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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Morgan Stanley Brings on an ETF Marketer
The new hire previously hailed from Columbia Threadneedle...
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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Who Do Voters Trust to Help With Retirement Security?
New research shows employers are still the top choice that voters turn to, but .....
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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Most Workers Don't Want SARPs
The team at a 401(k)-adjacent startup sheds light on what participants are looking in terms of retirement plans...
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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An Active ETF Startup Celebrates Two Years
The Beantown fund firm's two ETFs debuted back in November 2020...
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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Some DC Insiders Cheer the DoL's Latest ESG Rule
Here are a few takes on the freshly finalized regulation...
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Friday, November 25, 2022
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Happy Thanksgiving!
In observance of the Thanksgiving Day market holiday, MFWire will be closed tomorrow...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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Happy Thanksgiving!
In observance of the Thanksgiving Day market holiday, 401kWire will be closed tomorrow...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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A 19-Year Transamerica Vet Moves On
He served as a wholesaler for the recordkeeper...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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A $2.3B Plan's Match Returns
The firm is also starting to make other pay and benefits increases...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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After Partnering With Intuit, a 401k Startup Crosses a Milestone
The small-market provider now works with more than $3 billion in assets...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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Reader Rating: 1
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Fund Liquidations Double
Another effect of 2020 seems to be a big a jump in fund closures...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
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After Nine Years, a Voya IM SVP Bids Adieu
The exec will leave the asset manager in less than two months...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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A 14-Year Merrill Vet Returns to Lead DC
The exec reports to John Quinn, head of institutional retirement products and platform management...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Nyhart Sells
The Midwestern TPA has nine office supporting more than 2,400 clients with more than $20 billion in assets...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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With Schwab Buying TD Ameritrade, 401k Is Part of Their "Enhanced Value Proposition"
An online brokerage and RIA custody giant is buying a smaller rival, and both firms are in the retirement plan business...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Clune's Successor Keeps Gallagher Focused On IDing Talent
The insurance brokerage's new U.S. retirement plan consulting leader talks to 401kWire...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Week In Preview, November 25-December 1
This week the team at a Baltimore fund firm is hosting a Big Apple event and a Boston fund firm will release earnings...
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Monday, November 25, 2019
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Filings for Fundsters - November 25, 2016
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, November 25, 2016
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Two KPAs Join LPL's B-D Platform
Two KPAs are now licensed with LPL...
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Friday, November 25, 2016
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Fundsters Gather in Boston to Help Fight Cancer
A mutual fund industry non-profit held its thirteenth annual event!..
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Friday, November 25, 2016
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The Mother and Father of Index Funds Push Back
This week both Jack Bogle and Burton Malkiel publicly dismiss claims that indexing is "worse than Marxism."..
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Friday, November 25, 2016
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A $150MM KPA Shop in Missouri Aligns With LPL
This Missouri-based 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) shop is now aligned with the largest independent broker-dealer. ..
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Friday, November 25, 2016
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This Is What Plan Sponsors Should Know About Retirement Income
SEI releases a new white paper.....
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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With One Deal, a $25B Fund Firm Buys Into the US In Two Ways
A Beantown boutique sells a majority stake to a publicly-traded asset manager from north of the border...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Fred Reish and Empower's Ed Murphy Team Up
With the goal of helping plan sponsors as the look to tackle their fiduciary responsibilities, Empower Retirement and attorney Fred Reish team up...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $109MM Plan Sponsor Builds a New RKing Relationship
A Beantown firm switches providers .....
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Hodge Shares His Pimco Vision: More Risk, and More International
The fixed income titan's chief tells folks in Germany where he sees the Pimco comeback coming from...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Fighting the Race to the Bottom: FBi's Long-Awaited Answer Is Here
Version 2.1 of the benchmarking specialists' core offering is hitting the marketplace. Tom Kmak and Craig Rosenthal walk us through it...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3.38
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F-Squared and M* Crush It
The mutual fund ratings giant releases Q3 2014 data on ETF managed portfolios...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Two Florida KPAs Launch Collective Funds
They teamed up with Alta Trust. ..
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Four Years In: What's Next For Simple Alternatives?
The liquid alts shop's flagship product turned four. The firm's chief recently chatted with MFWire about his plans...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Columbia Management Has a New DC I-O Chief
A retirement head at Columbia got a promotion, taking over a former retirement bigwig...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Neuberger's Pollock
Take a glimpse at the asset manager's late founder in a different role: art patron...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
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Arrowpoint Unveils a Triple Meridian
A Denver shop announces new classes, a new fund, and a new distribution partnership...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Product Explosion at a $125B Giant Continues with a Frontier Fund, and an Alt
It's been a busy September and promises to be a busy January as well for this fund giant...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Paychex Connects to Model Portfolio Tech
...and in doing so, looks to make the lives of its clients a bit easier. ..
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Ivy Weathers a High Income Switcheroo
High Income PM leaves to join Artisan, is quickly replaced...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Sunny Participant Skies for the Next Five Years
Transamerica shows that the next five years will see a rise in participant engagement. ..
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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GAMCO Changes States
Firm also ups Class A share issuance by 2MM shares...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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The DoJ Asks the Supreme Court For 401k Help
The Solicitor General recommends that a stock drop case go the Supreme Court. ..
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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ProcessUnity Wins Over a Top DST 401k Exec
The move follows the departure of several other DST Retirement Solutions execs earlier this year...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Deutsche ETF Birth is Deemed "Textbook"
IndexUniverse columnist hearts the China A-Share ETF launch...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Gross and Gundlach Got Game
InvestmentNews argues that active managers should be scared of the bond kings...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Reader Rating: 2
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Providers, Train Your 401k Neophytes Here
A pair of trade groups launch a new institute and a new designation program...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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BlackRock's Pain is WisdomTree's Gain
WisdomTree benefits from delayed iShares launch...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Jaffe: Fundsters Need to Go Back to Kindergarten
Columnist argues that the industry needs some lessons in fairness with regards to data...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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CNBC Provides Alts 101 to Investment Civilians
News service gives basic introduction to the investment category...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Artisan Renews Lease for HQ
Firm could potentially expand at downtown Milwaukee office building...
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Monday, November 25, 2013
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Greenwood Readies its Mutual Fund Debut
The South Carolina firm plans a December launch for two mutual funds...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Allianz Offers a Peek at its New Advisor Tools
The German-owned asset manager is on a road show to spark interest in its new advisor tools...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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A Heartland Insurance Agency Partners With a 401k RIA
A Sunflower State retirement plan advisory gains its first outside shareholder...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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AnnuitySERV?
While seemingly everyone and anyone is predicting that retirement income is the next big thing for 401(k) plans, there is little action happening on the ground...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Knoxville's Back in the Mutual Fund Game
A Knoxville, Tennessee-based firm launches two mutual funds and plans to roll out more down the road...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Are the Stars Really Going Out, or Are They Just More Shy?
A seemingly odd PR request from Fidelity makes a Boston fund columnist wonder where did all the stars go?..
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Gross and Fuss Eat Vanguard's Dust
Thanks to a conservative bet on Treasuries, this bond index mutual fund beats the field in performance year-to-date...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Perk for Fidelity's Honchos Draws Scrutiny
Reuters picks up on the ratings agencies concerns about debt issues from Fidelity to its top executives. Some issued have paid returns in the high teens...
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Friday, November 25, 2011
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Early Reserve Primary Redemptions Won't Get Precedence
A federal judge issues a ruling on how to distribute most of the remaining assets of the giant fallen money market fund...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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ALPS is Adopting Again
ALPS Advisors hopes to adopt a mutual fund by the end of the year...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Van Eck Looks to Poland
The New York City-based firm's new ETF focuses on the world's 18th-largest economy...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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FedEx Resumes Delivery of its 401k Match
Another plan sponsor brings back a partial DC match program...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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How Much Does Race Matter for 401k Savings?
A new study from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College delves deep into the role of race in retirement income...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Pinnacle Hires a Consultant for its $220 Million DC Plans
A 403b and 401a sponsor signs an NRP advisor on as plan consultant...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Wal-Mart Stocks its 401k Shelf with Target-Date Funds
The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retail giant began offering target-date funds to its plan participants this fall. Target-risk funds are off the lineup...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Mutual Fund Assets Drop 1.3 Percent in October
Stock funds take hit thanks to outflows and a stumbling market...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Jury Smites an Ex-Fido Trader for Insider Trading
A year and a half after filing charges, the SEC wins a case against a trader who already settled in a separate matter...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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State Street's Logue to Get a $6 Million Transition Award
The award will vest and be paid to Ronald Logue in January 2011...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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American Funds Shareholders Rebuff Darfur Proposal
American Funds shareholders thumbed down Investors Against Genocide's proposal to eliminate investments linked to Darfur...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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Credit Crunch Smashes 401k Match at Another Large Plan Sponsor
A manufacturer suspends its DC contributions to cut costs...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Updated | Advisors See Another Recordkeeper's Fees Rise
Will some smaller plans feel the quadruple whammy of fewer participants, lower contributions, falling asset values and rising fees? 401k intermediaries say that is already happening with at least one bundled provider...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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ReservePlus Execs Depart
Two executives involved with the so-called 401k debit card leave the beleaguered money fund manager...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Vanguard Awards Sub-advisory Mandate for a Growth Fund
The Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based firm picks two firms to replace a growth fund sub-advisor...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Another Layer Climbs Above Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services
The incoming FIWS chief will report to the latest high profile hire at the Boston Behemoth...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Putnam Taps a New Head of Equity Trading
The Boston asset manager brings in a five-year RiverSource vet as its new head of equity trading...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Fido Lassos a Departing Schwab Exec
The Boston Behemoth's institutional unit gains an extra layer of leadership with the addition of a new exec...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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A State Replaces its 457 Recordkeeper of Nine Years
The state hires a recordkeeper to handle its 457, plus three other plans...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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A Boutique Manager Quits the ETF Biz
Updated | A Midwestern fund firm reportedly plans to liquidates its only exchanged-traded fund next month, re-focusing on its other assets...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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A NYLIM Subadvisor Finds a New Home
A Midwestern boutique asset manager changes hands but continues to subadvise two outside funds for NYLIM...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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BlackRock Axes 10 in its Investment Team
The New York asset management giant starts cutting staff...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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WSJ: Janus Mulled Sale to Franklin in '07
Janus executives thought about selling the firm to Franklin last year and may once again entertain that prospect if the company's stock continues to fall.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Spitzer Relied on STC Sales VP for Info
The NYAG had an internal source as he put together his complaint against Canary...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fund Co. Finds Replacement For Putnam
Taps New York City-based manager for multiple fund mandate...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Security Trust is Working with Authorities
CEO Tom Plumb says the bank will work with regulators to achieve an orderly dissolution...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Security Trust Faces March Liquidation
UPDATED Eliot Spitzer brings charges against three top execs. Each faces up to 25 years if convicted...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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UBS Review Finds Timing
The firm fires advisors...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Charges Coming Against Security Trust
Regulators may move to put the firm out of business Tuesday. Civil and criminal charges expected...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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mPower Names Sales SVP
The firm has landed a veteran from the managed account industry for affluent investors for its sales team...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 5
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Goldman Cuts Wholesaler Ranks
At least six positions are reportedly cut from the Wall Street sales force...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Scudder Exec Moves Up at Deutsche
The firm will tap a Scudder veteran to head sales and marketing in its private banking group...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Northern Trust Buys Atlanta Firm
The deal is part of a march north from Florida for the Chicago-based bank...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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A MidAtlantic Bank to Sell Small Plans
A new provider is in the 401k market. The firm has tapped an outsourced recordkeeper for the effort...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Securian Jazzes Up its Statements
The firm partnered with its vendor to make its statements more participant friendly...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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MFS to Overhaul Pricing
The fund firm is telling advisors of a new pricing model...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Safeco 401k Launches
The Seattle-based firm targets advisor publications for its marketing efforts...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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DB Plans Suffer Along with 401ks
While the bear market has certainly harmed the reputation of 401(k) plans, it is also taking a bite out of the defined benefit plan arena...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Cuts at Fund Firms Loom
The hometown paper to the fund industry remains pessimistic about employment levels in the industry...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Global Crossing, PBGC Fight Over DB Plan
The two sides disagree over whether the pension plan should be moved to a liquidating trust or Citizens Communications...
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Monday, November 25, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Arnerich Massena Tapped by Three
Three plan sponsors recently tapped Arnerich Massena & Associates (Portland, Oregon) to provide educational services for their plans. The educational firm reports that Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt, a Portland-based law firm, InterWest Bank (Oak Harbor, Washington), and Legacy Health System (Portland) will be using Arnerich Massena for educational services...
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Wednesday, November 25, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Week of Nov. 23
This Week's Searches
The 401kWire.com’s weekly look at searches reported around the business. ..
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Wednesday, November 25, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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