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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Is the DoL Rule's Biggest Foe Entering the White House For Real This Time?
Today is reportedly the day that President Trump will name this former hedge fundster to a White House staff position. Yet it's not the first time that this high profile fiduciary reg critic seemed poised to gain a White House post...
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Friday, July 21, 2017
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Vanguard and BlackRock Stay on Top While SSgA's Flow Woe Reverses
M* releases fund flow data for June 2017...
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
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B-Ds Are Shifting Away From Direct Fund Biz
As the DoL's possible final implementation date approaches, direct or so-called "check-and-app" mutual fund business is out of favor at broker-dealers...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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A Long-Short Fund Firm Ties Into Two More Platforms
Watch for the fund to become available on a third new platform in the next couple of weeks...
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Monday, July 17, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - July 17, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Monday, July 17, 2017
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Week In Preview, July 17-23
401k plan advisors are pulling a Jimmy Stewart and going to Washington...
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Monday, July 17, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - July 14, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, July 14, 2017
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Bigger Isn't Better? Don't Be So Sure
New research pushes back against the idea that mutual fund scale (both at the fund and industry levels) is a good thing for mutual fund investors. MFWire is skeptical...
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
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A $2.2 B Fund Firm's Distro Expansion Continues
This fund firm is keeping good on their promise to double their distro team and they have plans to expand another team.....
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - July 12, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Layoffs After Voluntary Buyouts? More Fido Rumors Swirl
The Boston Behemoth reportedly cuts hundreds of jobs, less than two weeks after more than 1,500 employees accepted a voluntary buyout offer...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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Broadridge Buys an Institutional Asset Management Data Specialist
Broadridge expands to combine retail and institutional data analytics. ..
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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Post-Pioneer, Amundi Freezes Hiring and Plans Cuts
Yet it's not clear what effect the cost-savings initiative will have on this side of the pond...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2017
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Week In Preview, July 10-16
Mutual fund and retirement industry insiders are trekking across an island in the Pacific, while fintech folk are gathering in Gotham...
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Monday, July 10, 2017
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Are Index Funds Uncaring? McNabb Fires Back
The Vanguard chief takes to the pages of the WSJ to defend passive investing's honor against academic accusations of bad corporate governance...
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Thursday, July 06, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - July 5, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
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Three Percent of Fidelity Employees Say Goodbye
More than 1,500 people reportedly took the Boston Behemoth's buyout package offer for older, longer-tenured employees. Most of those who accepted left by the week before Independence Day...
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Wednesday, July 05, 2017
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A 36-Year-Old Fund Closes After Death of Its Advisor
Billy Oates died in February and his fund will be closing at the end of the month...
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Monday, July 03, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - July 3, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Monday, July 03, 2017
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Week In Preview - Happy Fourth of July!
It's looking to be a quiet week for events in the advisor-sold asset management business...
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Monday, July 03, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 30, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, June 30, 2017
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Vanguard Retakes the Lead, and Schwab and Oakmark Also Rake It In
M* release fund flow data for May 2017...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
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Has Trump Picked Someone For That Final SEC Commish Spot?
A Columbia law professor is reportedly the "leading contender" for the open Democratic seat atop the regulatory agency...
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Thursday, June 29, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 28, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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WisdomTree and UBS Execs Will Lead This Trade Group
Bonnie Stanfield passes the reins as president of a not-for-profit organization for women in the industry...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017
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Week In Preview, June 26-July 2
401(k) folk are gathering in the Midwest, while other retirement industry insiders and fixed income veterans are converging in the Big Apple...
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Monday, June 26, 2017
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A Chi-Town Boutique Hunts For Small Cap Shops
The firm is looking to adopt mutual funds in the coming years...
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Thursday, June 22, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 21, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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Lacusky Consolidates Stadion's Sales Teams
Watch for the retail team to talk retirement too.....
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
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20 Months Later, Trump Might Pick a Familiar SEC Nominee
To fill one of the two open spots on the commission, word is that the President is likely to choose an academic who worries about the consolidating B-D world and the DoL rule...
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
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Zhang Divides a Top Am Century Exec's Role
One of Zhang's CIOs will be leaving American Century at the end of the month and two PMs at the firm will divide up and take over his duties. ..
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Monday, June 19, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 19, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Monday, June 19, 2017
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Week In Preview, June 19-25
A host of industry events will bring fundsters and FAs to Gotham this week...
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Monday, June 19, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 16, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, June 16, 2017
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What Will Aaron Rodgers Tell FAs and Fundsters?
After the Pershing team and attendees took over a whole San Diego block last night, this NFL star will take the main stage this morning for the final session of Insite 2017...
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Friday, June 16, 2017
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Jack "Not a Math Guy" Lew Shares Insite At Pershing
The former U.S. Treasury Secretary took the main stage yesterday for day one of the Pershing Insite conference. Silicon Valley types and a famous photographer will follow today...
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Thursday, June 15, 2017
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Bruce Bent Notches a Win In His Two Year Battle With Reich & Tang
The lawsuit continues into next month with the most recent ruling.....
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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Pershing Insite 2017 Begins!
The broker-dealer and RIA clearing and custody ally is gathering FAs and fundsters for its annual conference, this time in SoCal...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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Catalyst Adopts a Fund From an Ally
Yet Jerry Szilagyi will keep the other firm on as the fund's subadvisor...
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Tuesday, June 13, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 12, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC Filings...
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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Week In Preview, June 12-18
Fundsters in Berlin and SoCal, 401(k) folks in the Big Apple, and deadlines for applying for two awards...
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Monday, June 12, 2017
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A Royal Value Shop Celebrates a Crystal Anniversary
These funds were launched fifteen years ago next week.....
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Friday, June 09, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 9, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings...
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Friday, June 09, 2017
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The Fiduciary Rule Era Arrives, Sort of, But Will It Last?
Today the DoL's fiduciary reg starts taking effect. Yet the regulator has provided caveats, full implementation is still a ways off, and members of Congress are trying to undo the reg...
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Friday, June 09, 2017
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Clayton Officially Appoints Two Top Cops at the SEC
It's official, the Division of Enforcement has two new directors.....
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Friday, June 09, 2017
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Lebenthal Passes the Reins at Lebenthal AM
A pair of successors is taking over the asset manager, which had been expected to be sold to new owners by Q3. ..
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
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Will an ICI-Adjacent SEC Vet Replace Grim?
Jay Clayton has reportedly picked a new chief for the regulatory agency's division of investment management. And the last name should ring some bells for fundsters...
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 7, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings...
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Wednesday, June 07, 2017
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A 10,000-FA B-D Rationalizes Its Menu
Fund rationalization fever continues to spread, this time leading a broker-dealer to remove more than 40 percent of the funds previously available to its advisors...
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Wednesday, June 07, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 6, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017
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Cambria Preps One Alliance and Plans Another
The move follows a big ETF launch last month. And more funds are in this SoCal firm's pipeline.....
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Monday, June 05, 2017
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Week In Preview, June 5-11
401(k) folks in Philly and D.C., indie B-D execs in D.C., and fundsters golfing in New England are a few of the events on the agenda this week...
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Monday, June 05, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 2, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings! ..
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Friday, June 02, 2017
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MFEA Gives Fundsters More Time to Shine
You still have time to submit your company for these awards.....
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Friday, June 02, 2017
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Clayton Enters the Fiduciary Fray as Two B-D Giants Make Tweaks
The SEC chief wants to hear from you. Meanwhile, another big broker-dealer is standing by retirement account commissions, sort of, and an indie B-D makes changes around no-load mutual funds, fixed annuities, and UITs...
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Friday, June 02, 2017
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A Third-Party Marketing Firm Launches a Mutual Fund Newsletter
This company focuses on helping the underdogs in the world of mutual fund investing. Now they aim to take a new approach to helping clients...
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Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Four Veteran Sales Execs Join An Alts Distro Startup
S2K Financial hires four financial veterans to join their team. Steven Kantor, the former global head of Credit Suisse Capital Markets and current CEO of S2K, plans to take product distribution by storm with his team's new approach...
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Thursday, June 01, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 31, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Wednesday, May 31, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - May 30, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
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Week In Preview, May 30-June 4
Advisors in Sin City, fixed income folk in Gotham, and 401(k) recordkeepers outside our nation's capital...
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 26, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC Filings! ..
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Friday, May 26, 2017
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This Midwestern Startup Is Hiring
The firm recently added its first ETF to two platforms...
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Friday, May 26, 2017
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Family Offices Bet $25MM on a Cyborg Advisor Alliance
Forget roboadvice! With $25 million in a funding, a Silicon Valley startup teams up with a Midwestern advisory firm to create a hybrid...
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Friday, May 26, 2017
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A Wirehouse Chooses T Shares
The moves comes in advance of the initial quasi-implementation of part of the DoL rule next month...
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 24, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings! ..
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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Will Fundsters Create an Indexing Consortium?
The FT wonders if fee pressure and rising index provider fees will drive ETF shops and other asset managers to team up to create their own alternative...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2017
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DoL Rule Non-Delay Disappointment Spreads
The industry reacts to Alex Acosta's big wait and see news...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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While Not Extending the Fiduciary Reg Delay, DoL Smiles on Clean Shares
Yet the new Labor Secretary is calling for more public input and leaves the door open to further changes or delays down the line...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 22, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Monday, May 22, 2017
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Week In Preview, May 22-28
Paris and Highland both come to Gotham, while fundsters converge across the pond. Meanwhile, 401k folk are already gathered in Music City and Sin City...
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Monday, May 22, 2017
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Two Major Factors Sealed The Deal for This 27-Year-Old Money Manager
American Beacon acquired a majority stake in the Atlanta-based firm...
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Friday, May 19, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 19, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, May 19, 2017
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Will a Kraus-less AB Still Follow Kraus' Path?
The Axa-backed asset manager's new chief insists that he will stay the course...
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Thursday, May 18, 2017
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Schwab and Guggenheim Had a Huge April, and BlackRock Nudges Past Vanguard
M* releases its latest monthly fund flows report...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Rob Lovelace Speaks ... About the Markets
The FT interviews the Capital Group PM, who is the grandson of the mutual fund titan's founder...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
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Sullivan Anoints Sales and Marketing Chiefs at Legg
One exec shifts, three join the executive committee, one leaves and one no longer shares his role. ..
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
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Brady Hires Thornburg's First Global Distro Chief
An intermediary distribution veteran returns to the mutual fund biz in a top role for the New Mexico-based mutual fund shop...
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Monday, May 15, 2017
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Week In Preview, May 15-21
Fundster-focused lawyers in NYC will talk ETFs, while retirement plan industry insiders will gather there as well as in Chicago, Nashville, and Vegas...
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Monday, May 15, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 12, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, May 12, 2017
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ALFI Pitches U.S. Fundsters on Post-Brexit Options
The Luxembourg fund trade group's team crosses the pond to gather folks for a breakfast briefing in the Big Apple...
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Friday, May 12, 2017
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Federated's Fight With an Ex-Employee Cascades
A famously shy family office takes Chris Donahue to task for dragging a charitable investing titan into a legal battle...
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Friday, May 12, 2017
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After a Third Deal, an Aggressive Acquirer Resolves to Keep Hunting
Their parent holding company also has a new brand. Watch for them to buy or team up with fixed income, international, or liquid alts investment teams...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
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Meet Aberdeen and Standard Life's Chief in the Americas
As the merging British giants brace for 800 job cuts worldwide, it's not clear how their businesses on this side of the pond will be affected...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
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Why Axa Replaced Kraus Atop AB
Less than two weeks after Axa replaced the AB's chief and most of its board, Axa's chief explains the abrupt AB leadership change while pitching an IPO spinoff plan for all of Axa's U.S. businesses...
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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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Guerette Revamps Ultimus' Distro Support
The mutual fund back office provider and series trust specialist is rolling out a new program aimed at streamlining information and client communication...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2017
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Can Roman Make Pimco More Quanty?
The fixed income giant's CEO says he's adding 100 employees over the next year...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2017
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After a Distro Pivot, Piscitello Creates a New Gemini Team
Watch for the Northern Lights Distributors exec to spread a consulting framework for relationship across Gemini's business lines.
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Monday, May 08, 2017
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This Week In Preview, May 8-14
Events this week include: an MFEA council in Baltimore; ALFI, MMI, and Sohn events in NYC; and P&I events in Dallas and San Francisco...
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Monday, May 08, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - May 5, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - May 9, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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Stevens Calls for the SEC to Take On DoL
From the main stage at the ICI GMM, the trade group's chief gives fundsters a regulatory overview...
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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Betterment's Co-Founder Talks to Fundsters
A Betterment cofounder takes the ICI GMM main stage alongside a private bank chief, a mutual fund chief, and a wirehouse bigwig...
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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ICI GMM 2017 Wrap Up
After two days of sessions and networking, the mutual fund industry trade group's flagship Washington, D.C. conference will wind down this morning after a regulatory discussion from the chief and more...
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Friday, May 05, 2017
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Who Will Gilbert Bolt On Next?
The Aberdeen chief talks on the main stage at the ICI GMM and hints at his plans for all that free cash flow after Aberdeen and Standard Life...
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Thursday, May 04, 2017
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The New Fund Fuss - May 4, 2017
The latest news on funds!..
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Thursday, May 04, 2017
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An ESG Guru Builds a Putnam Team
Equity CIO Aaron Cooper makes a second big team change in as many months...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
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Clayton Is About to Take Over the SEC
Four months after being picked by then-President-elect Trump, the veteran Wall Street M&A attorney has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate...
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
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A Wasatch Alum Starts a Global Boutique, With a Comp Twist
A Utah-based firm powered its first funds this spring, focusing on overseas markets, in partnership with Grandeur Peak Global Advisors. ..
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Tuesday, May 02, 2017
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Three Fund Firm Mergers Near Their Finish Lines
Meanwhile, a fourth is expected to close next quarter...
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Tuesday, May 02, 2017
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Week In Preview: ICI GMM and More
Paul Schott Stevens and his team are bringing fundsters back to D.C. this week. AIMSE, Envestnet, Gerstein Fisher, IMCA, and the PSCA are also holding events...
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Monday, May 01, 2017
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