread the Wealth Through 401ks
…Which firms are the most generous of them all?
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Vanguard Draws Line in Sand with FSOC
Fund giant writes in letter that only the SEC should have regulatory authority over money market funds...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Money Fund Reforms Worked, Says the ICI
The reforms of 2010 made the markets stronger, according to a new study from the trade group...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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M* Teams Up With Target Date Watchers
A series of indexes will now be available on the mutual fund ratings specialists' research platforms...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.55
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There's a New Deputy in Investment Management Town
Attorney has worked in division for 17-years...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Another Sub-Advisor Is Dumped
This time it is a global fund that parts with its sub management...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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TCW Names a New General Counsel
Attorney has experience with TCW deals...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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The War Against ETF Market Makers Claims NYSE as Latest Casualty
Proposal would have allowed sponsors to pay $10,000 to $40,000 annual incentive fee. ..
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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An East Coast RKer Promotes a Windy City Exec
Mercer has a new midwest retirement leader...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Vanguard Makes CRSP Move Official
Fund giant started tracking 22 funds on CRSP index today...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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A Boston Consultant Hires an Editor
The new hire is a former Cerulli Associates director...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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More Credit Coverage Planned by a Montage Shop
Fresh from an acquisition, firm looks to develop more products in the high yield credit space...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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What Are T. Rowe's and Legg's Active ETF Plans?
Their hometown paper takes notice of the two mutual fund shops' recent receipt of regulatory approval...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Morningstar Drills Down on MFS Culture
Analyst writes that teamwork and collaboration define the company...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Fido to Build Customer Center in Denver
Firm already had five investor centers in Colorado...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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An Energy ETF Swaps Out Indexes
The fund will now follow in in-house index...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Deeper Ties with Edward Jones Creates Sales Jobs at a Boston Fund Firm
The fund firm is searching for four additional wholesalers to focus on Edward Jones...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Turner Eyes More Wholesalers
The Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based investment firm aims to add five external and two internal salespeople to its ranks in the coming year...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Financial Engines Hunts for a Marketer
The California-headquartered firm is looking to fill a Boston-based role...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Schwab Rolls Out Two More ETFs
The San Francisco-based firm debuted two equity ETFs on Thursday, upping its proprietary ETF count to six...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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An Asset Manager Reaches Inside Target Date Funds
A mutual fund firm aims to include its latest offerings inside asset allocation funds...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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Aston Partners with a Fellow Chicagoan for its New Fund
Aston Asset Management adds a new small-cap fund after closing two in 2009...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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For the Second Time, Vanguard's Net Cash Flow
Topped $100B
Company officials said three out of four dollars went to its indexed products...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Hennion & Walsh Names its New Mid-Atlantic Wholesaler
The New Jersey firm, which operates the SmartGrowth Lipper mutual funds, brings on board an Allegiant alum...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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MassMutual Fits a New Taft-Hartley Client
MassMutual Retirement Services wins a Memphis-based union's Taft-Hartley plan...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Hancock is Expanding its DC I-O Team
The Boston fund firm is nearly in the final stages of filling two new posts in its I-O group...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Hancock is Hiring
John Hancock is adding to teams covering RIAs, b-ds and consultants...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Investors are Still Testing the Equity-Fund Waters
The Wall Street Journal's Sam Mamudi delves deeper into why investors are still hesitant to embrace equity funds despite the funds' strong showing on average in 2009 in Friday's Fund Track column...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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Van Kampen Fund Board OKs Proposed Changes to the Product Roster
The boards of about 90 Van Kampen funds have given their blessing to merger and liquidation proposals in connection with Invesco's purchase of Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business...
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Friday, January 15, 2010
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401k Match Falls Out of Fashion at a Luxury Retailer
The match suspension trend has reached a New York-based high-end retailer...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Morgan Stanley Reopens its Infrastructure Fund
Morgan Stanley is again allowing new investors into the fund, which ranks as the largest infrastructure US mutual fund...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Stable Value DC Inflows Beat Out Money Market 10 to 1
An industry providers a glimpse at more data on what happened to 401ks in 2008...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Mercer Reports an Uptick in Withdrawals and Contribution Rate Cuts
The Norwood, Massachusetts-based plan provider on Thursday provided a glimpse into how plan participants in its client roster behaved last year...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Consulting Firm Educates Near-Retirees with an Online Tool
A Midwestern firm launches its latest learning application.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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TPA Awaits Sentencing For Alleged Plan Embezzlement
After pleading guilty, when will one DC player find out his fate...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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DoL and IRS Pen a How-To on Auto Enrollment
The Department of Labor and Internal Revenue Service target small employers with a publication on how to set up the auto feature in their plans...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Rollover Specialists Guide Sponsors Through Plan Termination
An East Coast firm unveils a new white paper as more and more business come under financial strain...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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A Year-Old Fund Servicer Hires a JPMorgan Alum
The Columbus, Ohio-based firm appoints a VP of business development and plans to make its presence felt on the conference circuit this year...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Stable Value Lands a New Niche Within BNY Mellon
The New York-based asset manager unveils a brand new unit...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Two Employers Scrub Their Matches Away
Plan sponsor DC contributions continue to feel the pain of the downturn...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Grail Picks a Sub-Advisor for its Active ETFs
The San Francisco firm has tapped a sub-advisor for two actively-managed equity ETFs...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Morningstar Mulls Evergreen Funds' Fate
The fund raters anticipate that some offerings from the Wachovia shop will stay post-deal while others will be merged away...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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Money Fund Assets Touch a New High
Money market funds saw net inflows of $43.38 billion in the latest week, bringing the total to a new record...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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WSJ Highlights Reynolds' Bet on Absolute Return Funds
In Thursday's WSJ Fund Track, Matthew Cowley picks up on Bob Reynolds' strategy to lure investors back into the market...
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
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RLC Has the Rx For RKers with Post-M&A Conversion Ills
The John Carl-led consulting and advisor-support firm gets into the outsourced recordkeeping game.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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New Grail Firm Files for IPO
Don Putnam's Grail Partners has created a buying machine...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Gemini Stars on a New Website
The back-office provider has recently redesigned its website to have a more cutting-edge look...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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DALBAR Gives Extra Credit for Great Customer Service
DALBAR has chosen the winners of its annual Service Awards...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Dalbar Gives Customer Service Props to a Provider
Only one of at least a dozen plan providers examined by Dalbar received the 2007 Service Award in the retirement plan category.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Which Fund Shops Prep Advisors Best for Calming Jittery Clients?
A new study out from Corporate Insight looks at how fund firms are preparing advisors for dealing with anxious clients...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Epstein on DC Commoditization: Fight With Experience
The 401k Coach founder tells attendees at the 401kExchange and Boston Research Group's conference about the gap in the retirement industry and how to bridge it...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Magellan is the Word
The name Magellan is on everyone in the fund industry' lips today...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Funds Not Being Fair with the Whole Family
The promotion of star funds can sometimes create a conflict of interest for mutual fund managers...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Daley is Out After Principal Reorg
The shake-up at the top seller of small market 401ks puts DC distribution back in the hands of retirement services...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Bank Taps SoCal BizDev Officer
The former Bank of the West pension pro will cover Southern California for his new national bank employer...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Consultants Study Recordkeeper Practices
Two retirement consulting firms are putting together info on how the 401k-administration business works so they can better inform policy makers...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3
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AG Edwards Reveals Probes
No fewer than four sets of regulators are looking into fund trades handled by the broker-dealer...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3.14
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Fleet CFO Confirms SEC Probe
The bank received a Wells Notice in December. Is working to resolve the issues raised by trading agreements...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Amvescap Now Prepared to Settle
The parent to Invesco Funds changes it tune over market timing allegations after reviewing the findings of an outside examiner it hired...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Revenue Sharing is Something Reporters Get
Reporters are sinking their teeth into the industry practice of paying for shelf space. Unlike arbitrage, this is a scandal they can understand (and so can their readers)...
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Brinker Adds Managers
The firm says it awarded mandates to 13 managers for its managed accounts program in 2002...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Sonic Auto Picks a New Bundled Provider
The Automotive retailer implements a new, custom 401k plan for its $60 Million program...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Financial Engines Boasts of Growth
The advice firm grew its client list by nearly a third in 2002 it claims...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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New England RIA Targets Indy-K Plans
YHB Retirement Services has been reaping high growth in recent years; it continues to seek technical administrators for hire...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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CCOERA Adds a Self-Directed Brokerage Option
The Colorado employee group has integrated the Ameritrade Retirement Account for its 16,000 DC participants...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Oxley Goes After the Fund Industry
The coauthor of Sarbanes-Oxley is centering his sights on the fund industry as his follow-up. Fees and disclosure are his issues...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Johnson Meets the Press
Ned Johnson is taking the case against fund firms being forced to reveal proxy votes straight to the media...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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SEI Taps Barclays
SEI turns to an indexing giant to take over from Munder...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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ProManage Adds to Team
The firm has some new faces...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Calvert Sees Positives in Tough 2001
The firm took in cash in both its bond and equity funds in 2002...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Giant Taps FE
A Fortune 500 sponsor chooses advice from Financial Engines...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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McKee Purchases Self
The management team has purchased the firm from Old Mutual...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Desert Rose
A plan in the Southwest is looking for bundled service...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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And Now for Something Completely Different...
Some Enron Humor ... Ortino on Board ... Failed Insurers ... Joining the GoldK Party...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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And Now for Something Completely Different...
Some Enron Humor ... Ortino on Board ... Failed Insurers ... Joining the GoldK Party...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Week of January 15, 1999
The Week in Searches
With snow on the ground and a chill in the air, the 401kWire.com takes its regular look at the week in searches...
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Friday, January 15, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Mainstay Taps Brookman
The MainStay Funds, a unit of New York Life Insurance Company, has tapped Mark Brookman to head its retail retirement plans unit...
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Friday, January 15, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Franklin's 7% Solution
The San Mateo, CA investment advisory firm has announced that it is letting go of 7% of its workforce as a part of a restructuring -- but will they keep that $100 bill in the stairwell?..
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Friday, January 15, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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$77 Billion Plan to Add Options
Yes, it is the Federal Thrift Savings Plan. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is soliciting investment managers for two new fund options...
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Friday, January 15, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Get Ready for the Roth 401k
The most important action in the Senate today may not be day two of the Trial. Instead, watch for Senator Roth to unveil the Roth 401k...
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Friday, January 15, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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