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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Archard Follows a $716MM-AUM ETF With a Pair of Launches
The AB team is rolling out another two options-powered active ETFs.
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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Two PPPs Take Over As Smart Steps Back
Part of its PPP business shifted last week after another part moved last summer...
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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19 Years In, an Indie OR TPA's Scion Takes Over
The Portland shop's founder is staying on, but not in a leadership role...
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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Amplify Preps a $66MM-AUM Liquidation
The Chi-Town area fund firm's team is preparing to shut down an active ETF before its fourth birthday...
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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A Texas TPA Trims a New PEP Brand
The branding had been reminiscent of an unaffiliated recordkeeper...
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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Spot Bitcoin ETPs Will Arrive Tomorrow
The SEC concedes a multi-year fight after an appeals court loss last summer...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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29 Years In, an Exec Takes Over Retirement For an AM and WM Titan
The freshly promoted leader takes on his new role today...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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A Bay Area TPA Preps a February PEP
Updated | They're teaming up with a Utah RIA...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Why a $2.5B-AUA KPA Team Chose Hub
The whole 19-person team, including wealth management and retirement plan folks, is expected to stay on board...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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Hurtsellers Passes the Reins After 8 Years, And ...
A familiar leader is taking over Voya IM, and a senior Morgan Stanley alum is joining the leadership team...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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A Gotham RKer Starts Another 401k Offering
The launch of this plan follows a planned second PEP...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
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1. Ed Murphy
Dealmaking has put Empower into the number two spot in the 401(k) league recordkeeping tables with a bullet...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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2. Abby Johnson
As the CEO of Fidelity Investments, Abby Johnson has ultimate control over the largest 401(k) plan provider...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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3. Brian Graff
The American Retirement Association (ARA) represents, in some, way, shape, or form, every one of the nation's 90 million or so 401(k) plan participants...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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A 16-Year-Old Gotham Firm Enters the ETF Biz
The shop's first ETF is designed to invest in companies that are led by women...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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4. David Musto
Since two decades ago when he first made mention in 401kWire, David Musto has been one to watch...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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5. Kevin Barry
When Kevin Barry graduated from Harvard with a government degree, he faced a dilemma without a plan: what to do next?..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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6. Fred Reish
JD Carlson (#64) says that Fred Reish is his spirit animal...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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7. Nevin Adams
Nevin Adams has announced his retirement!..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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8. David Levine
Groom Law Group is one of the go-to law firms for those living in 401(k) land, and David Levine is the leader of the rising generation at the Washington, D.C.-based firm...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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9. Shlomo Benartzi
Shlomo Benartzi is known as the "godfather" of auto-plans; a concept that has spread to auto-portability and some (but not Shlomo) think should spread to auto-decumulation...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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Three Years, $16MM In AUM
A fund firm's team celebrates a big milestone for an actively managed, subadvised ETF...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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10. Lew Minsky
Nobody grows up wanting to be a bigshot in 401(k) Land, and Lew Minsky is no exception...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2023
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A Startup Plants Its First ETF
The actively managed, non-diversified fund launched on the NYSE Arca in late December...
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Monday, January 10, 2022
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A KPA Alliance Welcomes Six RBG Advisors
Most of the moving advisors now also affiliate with the network's RIA ally...
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Monday, January 10, 2022
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A TDF Titan Targets 2070, And ...
The firm is adding one target-date vintage to its lineup and removing another...
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Monday, January 10, 2022
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Transamerica Rolls Out a Small Plan Solution
The insurer's retirement plan arm has a new, configurable solution for smaller employers...
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Week In Preview, January 10 - January 16
This week, the teams at ARA, DCIIA, Empower Retirement, Invesco, NAPA, and Wise Rhino Group are hosting events...
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Monday, January 10, 2022
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Week In Preview, January 10 - January 16
This week, the teams at MFDF, MMI, and Stradley Ronon are hosting events...
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Monday, January 10, 2022
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After 14 Years, a Top Marketer Leaves a $72B-AUM Firm
The exec served as director of institutional marketing at the asset manager...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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"The DC I-O Model For Distribution Has Evolved"
A freshly promoted U.S. distro leader for a European asset management talks about what's next in the DC biz...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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Callahan Welcomes an 11-Year Principal Vet to Transamerica
The new hire joins the provider's mid-market sales team as a regional vice president...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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Why a Carolina Non-Profit Consolidated Its $2B Plans With This RKer
Only two providers were invited to bid in the RFP. In the end it was a close call...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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From Fixed Income Fundster to Mayor?
A former head of a big mutual fund firm's fixed income arm is running for public office...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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ASPPA Reboots a Longstanding Program
Brian Graff and his team see the upgraded offering "as a brand new program" for the retirement plan industry trade group...
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Friday, January 10, 2020
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19 Days and Counting
The defined contribution business is largely regulated at the federal level in the U.S., yet some of those federal regulators have gone mostly dark as part of the ongoing partial government shutdown...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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M* Reboots the Fund Manager of the Year Awards
Asset classes and one-year performance are out. More product structures, passive strategies, and long-term performance are in...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Four Partners Leave a Carolina KPA Shop
Updated | The quartet is starting a new shop nearby...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Atlantan Retirement Pros Team Up to Educate
DB and DC industry insiders create a new group to train their fellows...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Four Ohio National Alums Join the Standard
The new hires all joined the insurer's retirement plan wholesaling team late last fall...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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O'Hanley and Asness Trim Dozens
The new chief of State Street and the long-time chief of AQR are both cutting jobs...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Empower Sponsors a Third PGA Tour Pro
This new ally also teamed up with one of the recordkeeper's sister companies three years ago...
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Does Auto-Enrollment Increase Debt?
Five academic economists explore the relationship between automatic enrollment and increased debt levels. The findings? It's complicated...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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In Silicon Valley, KPA Wedding Bells Ring
A 401(k) plan advisory shop buys an RIA from a nearby accounting firm, creating a $1.2B shop...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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A Long-time GE and Ex-BlackRock CMO Joins NYLIM
The 10-year GE Vet will now lead NYLIM and MainStay Investments' marketing team...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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Putting a Price On How Much Fundsters Like Tax Reform
A publicly traded asset manager reveals expected benefits of the recently passed, giant federal tax bill...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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A 401k Robo Adds Participant Security Alerts
The new feature aims to give participants an extra peace of mind...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018
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Filings for Fundsters - January 10, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Pru Reconfirms $1.3B 457 Plan
A 457 deferred compensation retirement plan, which has approximately 9,800 participants and $1.3 billion in assets, has officially recommitted to Newark, New Jersey-based recordkeeper...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Puzder's Confirmation Hearing is This Week
The Department of Labor is one step closer to getting a new leader. ..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Guardian Study Identifies Key to Financial Confidence
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America conducted a study to figure out how to help Americans save more and here's what they found.....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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RIAs Look for Organic Growth in 2017
A survey released today finds that RIAs plan to invest in marketing and technology to fuel growth in the coming year...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Financial Nutrition Labels Aid Retirement Decisions
Shopping for the right 401(k) just got easier. ..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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John Hancock Makes a New Digital Advice Partnership
Enterprise digital advice firm NextCapital has recently made a strategic partnership with a recordkeeper. ..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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Voya Investment Management Provides Insight in Weekly Blog
New year, new approach. This is the mantra that Voya Investment Management is living by thanks to its newly implemented Retirement University For Advisors...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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In Defense of Index Funds
A BlackRock co-founder defends index funds against criticisms from academics...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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MassMutual Hits $10B in Taft-Hartley AUM
The provider has hit a new Taft-Hartley milestone, as first reported by 401kWire last month. ..
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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Detroit's DC Plan and Its Vendors Are Still Up in the Air
The Motor City's new DC plan was supposed to open on January 1. It turns out the city has still to select the vendors. ..
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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About that Michael Ma Rumor...
Turns out that stories of Michael Ma's return to kasina have been greatly exaggerated...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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This $130B Asset Manager Will Double Its Sales and RM Teams in 2014
A global shop prepares a big distribution expansion for this year. Four hires announced today (with three of them in distribution) are proof of the asset giant's hiring resolve...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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A Multi-Boutique's Assets Jump 54% to $20B
Kansas firm also hired 42 people and launched six funds in 2013...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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A School District Seeks a TPA for Its $13MM Plan Duo
A Texas school district is looking for a TPA for its 403b and 457 plans. ..
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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Pru and DST Ink a RInco Partnership
The plan provider and software giant team up to offer portability to guaranteed retirement income products...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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Bond King Likes ETFs in the War on Bonds
ETF Trends scribe Tom Lydon previews a planned visit by Pimco's Bond King Bill Gross to the ETF Virtual Summir on January 15. According to the article, Gross seems to having a growing fondness for ETFs. To whit, Pimco has at least three bond ETFs in the works. Apparently, these products seem to be effective weapons in what the Bond Kind describes as a brewing "Bond War" with regards to low rates and returns. ..
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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INews Examines the MFS, SSgA Alliance
InvestmentNews' Jason Kephart peers at the alliance between MFS and State Street to launch three actively managed ETFs. Kephart looks at the different roles in partner plays, i.e. MFS as subadvisor and SSgA handles marketing and distribution...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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Bond ETFs Outpulled Bond Funds in 2013
Investors are favoring ETFs over the traditional mutual fund when it comes to bond investing. That's may be old news, but BlackRock has put some figures behind the ugly story from 2013...
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Friday, January 10, 2014
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Is Legg Mason Playing Hard to Get?
Reuters reports that the struggling fund firm has played coy with investors seeking to take it private — at least for now...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Fido Assigns Two Stars to Target Date Duty
Two big name PMs are picking up some slack in Freedom Funds...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Gadenne Extends RIIA's Virtual Reach
The trade group launches a new virtual learning center...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Principal Makes a Sales Hire in Indiana
Exec will be responsible for wirehouse channel in the territory...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Virtus Makes a Move Towards the Emerald Isle
The asset manager buys a piece of an Irish subadvisor. ..
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Fund Distribution Enters the Era of Linkedin
By using non-traditional methods like Google and Linkedin, firm generates over $1 million of inflows per day for its first fund, launched in September...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Gallagher Buys a Retirement Book in Florida
A Sunshine State retirement plan advisors joins the insurance brokerage...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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A Fund Shop's Market Appreciation Surpassed Its Net Inflows in 2012
Firm now manages over $12 billion...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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A Piper Jaffray Shop Launches a Fund
The strategy was originally used in limited liability accounts...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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External Wholesalers Wanted to Break into B-D
Firm looking to fill territories in a variety of regions...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Will Equity Fund Outflows Slow Down This Year?
A Barclays analyst offers his expectations for 2013 in asset management...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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What’s This? Two Fund Shops Inch Toward Floating NAV
Schapiro may have won after all...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Mansueto Adds More Firepower as a Top M* Exec Heads for the Door
The Morningstar chief welcomes one top dog while saying goodbye to another...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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S&P Frowns on Janus
The ratings agency foresees continued outflows and negative performance fees at the mutual fund shop...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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Barron’s Looks at Active ETFs
Pub says that disclosures could keep active ETFs from cloning mutual funds...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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BlackRock Execs Confirm Credit Suisse Deal
The ETF unit is changing hands...
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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ProShares Readies a New Product
The ETF will invest in "basic physical assets of an economy."..
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
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FUSE's 12 Predictions for 2012
Mike Evans and his team at FUSE Research Network list their predictions for 2012...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Goodbye, MTB Funds. Hello, Wilmington
M&T Bank rebrands its mutual fund arm and hires a new transfer agent...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Ranger Joins the Fund Fray
There's a new mutual fund shop in Big D and it might be hiring...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Schwab's IndexK is Here
The new product is a bet on simplicity built around managed accounts and indexing...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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BofA ML Won 285 RFPs in '11
The firm's top execs reveal another record year...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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CBIZ Still Hunts for 401k Deals
The Forest City acquirer snaps up another benefits brokerage...
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The Principal Teams Up With Wilshire
The bundled provider plans to offer new fiduciary services...
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Pimco Inks Listing Date for Total Return ETF
The hottest ETF yet-to-be-launched gets its listing date...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Ex-Comerica 401k Honcho Starts a Charity
He's heading a non-profit foundation dedicated to coaching Gen Y'ers in the workplace but he says he's still very much committed to the 401(k) space. ..
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Mercer Evolves its Business Model
The consultant is willing to implement investment decisions for some clients...
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Gundlach & Stern BFFs? LMFAO!
The settlement clears the decks with institutional investors...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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American Funds Plans Funds of Funds
Eight more funds are coming...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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401k Fee Disclosure Delayed? Maybe Not
The DoL says it has signaled nothing. ..
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Targets Missed
Mark 2011 down as another year that target-date mutual funds missed their mark. ..
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Reynolds: "It's Just Upside Down"
The Putnam CEO says its course was true, it was the market that veered...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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Mimic Gabelli. Defeat ETFs
Is a mutual fund that puts half its eggs in five stocks the path to the future?..
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A Schwab Executive Answers a Higher Calling
A former client services executive at Charles SChwab is trading in his pin stripes for a clerical collar...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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A Fund Firm's President Relinquishes His PM Duties at Two Funds
The president is no longer part of the PM team at two of the firm's mutual funds...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Transamerica Taps Three for its TPA Channel Team
The new additions include an ING alum...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Morningstar Says Goodbye to a C-Level Exec
The Chicago firm does not plan to tap a replacement...
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A Florida RIA Hires a Comms Chief
An alum of Capital Records joins a 401k-focused advisory firm...
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A $133M Fidelity Client Issues an RFP
One government plan is putting up its RK'ing services for bid...
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Broadridge Seals the Matrix Deal
The $201 million acquisition just closed...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Vanguard Touts its New 401k Advice Program
The low-cost mutual fund titan reveals a brand new offering...
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An 'Unusual Ad' from Bruce Berkowitz Catches the WSJ's Eye
An unusual advertisement from Bruce Berkowitz has caught the attention of a WSJ reporter...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Two PMs Settle With the SEC Over Fee Scandal
The former managers of a muni bond mutual fund shell out almost $715,000...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Will State Street Fall for Quincy's Charms?
Quincy officials are wooing State Street...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Huntington's Move Could Spur Copycats
Huntington is looking to become the first firm to convert a mutual fund into an active ETF...
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Currency ETFs Had a Tough 2010
The WSJ takes a look at a niche ETF class...
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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BlackRock's Rice Voices His Thoughts on Coal
A BlackRock PM shares his forecast for the energy sector with Bloomberg.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
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Natixis Lassos Fidelity Exec
Natixis Global Asset Management has brought in a Fidelity vet to lead its US distribution organization...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Fido Pulls Out All the Pricing Stops in the Advisor Channel
The Boston Behemoth makes a rare public move related to pricing for its intermediary-geared product.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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SEI Preps Advisor 401k ... Taps Outsourcer
SEI has inked a contract with an outsourced recordkeeper as part of its preparation of a new product for advisors...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Advisor Execs Duke It Out For ASPPA Recognition
One of three finalists will win a brand new award from the trade group at their popular February conference...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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STI Hands Out Subadvisory Mandate for Three Funds
STI has awarded a subadvisory mandate for three new 130/30 funds...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Barclays Still Rules the ETF Heap
SSgA has released market share data on ETF companies...
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Subprime Flu Vultures Eye Bank's 401k
Two class action firms investigate a Buckeye State bank for its plan's use of company stock.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Subprime Victim Gets the Company Stock Treatment
A class action law firm targets an embattled investment bank and its 401k...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Beleaguered Bond Reinsurer Faces Company Stock Double Whammy
Two class action firms set their sights on a subprime victim's 401k.
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Pershing Taps COO for Managed Account Solutions
The new recruit will oversee operations and technology for Pershing's fee-based managed account solutions...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Rydex Sale Soon to be Complete
Rydex CEO Carl Verboncoeur has lined up the proxy votes he needs to complete his company's sale to Security Benefit...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Wells Fargo Spruces Up its Small-Plan Offering
Enhancements include a beefed-up investment lineup...
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Citi, Merrill Plan Capital Hunting Expeditions
Citigroup and Merrill Lynch are again in the hunt for foreign capital...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Closed-End Discount in Aisle Five
Ian Salisbury conjures up some colorful alcohol-related imagery and applies it to the trading of closed-end funds in today's WSJ Fund Track...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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Morningstar Completes Hemscott Deal
The Chicago-based firm has closed its $51.6 million acquisition of Hemscott data, media and investor relations Web site businesses from Ipreo Holdings...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
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SaveDaily Tweaks Participant Statement Tool
The California-based recordkeeping technology provider has updated its participant statement generation tool...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Provider Adds WisdomTree ETFs
An Oregon-based plan provider has made WisdomTree's ETFs available on its platform and is in talks with at least four more fund firms...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Midwestern TPA Expands Into the Emerald City
The firm has opened a new office serving the Evergreen and Beaver states and it's hired a native to do it.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Laptop Theft at Towers Perrin
Five computers with participant data get stolen from the benefits consulting firm.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Adding a Little Fruit to a TPA Roll-Up
A Garden State retirement plan administrator gets snatched by a Manhattan-based serial acquirer.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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A.G. Edwards Accused of Facilitating Market Timing
Illinois regulators have accused the firm of facilitating market timing from January 2001 to October 2003...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Lasser Tosses the SEC Some Scraps
The ex-fund firm chief will pay a five figure fine for allegedly paying brokers for shelf space.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Crouse Hospital Selects Provider
Crouse Hospital has selected a bundled provider for its new 40(k) program for non-union workers. The employees had been covered previously by a defined benefit plan...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Matrix Looks To Add 4,000 Plans in 2006
The Rocky Mountain firm sees more growth ahead. Will it do a deal in 2006?..
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Bisys Adds Onto LinkInsight
The outsourced plan provider adds to its open-architecture platform targeted to TPAs and advisors...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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AARP and NASD To Push Auto Enrollment
The two organizations are coming together to identify best practices and find ways to encourage adoption of auto enrollment in retirement plans...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Calugar To Pay $153 Million To Settle SEC Charges
Daniel Calugar and his former broker-dealer, Security Brokerage, Inc., have agreed to pay $153 million to settle improper mutual fund trading allegations leveled by the Securities and Exchange Commission...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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New ING Fund Makes Room for Six Subadvisors
Investors looking for a fund of funds specializing in international stocks have a new choice. ING Funds has taken the wraps off ING Diversified International a fund that will offer multiple investment managers within one fund...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Diamond Hill Adds Fund
Diamond Hill Investment Partners has signed on a stock picker to head a newly launched fund. Chris Welch will co-manage the new Small-Mid Cap Fund with Chris Bingaman and Tom Schindler...
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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NYS Deferred Comp Plan
The $6.9 billion New York State Deferred Compensation Plan is reportedly preparing a search for a synthetic GIC manager...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Wisconsin Deferred Compensation Program
The Wisconsin public plan will reportedly issue an RFP for a recordkeeper and administrator to take over its $1.3 billion plan...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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An Even 900 Rounds out the Crew
Ships ahoy, matey! A NY Times reporter notes that Vanguard brought on 900 "crew members" (what the fund giant calls employees) in 2004 alone, apparently in response to asset swells from investors fleeing scandal-tainted firms...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Morningstar Switches Gears with IPO
It looks like the investment advisor's IPO will be delayed even further...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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SEC Still Hunting Brokers
Southwest Securities and its employees will pay more than $10 million for illegally timing funds...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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One Size Does Not Fit All
An AllianceBernstein executive believes sponsors will soon want to see solutions that are tailored exactly to their needs...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Chao Tackles Pension Reform in Retirement Speech
Will the tide ever turn on the troubled DB system?..
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Some Firms Are Better Than Others
No less than three fund firms landed on Fortune magazine's annual top 100 places to work list. American Century Investments, named the 26th, was the highest ranking fund firm on the magazine's list. What made the firm, with 1,770 U.S. employees, so good to work at? "Every employee got a $1,000 cash bonus in '03 to celebrate success after three years of down markets. The company puts up to 13% of each employee's salary into a profit-sharing plan, regardless of employee contribution," wrote Fortune. Meanwhile, Vanguard and SEI Investments got high marks for office environs...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Invesmart Teams with Advisory Group to Offer Investment Advice
The retirement plan services provider has partnered with a total benefits BD...
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Morningstar Opts for Auction-Style IPO
Morningstar is opting to forgo selling its stock the traditional way. The fund rater is now planning an auction-style IPO.....
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Where Did the New Funds Go in 2004?
For the fourth year running fund firms cut back on the number of new products. How low can this figure go?..
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Monday, January 10, 2005
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Merrill to Bulk Up Sales Force
The firm is seeking internal and external reps for its retail,third-party distribution push...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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PlusFunds Seeks Distributors For Hedge Product
The identities of two potential distribution partners have surfaced. Five partners are sought in all...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Pan-American Jumps Into Hot Outsourcing Space
The New Orleans provider aims to expand via strategic alliances and acquisitions. It is close to signing up some $400M in assets...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Firms Shift R-Share Strategy
Shares with upfront payouts are a dying breed. A West coast provider made the shift last month, but the latest to offer R-shares still pays them...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Bisys Wins U.K. Mandate
A London-based asset manager will outsource its PEO and ISA administration with Bisys...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Wachovia Getting Closer to Pru?
An order to branch managers hints that formal talks are near...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Diversified Adds to Charlotte Office
The firm recruits a sales pro after a rival shutters its regional office...
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Friday, January 10, 2003
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Fund Investors Are Unhappy
Berger Debuts Two VA Funds ... Heartland Names Portfolio Manager ... Boomers Face Debt-Filled Retirement ... Manager Gone from Largest Closed-End Fund ... EGTRA v. State Laws Stirs Fears ... Cigna to Cut 2,000 ... Merrill to Cut 9,000 ... Investors Want Choice, Not Regs...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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Janus Promotes Goff and Hayes
The two key executives are given new titles. Each fills one shoe emptied by Jim Craig...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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Bush Orders Look at Pension Rules
The White House is now calling for a review of pension rules to ensure that workers are protected in the wake of the Enron debacle.
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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First Union Scores
The firm has a new 401k client in the Northeast...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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REIT Duo Join Neuberger
The fund firm lands a marketer and an investment pro as it plans to jump create REIT products...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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No CoStock Rules Please
Heartland Names Portfolio Manager ... Boomers Face Debt-Filled Retirement ... Manager Gone from Largest Closed-End Fund ... Fund Investors Are Unhappy ... EGTRA v. State Laws Stirs Fears ... Cigna to Cut 2,000 ... Merrill to Cut 9,000 ... Investors Want Choice, Not Regs...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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Folio Lands Distribution Deal
The fund like investments will be sold through one of the leading bank brokerages...
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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Another Provider Faces a Lawsuit
The number of lawsuits affecting vendors has just increased by one as plaintiffs accuse this one of taking kick-backs.
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Thursday, January 10, 2002
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All Together Now at Fidelity
Fido seeks to draw investors with aggregated information...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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401k Advisor Logs Onto MarketWatch.com
Financial Engines continues to build its direct retail brand with its second deal with an editorial Web site.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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Pigskin Politiking
MainStay to sponsor Independence Bowl...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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All Aboard
Rydex taps Wiesenberger for exec, plans expansion...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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Will Congress Act on Advice?
The author of last year's 401k advice bill has moved up in responsibility in the 107th Congress...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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On the Move
Rydex jumps ship from Skandia in tiff over ProFunds; Security Benefit, others offer safe haven...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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The Lights Are On
Kinetics opens Energy Fund as West Coast teeters on brown-out...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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January 10, 2001
Filings for New Funds Plummet ... Schwab Faces New York Rents ... Investors Ragged on Value Funds...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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January 10, 2001
Filings for New Funds Plummet ... Schwab Faces New York Rents ... Investors Ragged on Value Funds...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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Chavez Pulls Nomination
Linda Chavez steps aside as Labor head nominee calling herself a "distraction"...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2001
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Riggs Adds Four Funds
One large-cap fund and three bond funds join the Riggs Bank family...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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Hewitt: 47% of Sponsors Considering Advice
Sponsors in the United States are doing more than ever to offer participants investment options and education to explain those choices, at least according to a new survey from Hewitt Associates. The firm queried 491 employers nationwide with a combined total of 3.3 million participants and $295 billion in assets...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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Liberty Sets Its Marketing Free
Liberty has hired a Boston marketing and creative services firm to help brand the company and re-design its website...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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CFO at mPower
mPower/401kForum has hired David Demarest as the firm's first ever cfo, a spokesperson told the 401kWire.com. Demarest previously served with Montgomery Asset Management as chief administrative officer...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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Odd Lots, January 10, 2000
Bond pleads not guilty ... Funny business with performance rankings? ... If you can't do, teach ..
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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CFO at mPower
mPower/401kForum has hired David Demarest as the firm's first ever cfo, a spokesperson told the 401kWire.com. Demarest previously served with Montgomery Asset Management as chief administrative officer...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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TAG On: Safe Harbor Changes
The Technical Answer Group, Inc. ("TAG") is a weekly guest on the 401kWire.com site. TAG provides technical answers and supporting research for professional firms and individuals that administer, sell or sponsor qualified employee benefit plans...
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Monday, January 10, 2000
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