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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Happy MLK Day Weekend!
MFWire will be closed on Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day market holiday...
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Happy MLK Day Weekend!
401kWire will be closed on Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day market holiday...
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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FL and NC Wholesalers Join T. Rowe
The new hires most recently hailed from Ascensus and Fifth Third Bank...
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Shoff Confirms CapTrust's Big Acquisition In Jersey
The acquired team has more than $107 billion in AUA across several hundred clients...
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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Equity Fund Flows Rise to $9.9B, But ...
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, January 14, 2022
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Reaching Underrepresented Savers
New provider research offers ideas for advisors looking to help plan sponsors address financial inclusion...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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A $157B-AUM Multinational Debuts Its 2nd U.S. MF
Watch for the firm to build out its distribution and private infrastructure investing teams on this side of the pond...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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ARA's Regulatory Policy Chief Passes the Reins
An outside attorney will now support the group of trade groups...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Watch For Mesirow to Power More PEPs and QDIAs
Mike Annin offers a glimpse at the outsourced fiduciary shop's plans for the new year...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Pru Lands a $1.1B PA Client
The plan sponsor's two DC plans cover more than 22,000 employees...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A BlackRock Co-Founder Retires
The executive is reportedly staying on a senior advisor to the giant asset manager...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Iowa, Nebraska, and the Dakotas Gain a New Transamerica RVP
A 13-year company veteran is shifting into the role...
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
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Reader Rating: 4.4
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A Sextet Launches a KPA RIA In Oregon
The team is hosting a launch party tomorrow in Portland...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Who Will Take Over This $110B-AUM DC I-O Shop?
The current chief is returning to a sister shop, and no successor has yet been named...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Reader Rating: 4.43
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Reynolds Hires a Retail Chief
The Putnam chief brings a familiar exec back to the Beantown fund firm...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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An Ohio KPA Preps a PEP
A MEP-focused TPA and a longtime RIA ally help another firm build a plan under the recently passed SECURE Act...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Seyler Passes the Paychex Retirement Sales Reins
A 15-year company veteran is taking over the payroll giant's 401(k) sales team...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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At a $623B-AUM Shop, a COO's Successor Rises
The transition comes as the publicly traded firm is going through an HQ shift...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Kublin Picks a CIF Distro Chief
The RKer chief promotes a Boston area industry veteran...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Two Execs Join MassMutual In KY and TN
The latest additions to MassMutual are here to "support financial advisors in the retirement plans marketplace."..
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Reader Rating: 3
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ISS Buys an Asset Management Data Sibling
The deal is expected to close early this quarter...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Another Genstar Co Buys BrightScope and PlanSponsor's Parent
The deal is expected to close early this quarter...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Ameritas' Wholesaling Force Expands By Five, With One More Coming
The new hires are part of the team led by the insurer's new retirement plans national sales VP...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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Week In Preview, January 14-21
This week the teams at Callan, FRA, and NIPA are all hosting events...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Week In Preview, January 14-21
This week the teams at MFDF, MMI, and Tiburon are all hosting events...
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Monday, January 14, 2019
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Build Your Own Army of Client Evangelists
A provider consulting guru offers KPAs five steps for beefing up their relationship management efforts...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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Chetney Gathers KPAs in Arizona Again
His GRP Advisor Alliance is gathering advisors and their allies at the Arizona Biltmore this weekend...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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This Peach State KPA Takes a Bite at a New KPA Shop
An ex-Wells Fargo KPA joins a new shop...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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After Two Decades With Wellington, a Partner Departs
The partner in question is a PM on two Wellington-subadvised mutual funds with a combined $1.55B in AUM...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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This Major Airplane Company Begins DB to 401k Transition
A recent agreement between Boeing Co. and its workers union spark 401(k) retirement plan transition...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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Plan Sponsors Find an Ally In The IRS
The IRS knows we all make mistakes, now they want to help plan sponsors fix and avoid them. ..
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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These KPAs Are Gaining Clients with a New Approach
A recent MassMutual survey suggests how some KPAs are winning new business over others.
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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Reader Rating: 3
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This Global Fund Shop Will No Longer Have a Global CIO
A British multinational asset manager with a U.S. arm says goodbye to its top investment executive...
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
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More Calamos Liquid Alts Are On the Way
The Midwestern mutual fund shop launched a pair of new mutual funds at the end of 2014. More are on the way...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 1
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MetWest and Vanguard Had 2014's Hottest Funds
Morningstar releases full year flow data for last year...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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An Imprisoned Trucking CEO Now Faces 401k Charges, Too
On Monday Pennsylvania state troopers reportedly served a fallen plan sponsor with a warrant more than $329,000 in missing participant contributions...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Marcks Picks Her Next TRS Chief: Castineiras Leads a New Pru Venture
Updated | The head of the insurer's DB, DC and non-qual businesses is starting a new organization within the fold...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Midwestern TPA Debuts a More Bundled Solution
Updated | Will this new offering fly with advisors?..
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Grossed Out
A trade pub takes the bond king to task...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
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Don't Copy Everything Vanguard Does
What happens when you host a press conference after most reporters go home for the day? Expect a lot of crickets...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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House Democrats Blow Off Steam on Fiduciary Redefinition
In a letter to the secretary of labor, Democrats list their complaints about the pending rule. ..
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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PenSys Acquires a California TPA
...and it's hungry for more. ..
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Russell Reallocates in its Target Risk Funds
The DC I-O changes its asset allocation strategy for target risk funds. ..
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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Angel Oak Bolsters Its Sales Leadership
In addition to hiring Chuck Baldiswieler as president, the firm has also hired three sales honchos...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Pimco Promotes a Target Date Fund Guru
Since signing on in 2010, he's been powering Pimco's 401(k) tools. ..
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3
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So, Just How Did Vanguard Hit $2 Trillion?
Chuck Jaffe pulls some lessons from milestone...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Gaffney Gets Her Chance As A Solo Artist
The band broke up, but here comes the solo debut from an Eaton Vance PM...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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BofA's Tyrie Hires a Fido Vet
The exec will remain Boston-based...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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An NY Mutual Fund Shop Seeks Four Sales Bigwigs
Shop with $17B AUM searches for three SVPs and a regional VP.
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Fido’s NAV Move Creates Industry Ripples
MFWire provides roundup of coverage...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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A Top DC RIA Expands and Picks a Fourth Partner
A North Carolina shop hires a consultant, promotes another and prepares to acquire...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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A SoCal Wholesaler Joins a Midwestern DC I-O
A model portfolio shop hires an alum of Axa, ING, Nationwide and Security Benefit...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Mercer Offers 10 DC Suggestions
The New York RKer and consulting shop has ten ideas for plan sponsors in 2013...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Vanguard Fires a Sub-Advisor
Fund giant shifts advisory structure of $6.8 billion fund...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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iShares Has Three Big Foci for 2013
Top ETF firm is investing heavily in three primary initiatives...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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An HR Shop Buys an Ohio TPA
A central Ohio retirement plan TPA sells to a human resources consulting company...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Cerulli Expects $7 Trillion and Counting
The industry could have more than $7 trillion in assets by 2017, the Boston firm reports...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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What Could the Ameriprise Suit Mean?
A trade pub offers new analysis of what the lawsuit could do within the industry...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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A Freshly Acquired Shop Launches Its First Mutual Fund
The 25-year-old shop changed hands in October...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Doll Takes the Market By the Bullhorn
Barron’s looks at, perhaps, the equity market’s most confident showman...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Is an Active ETF Revolution Afoot?
It could be, according to Barron's...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Don’t Bet on a Legg Mason Buyout
Analysts say deal is unlikely for a number of reasons...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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WSJ Tells Investors How to Pick A PM
Here are the simple steps...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Active Managers Should Get More Active
Barron's has a cover story on "active share."..
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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The Star Trib Wonders If Columbia Can Stop the Bleeding
Ameriprise investment unit has seen yearly net outflows since 2006...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Two M* Award Winners Get LA Times Love
Two Minnesotans get a write up as part of quarterly funds report...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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Global X Debuts Another MLP Offering
Fund will focus on MLPs with market caps between $200 million and $2.5 billion...
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Monday, January 14, 2013
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MassMutual Chalks Up its Best Sales Year Ever
The plan provider said 2010 was the best year in its history.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Driehaus Plans to Close a $2.3 Billion Fund to New Investors
The move will take effect at the end of February...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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A Consulting Firm is Hiring
A Massachusetts-based consulting firm is expanding its team this year...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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HighMark Hires Two Wholesalers, Hunts for a Divisional Manager
The California-based fund firm has two new faces on its sales team and is searching for a divisional sales manager for the East...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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An Ex-Employee Slaps Suit Against Putnam Over Her Termination
The former employee filed suit in November. The case has now been transferred to Boston federal court...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3
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Expense Ratios Go Down for 34 iShares ETFs
The ETF provider is giving its ETF investors break in fees.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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MSSB Has a New Prez
Charlie Johnston relinquishes the reins at the wirehouse. He will serve as vice chair until his retirement at yearend...
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Friday, January 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4
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T. Rowe Price's Target Date Funds Measure Up
A new target date performance finds that T. Rowe Price's funds outflank 38 other funds...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Aston Appoints a Sales Chief
Aston Asset Management picks one of its own for a national sales position...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Commonwealth Hunts for New Blood
Commonwealth is actively searching for a new chief market strategist and vice president after John Blood jumped to DFA...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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While Bond Fund Inflows Soared, Some Funds Faltered
Chicago-based Morningstar recaps the record-breaking fund inflows and rapid expansion of the ETF market in 2009, while pausing to take stock of fund firms that missed out on the industry's recovery...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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One Merrill Vet Brings Another Back to Pru
A former Merrill Lynch retirement manager joins the provider...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Whom Will Gundlach Tap For Fund Accounting?
The inaugural funds from DoubleLine have distribution, transfer and legal partnerships, but no accounting firm...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Hewitt Added DC Clients in 2009
Updated | The open architecture provider adds a number of retirement and outsourcing clients...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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Van Eck, Manning & Napier and Matthews Asia Grew Faster in '09 Than Any Other Active Fund Managers
Strategic Insight finds that active fund managers at boutique firms grew at a rapid rate in '09, as did ETF assets and bond fund inflows...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Two Industry Veterans Align With an RKer Certification Program
Chiefs from the DC world throw their weight behind a relatively young program...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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A New Trade Reporter Joins the DC Beat
A retirement plan industry trade publication hires a new staff reporter to cover DC plans and managers...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Mutual Fund Recovery Crosses the Border
Boston-based Cerulli Associates spotlights several parameters of recovery on a global scale in January's Global Edge edition, comparing the turnaround in the second and third quarters of 2009 to the height of the crisis in 2008...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Schwab Wins its Third Straight DC Website Award
DALBAR has named the winners of its quarterly plan participant and plan sponsor website recognitions..
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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MStar Questions a DC IPO's Engines
The 401k industry is about to watch its first IPO...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Mutual Fund Flows Start 2010 With a Jump
Estimated long-term mutual fund inflows rose to $10.61 billion for the week ending Wednesday, January 6...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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ETFs Pass One Trillion in Assets, Says BlackRock
The world's largest ETF provider claims that the industry has just surpassed the trillion-dollar-mark...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Too Many Chefs In the Windsor II Kitchen?
Jane J. Kim ponders the merits of Vanguard's multi-manager approach to its Windsor II Fund in the Wall Street Journal's fund track column on Thursday...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Schapiro Weighs 'More Fundamental Changes to the Structure of Money Market Funds'
Even as the SEC prepares to adopt its first set of new money market regs, its chair anticipates more changes...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Who Will Oversee Fund Enforcement at the SEC?
As part of a restructuring, the SEC names the heads of its asset management enforcement unit...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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BNY Mellon Money Funds Find a New Home Within a Home
The New York-based firm's asset management arm creates a new, cash-focused investing unit...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Elimination of the 401k Withdrawal Penalty Returns to the Table
Will participants soon be able to access their DC accounts without paying tax penalties?..
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Rydex Reduces its Ranks ... Is Another Sale in the Works?
The Rockville, Maryland-based investment manager cuts jobs and sources say it is being shopped barely a year after it became part of Security Benefit...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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An AMG Firm Dives Into Mutual Funds
A hedge fund manager churns out five '40 Act offerings...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Security Benefit Adds 550 403b Plans
The firm is realigning resources to capitalize on growth opportunities in the 403b space...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Will the 'Advisor Flight' Scandal Taint 401k?
The colorful story surrounding the fall of one advisor may be bad news for the DC world...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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DoL Nominee Eyes Retirement Security
The Congresswoman who would run the Labor Department testifies before a Senate committee, hinting at support for a DC-related initiative...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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The Japan Fund's Siblings Are Here
The new manager for the fund unveils a whole family of new offerings...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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More Sponsors Pull Matches Off the Shelf
Visteon leads a quartet of employers reported to be suspending their match during the past 24 hours. ..
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Fidelity, Franklin, Legg Mason and Even CapGroup Lost AUM in 2008
Dodge & Cox and American Funds both saw the bloom come off the rose in 2008. ETF sponsor, Vanguard and Pimco were among 2008's winners...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Madoff Mess Sparks a Review of Fund Rules Implementation in Europe
In the wake of the Madoff scandal, the European Union has launched a review on how mutual-fund rules are implemented around the 27-country-bloc...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Columbia Keeps its Name
The Merrill Lynch deal will not change branding at the fund firm...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Baron Looks Overseas
The New York City-based fund firm is opening the doors on its eighth fund product...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Stock Analysts Say Q4 was Funds' "Worst Ever"
How bad will the fourth quarter earnings season for asset managers be? We are about to find out...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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A Senior Sales Exec Moves On from Pru
The New Jersey-based provider has tapped a replacement from within...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Turner Elevates a Senior Portfolio Manager to CIO of Quant Strategies
Turner Investment Partners has promoted David Kovacs to chief investment officer, quantitative strategies..
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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McDermott's New AXA Unit Makes its Formal Debut
The ex-Fidelity exec joined AXA Equitable last fall to head up a new unit focusing on the Fortune 1000 crowd, and now that unit has formally launched...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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Cormier Tells Advisors to Help Sponsors Experience the Difference
The industry research guru warns that product development, while important, is not the way to win clients and influence peers in the retirement industry...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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A UBS Advisor Jumps to Morgan Stanley
The 14-year UBS vet joined Morgan Stanley's Boca Raton office...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Equity-Income Mutual Funds Poised for a Comeback?
Low rates on T-bills, savings accounts and CDs could set the stage for equity-income funds' comeback...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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ExpertPlan Eyes Over a Dozen New Payroll Partnerships
The East Windsor, New Jersey-based outsourced recordkeeper anticipates expanding its list of payroll partners by no fewer than 12 firms this year.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Reish to Advisors: Get Out of the Sandbox
The ERISA legal luminary tells attendees of the 401kExchange and Boston Research Group's conference that the 401k industry is changing fast and that they had better get on board...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Magellan Sails Again
Fidelity's Magellan Fund will take in money from new investors for the first time in a decade...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Did Merrill Cut in Line When Placing Trades?
The SEC has opened an investigation into whether or not current and former employees of Merrill Lynch placed trades for the b-d's own account ahead of those of its clients...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Discount Broker's Former 401k Head Moves to Guidant
The former leader of the online broker's 401k business has signed on as president and chief operating officer of Guidant...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Moody's Deals a Blow to Fido
Fidelity Investments has suffered a downgrade by Moody's Investors Service...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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GAMCO Loses its Top Legal Eagle
James McKee has resigned his post at GAMCO...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Vanguard to Add Hundreds of Jobs in Scottsdale
The Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based fund giant is planning a further expansion of its workforce in Arizona...
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Monday, January 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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Attachmate Corp.
Poor performance is costing Fidelity Magellan a slot in the $75 million plan based in the Pacific Northwest...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Fido Rotates Mid-Cap Manager
Fidelity announced another periodic manager rotation recently. The changes affect the Mid-Cap Stock Fund, several technology stock funds, and a pharmaceuticals and retail portfolio...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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U.S. Bank Intros HSA
The bank jumps into the health savings account game...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Deal for Mellon HR&IS May be Near
Mellon Financial is lining up buyers for its retirement administration business in a deal that could be announced as soon as next week...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Sunflower State TPA Eyes RIA Channel
Meanwhile, an employee is promoted to support the TPA's BD relationships...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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How Do Funds Win Spots on 401k Platforms?
Winning a share of 401(k) plan market can take more effort than Hercules expended to complete his labors. There are some ways to ease the tasks, though, say fund executives who have won spots...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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Identifying (and Selling) Your Value Add
Fund managers strategize about what it takes to get added to a retirement platform...
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Friday, January 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Deal Creates $221 Billion Fund Group
Bringing together the fund arms of J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank One will create one of the largest bank fund units...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Commishes Target Fund Governance
The five SEC commissioners recommend more independent boards, more detailed codes of ethics and more disclosure to solve the problems in the fund industry...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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NASD Goes After Waddell & Reed for VA Switches
The SRO alleges that W&R sold out its customers for $700,000 in revenue sharing payments. Also goes after ex-president and a national sales manager...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Eaton Vance Taps Scudder for High Net Worth Chief
The investment management firm names a new head of its Eaton Vance Investment Counsel group...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2
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Wachovia Buys BoNY
The deal is one yet another in which a legacy TPA business is handed off to a new owner...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Great-West Sells Unit to Jefferson-Pilot
Deal raises capital for its core retirement services and healthcare businesses...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Does the DC Industry Face the Curse of Well-Intentioned Reforms?
If regulators, legislators and the media go after revenue sharing without first understanding the issues well-intentioned reform may harm participants...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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DeAM Says Scudder Made Timing Agreement
The deal covered three Scudder funds but was entered into before DeAM bought the fund firm...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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SunGard Floats Notes
The software systems specialist raises a $500 million war chest earmarked for acquisitions...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3
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Boehner Hopeful for Pension Reform in 2004
The House leader on retirement issues reveals his legislative priority for the coming year...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Fidelity No Longer Tops in Beantown
By at least one measure the Boston Behemoth is now playing second fiddle in its hometown...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Guardian Taps eRecordkeeper on Small Plans
The insurer signs a recordkeeping-distribution pact with an outsourced recordkeeper via its in-house TPA and Park Avenue Portfolio Family of Funds...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 1
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Resources for Retirement Expands Education Effort
The Pennsylvania consulting firm hires a new vice president to further grow its participant financial ed program...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 1
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Bisys Lands Balance Forward Deal
The outsourced recordkeeper is tapped by Nat City on balance forward plans. Bisys execs cite their 401k experience in all plan sizes...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Heard of a Deemed-IRA?
... based on the cool reception of the concept you may never...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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How Valuable is NFPs Distribution?
If its IPO hopes pan out, the roll-up of financial planners may be worth more than equivalent fund firms...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Is Capital Research Flexing its Muscle?
Gordon Crawford is playing kingmaker at AOL reports the Journal. This is another sign of American Funds growing success...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fidelity and Vanguard Lay Together
Is Vanguard selling out its heritage by opposing proxy voting disclosure and perhaps opening the door to a latter day Jack Bogle?..
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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UAL Employees Are Owners No More
State Street is expected to win court approval to sell UAL shares from the airline ESOP tomorrow...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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After Its Best Year, Metavante Positions to Stay Ahead
The 401k head at the Marshall & Ilsley-owned firm backs up bullish talk with plans to beef up regional sales coverage; eyes expansion through DC-DB programs...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3.75
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Schwab RT Adds ClearFuture
The deal adds an advice option that Schwab RT clients. TPAs will get simpler connection to advice.
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Enroll Online with Transamerica
The firm has added a new feature wherein participants can now utilize the web for their enrollments...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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More Financial Content
theFinancials.com has just entered into an alliance with another firm...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Canadian RIAs Get a Crack at HSBC
The firm is making its funds available through the advisor channel...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Waxman to Lay: You Have Until Friday
The pressure mounts on Enron as now Representative Waxman gets in on the act...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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John Hancock Living Large
The firm opens a new fund and utilizes the services of a competitor...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Putnam Parent Under Heat
Northern Trust Says Enron Loss is $43 Million ... Schwab Lost Enron K Biz in July ... Cabinet Secretaries Meet On 401ks ... Boehner Backs Presidential Look at 401k Plans ... 401k Plans Top DB Plan Returns ... Americans Lack College Savings ... Two New Portfolio Managers at W&R ... Washington and Enron ... FleetBoston Waits ... DecisionPoint and VC ... M Funds Available.
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Does Enron Equal Studebaker?
Northern Trust Says Enron Loss is $43 Million ... Schwab Lost Enron K Biz in July ... Cabinet Secretaries Meet On 401ks ... Boehner Backs Presidential Look at 401k Plans ... Putnam Parent Under Heat ... 401k Plans Top DB Plan Returns ... Americans Lack College Savings ... Two New Portfolio Managers at W&R ... Washington and Enron ... FleetBoston Waits ... DecisionPoint and VC ... M Funds Available.
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401kWire.com -
Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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More Options with Guardian
The firm is now launching a self-directed brokerage window...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Sponsor Goes through Exchange
In choosing a new vendor, this $80 million plan used 401kExchange for its search process...
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Monday, January 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Week of January 14, 2000
RFP Roundup
The 401kWire.com takes it regular look at the week in searches...
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Aim Appoints Operations Developer
Aim has hired a vice president who will coordinate the internal technology needs for its fund services unit as well as oversee the management of the department's external service providers...
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Schwab Lowers Fees
The California Colossus is introducing five institutional trust funds for some of its retirement services clients...
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Small Bytes: The Best Retirement Websites
What is going on around the 401k arena? The 401kWire.com takes a quick look at the comings and goings in the biz. ..
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, January 14, 2000
Putman is retiring ... S&P 500 becoming Tech 500 ... Schwab wants a piece of the wealthy...
MutualFundWire.com -
Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Schwab Lowers Fees
The California Colossus is introing five institutional trust funds for some of its retirement services clients...
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Friday, January 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Brothers Like New Provider
Tampa, Florida-based Lykes Brothers has tapped INVESCO to be the bundled provider for its 401(k) plan, Connie George, director of group benefits, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has 2,200 participants and, according to The Judy Diamond Directory, and $45 million in assets...
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Thursday, January 14, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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SVA Jan. 14, 1999
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401kWire.com -
Thursday, January 14, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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401k Forum Co. Taps Exec
Emergent Advisors has tapped Wells Fargo for its new head of business development...
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Thursday, January 14, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Word on the Wire: Who's on Top at Fido?
How can participants determine in which funds to place 401(k) assets? One way might be to evaluate the managers of the different funds in the plan. But who has a high rating and who does not?..
401kWire.com -
Thursday, January 14, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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