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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Westwood Builds 1 Autocracy-Avoiding Fund, And ...
A Midwestern unit at a Texas asset manager is teaming up to create three ETFs designed to limit investors' direct and indirect exposure to autocracies...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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Strongpoint's Hest Adds a National Sales VP
The new hire most recently spent a decade in a leadership role at OneAmerica...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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Standard's Burlie Appoints 2 DVPs
The move comes as another DVP is moving on from the recordkeeper's sales team...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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Wagner, Kottler, and Crain Advise a Gotham Startup
A trio of retirement plan industry veterans join a recordkeeper's advisory board...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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Addressing Fundsters' Worries About Gen AI
Accuracy is the most commonly cited concern when it comes to fundsters considering using generative artificial intelligence for sales, marketing, and client service...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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After Nearly 27 Years, a Hancock RVP Passes the Reins
Meanwhile, an 8-year Hancock veteran is on the rise at the recordkeeper...
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Friday, April 4, 2025
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In NYC, a $599MM-AUMA Team Adds ETF #3
Like their first two ETFs, the teams' new offering is an actively managed, thematic fund...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Three Sales Execs Leave ARA
One of the departing executives focused on education, one on media, and one on conferences...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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In SE Texas, a $500MM-AUMA RIA Sells
An insurance brokerage's KPA aggregator arm buys a Lone Star State advisory team...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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20 Years In, a $76.5B-AUMA Provider's CIO Passes the Reins
A company veteran of nearly 17 years will succeed the departing C-suiter on an interim basis...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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A $65B-AUM AM's Team Winds Down a 6-Year-Old ETF
The passively managed bond fund is expected to liquidate in a month...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Definiti's Misenko: "We Want to Make Them the Hero"
The national TPA's team is rolling out a KPA support program. Watch for the strategic accounts chief to expand her team, too...
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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Gundlach Unveils a Pair of ETFs
The DoubleLine will co-PM one of the new offerings, which are both actively managed...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Kling Brings an 8-Year MassMutual Vet to Transamerica
The new hire joins the insurer's recordkeeper's wholesaling team in the Southeast...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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A Trade Group Hires a Senior Benetic Alum
The executive will serve as associate general counsel of retirement policy...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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RCH Brings a 5th RKer Into PSN
Auto-portability gains another big provider ally...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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A $27.5B-AUM Firm Will Shutter a $48MM-AUM Octet
A nice provider plans to liquidate eight funds later this month. All of the products are less than a year and a half old...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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Hammond Brings an M&A Chief to Pensionmark
Updated | The new hire will serve as SVP of business development at the KPA aggregator...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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20 Years, 79 People, 425 Articles, $169 Billion
A subadvisor's team celebrates a big anniversary...
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Monday, April 4, 2022
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Ed Murphy Seals a $3.5B Deal
The deal adds a recordkeeping, IRA rollover, and stable value business with more than 1,800 employees...
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Monday, April 4, 2022
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Week In Preview, April 4 - April 10
This week, the teams at DCIIA, NAPA, and Spark are hosting events...
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Monday, April 4, 2022
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Week In Preview, April 4 - April 10
This week, the teams at FRA and MFDF are hosting events...
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Monday, April 4, 2022
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There's Another Retirement Income Lever
When it comes to improving participants' chances of making their retirement savings last, a DC I-O giant reminds KPAs of an important variable not to overlook...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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Russell's Jung Hires a Schwab Retirement Alum
The new hire is based on the east coast...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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A $26B Fund Administrator Will Bring ETF Support In-House
The chief is also hiring fund accountants and for transfer agency...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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A 17-Office KPA Team Reunites With a Transformed Ally
The team of about 80 people works with $11 billion in client assets. They are switching their RIA, OSJ, and B-D affiliations...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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A Boston MF Scion Dies At 92
The WWII vet retired almost 20 years ago after 50 years with the company...
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
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Ready Hunts For a Chief For an Expanding Team
The search comes as a top executive is moving from Wells Fargo's recordkeeping business...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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A San Fran 401k Startup's Marketing Leader Leaves
The former head of marketing at ForUsAll also lead sales and PR for the firm...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Walking Plan Sponsors Through 316
A leader from a recordkeeper and TPA speaks with 401kWire about the company's new 3(16) services report, outlining problems and solutions...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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As Flows Slowed, This Multi-Manager Fund Family Won, Proportionately,
M* updates Morningstar Direct data on mutual fund and ETF flows in February...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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A TPA Writes About Retirement's Heart
The author is based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. ..
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Gravity Comes to ETF Flows, But ...
The U.S. ETF business suffered two consecutive months of net outflows for the first time in ten years...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Fielding Miller Buys in Minnesota
He is extending CapTrust's network in the Midwest and entering new markets...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Retirement Avengers Assemble as Tax Reform Looms
There's a new retirement coalition on the Hill. ..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Mandelbaum Expands Strategic Insight's 401k Nexus
The company that bought BrightScope is teaming up with DC I-Os and recordkeepers, and the BrightScope Bros are on the rise...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Clayton Clears a Key Hurdle
Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick for SEC chair, has been voted through the Senate Banking Committee. ..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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A Michigan Insurance Company Gets Hit with a Lawsuit
A participant filed a lawsuit against the company's DC plan. ..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Follow the Fundsters - April 4, 2017
Hires, fires, and the like!..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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ETF Inflows Quadruple and Stay Concentrated
ETF launches are also on the rise, and closures are slipping...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
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Transamerica Picks Up a MD Development Plan
A Maryland economic development firm switches recordkeeper...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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A Dynamic New Fund Firm Hires Its First Wholesaler
Updated | Watch for this Wall Street quant shop to further expand its team soon...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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What Will Borzi Say Tomorrow?
The EBSA chief is scheduled to speak to 401k industry insiders tomorrow at the closing session of DCIIA's annual public policy forum in Washington, D.C. Word is that her boss will reveal DoL's revised fiduciary reg proposal the next morning...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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Bridgeway's New Prez Plans New Hires and an Insti Push
The Lone Star State mutual fund shop's founder hands off one of his hats while keeping two others...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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Lincoln Revamps its Advisor Support Program
Lincoln Financial Group announces updates to its advisor and TPA-focused program...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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CBIZ Acquires a Philly TPA Firm
CBIZ picks up another employee benefits consulting firm...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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Uh-Oh! Are Robos No-Go In MA?
Galvin fires again, but this time at would-be disrupters of the wealth management industry...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
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J.P. Morgan Retains a $332MM 401k
A medical device manufacturer keeps J.P. Morgan post-sale of its large-market 401k biz. ..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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Why My Company Now Sponsors "The MRP Pay Myself First Plan"
An elite retirement plan advisor rebrands his own firm's plan and suggests that other industry insiders encourage their clients to do the same...
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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DCIIA Brings Big-Name Sponsors Together in D.C.
401k plan sponsors from the ranks of the large and jumbo market descended on Washington, D.C. this week for DCIIA's Fifth Annual Public Policy Forum. ..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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AB Will Launch a Suite of EM and Bond Funds
AB's portfolio managers still see opportunities in developing countries and fixed income...
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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After J.P. Morgan, What Other Deals Could 2014 Bring?
Here are some of the firms MFWire's editors have their eyes on...
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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A $558.8MM Public School Plan Switches to ING
The California State Teachers' Retirement Services calls on ING U.S. ..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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A MassMutual Tech Head Rises to SVP
Stefano Martini now has an SVP title. ..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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ProManage's Londe Hires in Minnesota
The newly hired senior consultant for ProManage will use his skills to manage Minneapolis. ..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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The LPL Retirement Team Wins Over a $2B RIA
A big New England 401k shop aligns with the indie B-D giant...
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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Regarding Dimon and Reynolds' Big Play
Never underestimate Bob Reynolds, or the power of 401ks. Also, could it be time for a J.P. Morgan funds IPO?..
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Friday, April 4, 2014
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MassMutual Says Goodbye to a Top Hartford Alum
The recordkeeper now has one head of sales...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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A TCW Bigwig Retires
A 25-year company veteran stepped down at the end of March, but he's not going far...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Graff Hires a Government Affairs Chief
The new lawyer is also assistant general counsel...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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A Texas Boutique Buys Into Canada
A San Antonio-based asset manager completes acquisition of 50 percent of shares in Toronto firm with roughly $320M AUM...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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MFS Rolls Out R5 Shares
40 US funds now have options for 401(k) plans...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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ETF Market Makers, NASDAQ's Going to Get You Paid
One week after SEC approval, exchange outlines details of ETF market maker program.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Since the Financial Crisis, People Are Saving More
Fido looks at behavioral chnages since the crisis...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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An LA Shop Bolsters Its Investment Team
A $17B asset manager promotes two to equity PM-hood...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Private Equity Firms Want In On the 401k Action
Shops previously focusing only on the wealthy are looking to get money from average Americans...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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A BlackRock Wonk Says Investors are Peckish for Income
Dodd Kittsley tells InvestmentNews that demand is growing for dividend products...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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InvestmentNews Tracks Your Tracking Error
What is it for your fund shop?..
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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An Omaha Shop Celebrates a Half Century with a Touch of the Bear
The asset manager's chief contemplates its history, and it's slightly less bullish view of the markets...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Baseball and Mutual Fund Stats Come Together
The Moneyball comparison is a bit stale, but still interesting..
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Gross Channels His Inner Michael Jackson
Availing himself of yet another pop culture metaphor, Pimco CIO reflects on himself, and the market.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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Which ETF Shops' Offerings Are Bleeding?
Hint: only three shops are featured...
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Thursday, April 4, 2013
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A Mid-Market Provider Launches an App
The new application allows plan participants to easily access their retirement outlook information...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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MassMutual Adds Two South-Central Posts
The company’s new hires are both current and returning employees...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Merrill Lynch Parts Ways With a Top Retirement Advisor
A retirement plan specialist recently left the wirehouse...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Invesco Gets The Green Light to Re-org Two Funds
Invesco has received shareholder approval to reorganize two of its funds..
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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A One Star Big Apple Fund Takes a Bite Out of its Fees
AmerIsrael Capital Management is cutting expenses on its American Israeli Shared Values Capital Appreciation Fund...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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The Chief Leaves as an RKer Shifts and Rebrands
The moves come after a new parent takes over the provider...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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What Do You Think of the SEC's Data on Target Date Funds?
The regulatory agency completes some research and asks for feedback...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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The SEC Takes a Step Towards Finalizing New Target Date Regs
The regulatory agency asks for comment on some new research...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Claymore Canada's Founder Leaves iShares
The move comes after BlackRock closed on its acquisition of the former Guggenheim subsidiary...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Hedger Hit with Record Penalty for Late Trading Funds
A British hedge fund firm and its chief feel the wrath of American regulators as a U.S. court ups the penalty...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Dodge & Cox Bets on PMs to Restore Stock's Glory
The nine PMs are clawing their way out of a 600 basis point hole dating from the 2008 market collapse...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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Total Victory? DoubleLine Total Return Outdraws Pimco Total Return
Shareholders are once again putting cash to work with Bill. But Jeffrey's similar performance pulled in three times the cash...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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A TPA-Uniting Phoenix Rises Under a New Name
A familiar face will lead the freshly-rebranded, now-private firm...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Aston Swaps Sub-Advisors ... Sort Of
Despite a name change, a $2.67 billion fund will still be PMed by familiar faces...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Participants Lack a Roadmap to Retirement
A new ING survey says participants are looking for some handholding when it comes to their retirement...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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A Private Equity Firm Buys Part of Another Fund Firm
An employee-owned institutional asset manager that also offers a mutual fund sells a chunk of itself...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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The Public Sector Union Showdown Spills Into Stable Value
A union asks its members to shift their assets because of a provider's non-intervention in a statewide debate...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Principal Hires on Both Coasts
A consultant and a wholesaler sign up with the provider...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Berkowitz Bucks Bear Market Trend
The WSJ uncovers a list of other funds that have grown during the latest bear market...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Moody's Attacks Fidelity for 'Weak Performance' in Stock Funds
Yet the rating agency affirms its rating of the Boston Behemoth the same...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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The WSJ Takes Notice of Funds' Options Strategies
Funds using options to generate extra income or cushion against losses, or both, are gaining attention, according to the Journal...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Ned and Abby Move a Non-Fido Op
A Beantown paper breaks the news...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Investors Flee Actively Managed Funds
And opt for index-based strategies...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Columbia Asks Advisors to Consider 'An Alternative Path'
The Ameriprise subsidiary unveils two new absolute return funds, with a twist...
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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Industry Bash Celebrates 15 Years of Ruffel and Co.
Insiders converged on Manhattan for the fourth annual awards dinner held by the trade publisher to recognize a new round of award winners.
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Gotham Jobs Take the Spotlight
New York fund companies are hiring...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Ibbotson Taps a New Director of Advice Services
The Morningstar subsidiary has turned to an insider for the post...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Blast from the Past Attacks UBS
A former UBS AG president is making waves with his calls for a potential break-up of the Swiss bank...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Old Mutual in The Hunt for New President and CEO
Scott Powers, who previously held the title, has taken the top job at State Street Global Advisors...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Two More Fund Firms to Ax B Shares
Nuveen and First American Funds are are the latest to eliminate B shares...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Goldman Jettisons a Hedge Fund-Like 401k Option
Expect ERISA class action specialists to circle Goldman Sachs over a fund that was part of its 401k lineup until recently...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Wirehouse Charges Into Fiduciary Territory
Under a new program, one financial giant throws its weight behind being an RIA and fiduciary for 401k plans...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Ex-Schwab Institutional Prez Resurfaces
Deb McWhinney has resurfaced almost a year after leaving Charles Schwab...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Stock Funds Pull in $3.06 B in Latest Week
Less assets flowed into stock mutual funds in the week ended Wednesday compared to the previous week...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Ex-Fed Vice Chair to Head Up TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF has tapped a successor to Herb Allison, who is retiring this month...
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Friday, April 4, 2008
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Brown Bridges Businesses In ING Restructuring
The Godfather of Soul's got nothing on Valerie Brown. It looks like ING's newest EVP will be the hardest working woman in retirement income...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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UBS Plan Broker Jumps
A defined contribution specialist moves to another wirehouse.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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SEC Reorg: Regulator Transfers Responsibilities
There's a new sheriff in town. The Securities and Exchange Commission will transfer responsibility for on-site testing of consolidated supervised entities' controls from its Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations to the Division of Market Regulation reports Compliance Reporter. The decision comes in response to a report that offered tips on how to avoid duplication of and gaps in regulation...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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A New Way for Funds to Stand Out
What is a mutual fund to do to stand out in a crowded field of roughly 8,000? A newspaper derives an idea...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Recordkeeping Share Classes?
A Boston firm switches its retirement product to a form of pricing better known amongst mutual funds.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Securian Goes Beyond Passive Investments
Securian has created a chimera product of ETF indexed investments combined with strategic and tactical allocations to satisfy the investor who doesn't want to take a purely passive approach to the markets...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Dynamic Duo Leaves Wachovia
Veteran brokers David Veitch and Tom Berry have joined the Citigroup's Smith Barney unit. They left Wachovia where Marketwatch reports they generated more than $1 million in combined commissions and fees over the past year and oversaw more than $267 million in client assets when they left the Richmond broker dealer. The dynamic duo will continue to focus on high net worth clients in their new positions...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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Jefferies Hires Three
Jefferies & Company, Inc. has made three new hires, Robert E. Enslein, Jr. and Jeffrey M. McCarthy join as Senior Vice Presidents focused on capital introduction, and Robin H. Fink joins as Senior Vice President in prime brokerage sales. They are expected to assist the firm with their goal of becoming a leading provider of prime brokerage services to small and mid-sized hedge funds...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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JennisonDryden Latest to Make 401k I-O Push
Pru's fund arm is one of a number of fund giants making a redoubled push into the defined contribution channel. Are these firms making wise bets -- and should smaller fund shops ante in as well?..
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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US Trust CEO Will Leave BofA
Peter Scaturro, CEO of U.S. Trust, will reportedly resign this summer...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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AXA's Goldenberg Pushes Hybrid Into the Retirement Income Space
AXA Equitable's Bob Goldenberg has come up with a hybrid annuity that incorporates the best of fixed and variable models...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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TIAA-CREF Wins a Vote and May Save Millions
TIAA-CREF has won its fight to merge 11 of its retail mutual funds. The New York City-based fund firm was pushing the move as part of an effort to control relative costs in the funds...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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EBRI Survey: Workers Strongly Support Auto-Enrollment
While many workers are ill-prepared for retirement, they seem to understand the benefit of automatic savings...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Polycomp Signs On To RolloverHQ Platform
With the deal, the California-based firm will provide its adivsors and plan sponsor clients direct access to automated rollover services...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Constar Picks New Provider
The Philadelphia-based plastic bottle manufacturer has tapped a new provider for its defined contribution and pension plans...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Principal Reaches Out to Advisors
A greater number of wholesalers now provide more wide-ranging advice to advisors.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Fidelity Made Big Changes in '05, Says Deputy
Even Fidelity bosses must sometimes make tough decisions. So it appears from a top executive's recent admission that, a year ago, poor fund performance spurred the company's leadership to undertake some major reconfigurations...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Putnam Names Director Of Consultant Relations For Asia And Australia
Putnam Investments has tapped Jenny Morton as managing director and director of consultant relations and institutional products for Putnam Global Institutional Management's alliance team in Asia and Australia.
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MLIM COO To Lead BlackRock's Private Client Group
Frank Porcelli, chief operating officer of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Americas, has been tapped to run BlackRock's private client group when the merger between the two firms closes in the third quarter, according to a regulatory filing...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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American Century Completes Mason Street Funds Acquisition
American Century Investments has completed the purchase and reorganization of 10 mutual funds purchased from Northwestern Mutual in a deal announced last December...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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Amvescap Promotes Insider to Boost AIM Investments
Amvescap Plc is hoping the head of its Canadian money management division can bring his winning touch to the company's North American mutual fund operations.
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Tuesday, April 4, 2006
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AUL Adds Retirement Support
The bundled plan provider has opened a retirement support desk to show its commitment to the 401(k) business...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Retirement Specialist RIA Opens NY Area Office
An RIA firm is opening a new office in New York's Nassau County...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Catalog Will Promote Vendors’ Wares
Vendors are getting a new avenue to promote their wares to advisors and TPAs...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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401ks Lose One Advantage Over IRAs
Some 401k participants had thought twice about rolling into IRAs. The Supreme Court has taken away one of their potential concerns...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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401k Participants Fail Quiz
Maybe 401k providers should be grading on a curve. Another plan provider quized participants and gave them a failing mark...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Bisys Puts Ed Unit on the Block
Bisys is shopping its Education Services business...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Bisys Puts Ed Unit on the Block
Bisys is shopping its Education Services business...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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SEC Names Roye Successor
The Securities and Exchange Commission has tapped SEC insider to replace Paul Roye as head of its Investment Management Division on an acting basis. The responsibilities of the job include the regulatory oversight of the mutual fund industry.
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Forward Funds Adds Multi-Advisor Fund
San Francisco-based Forward Management is launching a new multi-manager small-cap fund. The Forward Legato Fund will be subadvised by three asset managers.
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Skin in the Game Matters for Fund Directors
A study that looks at whether board structure effects fund performance hit the radar screen of personal fund columnist Chuck Jaffe over the weekend. The study -- Does Skin in the Game Matter -- was authored by four college professors and claims to show that funds in which the directors are also shareholders outperform those in which they are not...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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844 Funds Cut Fees in 2004
Fund shareholders are paying less in many cases, according to newly released data from Lipper Analytics. The study made the rounds of the media, including the Wall Street Journal, on Monday...
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Armada Takes Four From Harris
National City's Armada Funds has lured a team of investment professionals from Harris Investment Management to cover structured equities and manage its small and mid-cap portfolios. The four new hires are Hitesh Patel, Paul Kleinaitis, Rob Roquitte, and Steven Greiner.
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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NASD Expected to Fine Edward Jones
The NASD may ask Edward D. Jones & Co. to pay a fine of $1.7 million as part of a settlement of allegations that the St. Louis brokerage improperly sold B shares to some customers who would have been better off purchasing A shares instead. The brokerage firm would also have to pay restitution to its customers who purchased the shares.
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Monday, April 4, 2005
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Cigna Adds Consultant Relations Pro
The provider is replacing a recently promoted exec with a Watson Wyatt consultant...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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Russell Lassos GoldK Sales Pro
The manager-of-managers has tapped the GoldK vet to support its Principal partnership in the Northeast...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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Do Fund Investors Really Favor Male Managers?
A widely reported on study says they do, but the jury is still out (or the evidence is not yet in)...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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SDBA Participants Boost Equity Holdings
A Schwab Corporate Services report shows a reversal in trend from conservative, fixed-income investments to equity as 2002 drew to a close...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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Merrill Sets Record with Preferred Fund
MLIM says it raked in more than $1 billion during the offering period of a new preferred income fund...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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Otter Tail Unifies DC Plans
This diversified, Minnesota-based company has selected one recordkeeper for its various 401(k) plans...
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Friday, April 4, 2003
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401k Survival Kit Available
Dobbs in Bed with Andersen? ... Hancock Adds Analyst Pair ... New Portfolio Team A Mile High ... Rochester Sponsor Awards $16 mm Mandate ... Keeping up with Enron Bills ... Wachovia Boosts Reps 25 percent ... Wasatch Thinks Global ... Oppenheimer Completes Acquisition.
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Thursday, April 4, 2002
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Indy 401k Set for May Launch
A bank fund company has set early May for its roadshow for its individual 401k offering.
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Thursday, April 4, 2002
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This One is for Recordkeepers
Yesterday, we reported on a plan seeking investment options. Now, we have a search for TPAs...
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Thursday, April 4, 2002
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Enron May Not Get New Fiduciary
A Court ruling is causing State Street Bank to reconsider taking on the fiduciary job at Enron...
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Thursday, April 4, 2002
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RICO No Longer Has a Home at New York Life
The judge has dismissed a major portion of a lawsuit against the vendor...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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More Funds, More Fun
California-based research firm secures $3.6 million in venture capital which it will use, in part, to grow its staff...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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150 Out, 1 In
Despite significant layoffs announced last week, the American Skandia is still looking for a sales and marketing veep...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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T. Rowe Hopes to Cut Costs
ManuLife Renews IMSA Membership ... Provident Investment Advisors Hires New Executive ... Schwab Web Program Aggregates Fund Info..
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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RICO No Longer Has a Home at New York Life
The judge has dismissed a major portion of a lawsuit against the vendor...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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T. Rowe Hopes to Cut Costs
ManuLife Renews IMSA Membership ... Provident Investment Advisors Hires New Executive ... Schwab Web Program Aggregates Fund Info..
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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Municipality Issues RFI
A local 457 plan of a major metropolitan area is gearing up for a search...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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Wholesalers Be Wary
With a soft market, a small fund is agressively on the make...
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Wednesday, April 4, 2001
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Participants Unphased by Volatility Says Advice Firms
Today's market roller-coaster has apparently left investors unphased and adviceproviderss are conducting business as usual...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Northern Trust Upgrades Its Web Site
Serge Boccassini, the new director of product development, says the goal is to integrate advice...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Janus Busses in Call Center Help
The rollercoaster ride of the NASDAQ took a stomach-churning dive in the early afternoon today, bottoming out with the tech-heavy index down well over 500 points at 1:30 PM. At this point, The 401kWire.com took a very informal survey of a few of the largest, as well as the most tech-intensive fund companies in order to determine the day's effect on Shareholder Services...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Janus Busses in Call Center Help
In an extremely rocky day in the markets, the MFWire.com took an informal survey of how several fund companies' call center handled the volume...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Just Say "Yes"
Many small businesses are deciding against retirement plans, but do they have all the facts?..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Federated Hires New Global Manager
A Prudential senior managing director is joining Federated Investors to head its global portfolio management unit...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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401(q&a) with Jerry Bramlett, Part 2
The conversation between the head of The 401(k) Company and the 401kWire.com continues. ..
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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401(q&a) with Jerry Bramlett, Part 2
The conversation between the head of The 401(k) Company and the 401kWire.com continues...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Odd Lots, April 4, 2000
House passes tax disclosure rules ... Timing is everything...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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Odd Lots, April 4, 2000
House passes tax disclosure rules ... Timing is everything...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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TIAA-CREF Adding Five Funds
TIAA-CREF is introducing five new mutual funds - two equity and three bond. The new funds bring to 11 the number of offerings from TIAA-CREF mutual funds...
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Tuesday, April 4, 2000
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