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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Shah Picks a "Rare Talent" In SoCal As No. 2
EFE's chief is hiring a veteran retirement plan industry executive as the 401(k) managed account and wealth management RIA's president...
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Monday, June 9, 2025
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A 35-Year-Old Gotham Shop Soars Into ETF Country
The folks at a single-strategy, $24-billion-AUM, institutional asset manager are preparing to launch an exchange traded fund...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Reader Rating: 4
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Long Found a San Diego Deal
The SageView team is close to bringing on board a veteran pair of KPAs...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Reader Rating: 5
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NFP Agrees to Buy a 41-Year-Old Producing TPA
The target firm has a team of 17 across KPA, wealth management, and third-party administrator business...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Ramirez Stands By ForUsAll's Crypto Ally
The retirement plan provider's chief confirms that they're sticking with Coinbase, despite an SEC attack earlier this week...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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70 Weeks of Outflows In a Row, and Counting
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Wagner Welcomes a 31-Year DoL Vet
A longtime federal government ERISA litigator goes private after retiring from EBSA earlier this year...
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Friday, June 9, 2023
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Provide Some Choice After Winning the Plan
My colleague Andrew passes along some perspective on what to do after landing a client...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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After 30+ Years, a Fund Back Office Exec Retires
She spent more than seven years with her most recent employer...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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ForUsAll V. DoL
A 401(k) startup is suing a federal regulator over recent guidance related to investing in cryptocurrencies through retirement plans...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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A Startup Fiduciary Preps Its First PEP
The PEP will have sleeves run by different 3(38)s...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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With a $20MM Grant, an RKer Celebrates 50 Years
A retirement plan provider is creating a foundation to support communities...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Suisse Street?
SSGA's parent is reportedly planning to bid for a publicly traded multinational, one that also has an asset management arm...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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EACH Rings in a Decade and a Half
The firm powers a couple of industry trade groups...
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Thursday, June 9, 2022
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A $76B-AUM AM Targets the Biology Revolution
A publicly traded fund firm adds an ETF to its Megatrends series...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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A Veteran 401k Engineer Joins an RKer and a Rollover Shop
The new hire previously seven years with another ABG member firm...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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FDI Builds a Three-Step Rollover Process For the New Reg Reality
The retirement plan-focused research and technology firm long known for its plan benchmarking capabilities is making a big push to support B-Ds, RIAs, recordkeepers, and other firms as they adapt to the changing fiduciary environment in light of the DoL's latest updates...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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In Florida, a 401k Vet Launches Her NEXT Venture
The exec has spent 25 years with a recordkeeper and advisory firm...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Five Active Equity ETFs and Counting At a $1.59T-AUM AM
The publicly traded fund firm debuted its first active ETFs last August...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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What's Next For BPAS?
The RKer's new chief hints at what's coming soon from the provider...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
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Reader Rating: 4.4
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A New Jersey TPM Adds a Marketer
Watch for the new team to move in a new office and further expand soon...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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An IT Outsourcing Giant's U.S. Retirement Chief Passes the Reins
The move comes a year and a half after the multinational bought an ally to U.S. recordkeepers...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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Many Participants Would Rather Clean Than Review Their 401ks
However of these individuals surveyed, a majority trust that the best course of action during volatile times is to "stay."..
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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A Top M* Alum Will Advise a Fin Wellness Shop
The SoCal-based firm adds to its board of directors...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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After 11 Years, a Subadvised Shop's Chief Passes the Reins
A new CEO started yesterday, and the outgoing chief is expected to retire at the end of 2020...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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Six Wednesdays, Two Trade Groups, One Conference
A pair of defined contribution industry groups are teaming up for a multi-week, online-only event...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2020
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A Royal Value Shop Celebrates a Crystal Anniversary
These funds were launched fifteen years ago next week.....
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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The Fiduciary Rule Applicability Date is Officially Here! Now What?
What is the fate of 401(k) plan advisors (KPAs) now that the applicability date for the DoL fiduciary rule still stands?..
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Reader Rating: 1
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Vanguard's Strategy Chief Passes the Reins
A managing director is retiring from the crew in late July.....
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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A KPA Shop Launches Fiduciary Marketing Campaign
The new fiduciary rule calls for a marketing campaign... ..
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - June 9, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings...
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Higginbotham Adds to Employee Benefits Team
John Garcia is the newest addition to the team at the independent Texas firm. ..
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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The Fiduciary Rule Era Arrives, Sort of, But Will It Last?
Today the DoL's fiduciary reg starts taking effect. Yet the regulator has provided caveats, full implementation is still a ways off, and members of Congress are trying to undo the reg...
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Rker Gifts Plan Participants
A Pennsylvania-based recordkeeper has launched a new service to help contribute to 529 plans...
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Reader Rating: 3
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Clayton Officially Appoints Two Top Cops at the SEC
It's official, the Division of Enforcement has two new directors.....
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2
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Three KPA Takeaways From Pershing INSITE
In the DC biz, everyone has talked ERISA and DoL stuff for years. With the fiduciary reg looming, the retail wealth management folks are starting to wake up to this space. Pershing is pushing B-Ds, RIAs, and FAs to pay attention to 401(k)...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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This Texas KPA Chose CapFinancial
A Dallas, Texas 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) has switched broker-dealers...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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A Focused Boutique Debuts a Second Fund and Prepares to Hire
Yet don't expect this five-year-old, NoCal mutual fund shop to launch "a plethora of strategies."..
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Ascensus Will Offer LPL's 3(38) Solution
One of the nation's largest retirement plan providers for post-secondary institutions is teaming up with LPL Financial. ..
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Goodyear Retirement Plans Are in New Hands
A new trustee has been named amid a shift to a different plan sponsor...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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President Obama Vetoes Congress' Anti-Fiduciary Bill
Three weeks later, the Obama Administration responds to Congress' anti-fiduciary regulation...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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Vanguard Sees a Rise in 401k Participation Even As Contributions Falter
The investment management firm revisits the PPA on the 10 year anniversary of when the legislation took shape. ..
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Greg Johnson Expects More Mid-Size Asset Manager Mergers
The Franklin chief talks to the FT...
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Thursday, June 9, 2016
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Reynolds Predicts More Deals, But Integration Is Empower's Focus
The Great-West and Putnam chief speaks to reporters after his big speech in Washington...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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Reader Rating: 2.57
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Reynolds Sees Real Hope For Honest 401k Arithmetic in Washington
The Putnam and Great-West chief shares a vision for "workplace savings 4.0."..
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.75
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The BrightScope Bros Take On M*
A SoCal data specialist known for its information on advisors and 401(k) plans tackles another piece of the business: mutual funds, and the fund shops that offer them...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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M* Smiles On Just 2 Funds
Analysts at the mutual fund ratings giant upgraded a pair of mutual funds last month, while they downgraded eight funds...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015
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408b2 2.0: Campbell Lays Out the Concerns
Tomorrow is the last day to comment on the proposed guide or table of contents for the DoL's 401k fee disclosure regs that took effect two years ago...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Frank Gregory Takes Over Distro for a Rising Fund Firm
The ex-Lord Abbett DC I-O chief joins a Volunteer State mutual fund shop as its first chief distribution officer...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Pershing's Bolton: Low Fees, No Transactions Are the Future
The managing director of Pershing's mutual fund platform business says that fund firms are switching share classes and waiving transaction fees. Pershing's non-transaction platform is seeing explosive growth, which will accelerate with the FundVest 200 list...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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A Western RKer Adds Two in the East
A recordkeeper based in Portland, Oregon just added two new retirement plan consultants to its team...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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SEI: Sponsors Are Likely to Increase Alts Exposure
An new survey published by SEI finds that sponsors will likely adopt alts exposure over the next 18 months, although not probably not as a stand-alone menu option. ..
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Borzi Reopens a Comment Period on TDF Disclosure
The EBSA chief wants feedback on TDF disclosure. ..
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Kublin and Co. Kick Off Their First Conference
An upstate NY RKer will begin its first partner conference this afternoon at a hotel outside Washington, D.C...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Seen & Heard: INSITE 2014
The Pershing conference offered a cornucopia of IQ-candy for over 2,300 attendees. Fundsters take note, Pershing means to shake up the fund distribution space...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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A New RKing Software Player Rolls Out Its Platform
Two clients have already signed on, and the tech firm is currently looking for more...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 2.4
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Schlichter Wins Class Action Status in Another Excessive-Fee Suit
Jerry Schlichter won class-action certification for current and former participants in the suit Krueger v. Ameriprise Financial. ..
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3
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Is Vanguard Sinking Fido's 401(k) Battleship?
Low fee strategies win a victory in yet another major channel. The low-cost giant now manages more DC-assets than the Boston Behemoth...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fitts and a Social Media Ally Offer Advisors an In
This 401k marketing and social media guru teams up yet again with a company focused on archiving social media activity to help advisors deal with compliance and the like...
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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Berkowitz Talks to the Crowd
Bruce Berkowitz makes a keynote appearance at the Morningstar conference...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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DWS' Real Estate Sibling Finds a DC I-O Chief
A retirement plan industry vet jumps from one side of the asset manager to another...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Gannett Welsh Promotes Three
The firm has named two new partners and a new principal...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Mutual of Omaha Tries a New B-D Alliance
The plan provider is expanding its distribution capabilities with a new partner...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 1.33
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Which ETF Provider Has the Best Advisor Support?
kasina and Horsesmouth release new data from a survey about exchange-traded funds...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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An $8.2B DC Plan is Looking for a Few Good Managers
Psst...know any good equity PMs?..
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4
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Morningstar to Launch Forward-Looking Fund Ratings
The Chicago firm plans to roll out the ratings in the fourth quarter...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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BlackRock Hooks 250 Elite Advisors Up to Benchmarking
A wirehouse partners with the I-O giant and a benchmarking specialist...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4
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Metcalfe Recruits an RKing Chief
And rolls out a new retirement product...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Schwab Retirement Exec Returns to the DC Fringe
A benefits administration firm hires a new defined contribution plans director...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Regrets? Not From Bill Gross
The Pimco chief says he's okay over missing the short-term Treasury rally...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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WSJ Fund Track Focus on Fidelity's Long Bets on Longtop
The emerging Chinese integrity stock scandal drags some prominent mutual fund firm names into Wall Street's paper of record...
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
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Neuberger Berman Creditors' Exit Could Involve an IPO
George Walker tells reporters that employees are still looking to increase their stake. Amato confides that the creditors likely exit will involve an IPO somewhere down the road...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Natixis Builds its Advisor-Focused Sales Force
The Boston firm hires four and its searching for a fifth member of its advisor-focused retirement sales team...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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Massey Moves on from Mercer
Shannon Massey takes a job at an asset management firm...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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FRC's Retirement Guru Takes Flight
The Boston-based research firm bids adieu to its retirement analyst...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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McLaren Chooses a New DC Plan Provider
The Michigan-based plan sponsor taps a new provider for its 401k, 457b and 457f plans...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Axa Rosenberg Co-Founders to Sell their Stake
Axa Investment Managers will buy the remaining 25 percent stake in AXA Rosenberg that it doesn't already own...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Vanguard Draws from the Well Again
Vanguard turns to Wellington Management to help run a $2 billion fund...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Stanley Moves Up at Hancock
Rob Stanley has a new role at the Boston-based plan provider...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Deal Boosts Aberdeen's AUM by Half a Billion
Gary Marshall and co. are adding $500 million to their AUM when the transaction becomes complete next month...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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For Some Bond Funds, AUM Surge Doesn't Translate
to a Fee Drop
In today's WSJ Fund Track, Sam Mamudi mentions which among the biggest bond funds have lowered fees and which ones saw an increase...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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Fidelity Keeps Much of the Triangle Intact
Fidelity cut its workforce in Research Triangle Park by 6 percent since the end of 2008...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
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fi360 Moves
The Midwestern fiduciary training experts head to bigger offices at the end of the week...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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A Second Hedge Fund Replicator Hits the ETF Shelves
A new fund is designed to provide global macro and emerging markets strategies...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Lockton Adds Another Retirement Producer
Updated | The Midwestern insurance brokerage expands in its hometown...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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First American Jettisons B Shares in Five of its Funds
Five of the Minneapolis-based fund firm's funds will no longer carry B shares, effective later this month...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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A Top ERISA Law Firm Rebrands
Updated | A prominent business law firm makes some changes...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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A Mid-Market Provider Strives to Keep Participants OnTrack
Plan participants and sponsors gain access to more plan information from a DC vendor...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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The ICI Sees DC and IRA Assets Neck and Neck
The market pain of 2008 hit defined contribution plans and individual retirement accounts about equally as mutual funds lost DC market share...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Rydex|SGI Execs Defend their Family of Alternatives
Speakers focus on the need for education and transparency...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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Alger Hires an Advisor-Focused Marketer
Updated | The new VP joins in SoCal...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Monetta Taps a New Sub-Advisor
Two months after removing one manager, the Midwestern firm taps another...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Consulting Firm Preps Retirement Income Insight
A market research firm plans the next report in a new retirement series...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Old Mutual Plans ETF Launch
The firm is preparing to roll out five ETFs...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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The BlackRock BGI Deal Still Looms
What does this deal mean for the future of money management?..
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Grail Plots Four New Active ETFs
Grail Partners' investment management subsidiary plans to expand its roster of active ETFs, with four new products employing a single-manager approach...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Cap Group Cut Details Emerge in Texas
The American Funds manager slims down a customer service center as part of previously revealed, company-wide staff reductions...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Merrill Lynch Gains Ties to Bear Clearing
The former co-head of Bear's B-D will be joining the firm...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Citigroup Gets Round 1 of Primerica Bids
Citigroup received the first round of bids for its Primerica unit Friday...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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The Auto Plan Meets Paychex
The payroll provider adds one of the PPA-trumpeted options to its DC offering.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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ALPS Woos Reporters in the Big Apple
The executives at the fund servicing firm hold a roundtable for the press and talk about their new asset gathering business model...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Wellpoint Stock Drop Suit Materializes
Four employees have filed suit...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Noble Takes His NRP Allegiance Up a Notch
A Texas advisory firm is the latest to sign on as more than just a member with the SoCal-based network...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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New Merrill Lynch Retirement Chief Committed to 401k
Steve Bodurtha does not rule out being on the buy side as he makes his SPARK debut...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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CitiStreet Alums Launch Private Equity-Backed 403b Acquirer
UPDATED | Two industry veterans look to build a nationwide presence in the K-12 DC marketplace by buying 40 firms.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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New York Company is the Latest Target of a Employee Stock Suit
Another company is the target of a class action suit involving company stock in its 401(k) plan...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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North American Clearing Mess Has Special Significance for Small B-Ds
Small b-ds watched one who had championed their interests fall from grace last month...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Chemical Supplier Wants to Show Total Benefit to Participants
A North Carolina communications specialist wins business from a nearby company to help tell its employees the value of their total compensation and benefits packages...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Signs More Bear Brokers
Morgan Stanley has snagged another team of brokers from Bear Stearns...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Fund Data Specialists POINT to DC With New Product
An electronic prospectus pioneer brings a new offering to retirement plan providers.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Rydex Aims to Take On ProFunds with New Leveraged ETFS
Rydex is making a move to better compete with rival ProFunds...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Lehman Reports Q2 loss of $2.8 Billion
Lehman Brothers made the decision to release a preview of its earnings results for Q2...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Ascensus Streamlines Its Participant Website
The outsourced recordkeeper formerly known as Bisys unveils a beefed up online offering...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Public Sector a Bright Spot as Sales Slow
In his semi-annual Marketplace Update, Bob Wuelfing started SPARK National off on a down note. But he sees a bright spot in the public plan market...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Foreign Currency Exchange-Traded Products Get WSJ Spotlight
The pub gives the upsides and downsides to the new products...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Two Regional Sales Execs Join Schroders
The New York-based asset manager just unveiled new hires for institutional and intermediary sales teams...
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Monday, June 9, 2008
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Round-Up
Dicing up IRAs, a round of golf, and a broker-dealer says "thank you for being a friend." The following sundry items have crossed the MFWire desk in recent days.
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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Vanguard Drops Advisor To Get More William Blair
Pleased with the work William Blair & Company has done on its Vanguard US Growth Fund, Vanguard has signed up the Chicago-based investment manager to help advise its $757 million Vanguard Mid-Cap Growth Fund through a multi-manager arrangement, Vanguard announced Thursday...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Fred Alger Announces Regulatory Settlement
The fund manager has agreed to settle with Eliot Spitzer and the SEC for $40 million...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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New Hampshire Accuses ING of Stonewalling
Granite State regulators claim ING is failing to turn over papers they need in their market-timing and revenue sharing investigation of the state's DC program...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Matrix Nears Deal With Broker-Dealer
The agreement with the "major" broker-dealer could be sealed in the next few weeks...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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401k Plans for Both Sides of the Car?
Limo drivers will soon be in 401ks for car dealers...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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NH Charges ING on MF Dealings
As ING enters hotter water over another state retirement plan, the Wall Street Journal suggests that a new "revenue sharing" mess may be in the making with regard to funds offered on retirement plan platforms...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Morgan Stanley Brings Hedge Product to Smaller Fry
If you have just $100,000 to spare, you're eligible to try out Morgan Stanley's newest offering...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Bank's Fund Business Up For Sale?
A major institution is looking to sell its fund arm, according to reports -- but, despite a passing mention in the New York Times' DealBook almost three weeks ago, the story seems not to have sparked much coverage in industry media...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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PowerShares Powering Ahead
PowerShares has filed with the SEC to launch the bulk of the 35 new ETFs it has said are planned for roll-out this year...
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Friday, June 9, 2006
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New Retirement Bill to be Tied to Larger Reforms
A bipartisan team of two senators from the Finance Committee have put forward a bill to boost retirement savings...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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AERS Hires Sales Exec
The spinning-off company hires a salesman with experience in the defined contribution and stock transfer marketplace...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3
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Sihpol Wrapup: What the Jurors Thought
The jury buys into the defense's story, lock, stock and barrel...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Sihpol Not Guilty!
A Manhattan jury found Theodore Sihpol not guilty on 29 counts of fraud and falsifying business records Thursday afternoon...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Health Issues Plague Sihpol Deliberations
Jurors request more materials and readback of the testimony of Sihpol's former assistant, Andrea Wenner...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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ETFs Expand Reach
The range of exchange-traded funds continues to broaden. Rydex has plans to come out with the first euro-based ETF and BGI has a silver ETF in the works .....
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Citigroup HNW Bank Names CEO
Citigroup's Private Bank has named Damian M. Kozlowski as chief executive officer .....
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Mellon Eyes More Private Wealth Buys
Mellon Financial could be on the warpath for another private wealth manager...
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Alliance Blames Outflows on Lineup, Not Scandals
Alliance Capital president and chief operating officer Gerald Lieberman has an interesting take on the cause of the company's problems over the past few years .....
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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EV Chief Weighs in on Solo Shops
Eaton Vance chief James Hawkes believes asset-management only shops are poised for more success .....
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Thursday, June 9, 2005
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Market-Timing Firms May Settle Soon
The mutual fund trading scandals may finally be winding down. Sources say that Bank One, Invesco and Conseco could settle as soon as this month...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Class Action Firm Targets BISYS
Scott & Scott alleges that the outsourcing firm hurt investors by issuing false and misleading financial statements...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Jersey Sponsor Gives Nod to Homestate Provider
Prudential Retirement will provide retirement services for four Arch America companies...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Fido Adds Services for Retirees
As the first wave of baby boomers approaches retirement, Fidelity moves to have a program in place to serve their financial planning needs...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Regulators Examine Variable Products
The SEC and the NASD issues a report reviewing variable annuities and variable insurance sales practices...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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DailyVest Promises Speedy Return Calculations
The provider of personal rate of return information for plan providers rolls out a batch-processing engine...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Pru Retirement Names Marketing Chief
The hire appears to mark the consolidation of ex-Cigna executives at the top of Prudential Retirement...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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AXA on the Acquisition Trail
The Alliance Capital parent reemphasizes interest in acquisitions, internal growth...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Janus Combats Out Flows
Fund firm hopes performance, advertising and sales efforts will save the day...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Spitzer Tips His Hand
The New York State Attorney General sees fewer financial services cases -- excepting hedge funds -- on the horizon...
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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Bridgeway Elects Director and Names Partners
The firm has tapped a senior executive from Hewlett Packard and landed a marketer from AIM...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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Portfolio Managers Key to Multi-manager Effort
An ICMA RC senior executive offers insights into the sub-advisor search process at his firm...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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Sponsors Are Looking Again
It was a long time coming, but it looks like search activity is once again on the upswing...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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MassMutual Taps CIGNA Retirement Exec
The Financial Group has named a new vice president of Annuity Finance & Chief Actuary...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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BISYS Offers Proxy Service Solution
The firm has partnered with a proxy-service specialist to address new SEC regulatory requirements...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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The Principal Simplifies Rollovers
The new program aims to make it easier for job changers and retirees to integrate their retirement plans...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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Invesmart Taps a Pair of Client Services Pros
The provider expands its staff to meet growing demand for its DB, DC and combo services...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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GE Trimming Lineup
GE Asset Management will close seven funds that have failed to catch on with investors...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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Scudder Adds to Advocate VA Family
The asset manager has teamed up with Travelers on the products...
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Monday, June 9, 2003
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Small Bytes: Lincoln Names VA Head
This feature appears Fridays on the The MutualFundWire.com to provide quick news bytes about the week's happenings at mutual fund and related financial service companies...
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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Week of June 5, 2000
The Week in Searches
We take our weekly look at searches reported elsewhere...
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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Franklin Templeton Seeks to Fill Slot
New opportunities for a retirement specialist abound in Southern California...
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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Franklin Templeton Seeks to Fill Slot
New opportunities for a retirement specialist abound in Southern California...
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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June 9, 2000
Is Lehman wooing Fidelity? ... Vanguard v. S&P possible impact ... MaxRatings weight more than performance ... Can Reamer turn UAM around?..
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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June 9, 2000
Is Lehman wooing Fidelity? ... Vanguard v. S&P possible impact ... MaxRatings weight more than performance ... Can Reamer turn UAM around?..
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Friday, June 9, 2000
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Spectrem Sales Director Moves to BFDS
The exec in charge of retirement sales for the Spectrem Group is now a vice president of mutual fund operations at BFDS...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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New DC Program for Unions
Trust Fund Advisors, Inc. is launching a bundled defined contribution service for unions that have members at multiple employers, a Cathy Humphrey, vice president of investment services marketing, told the 401kWire.com. Previously, such an offering would have been difficult to administer, but new technologies make the product possible, or so the firm believes...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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Aetna Upgrades Website
Following the announcement of its new alliance with 401k Forum, Aetna has redesigned its website for its defined contribution clients and participants, Steve Braun, head of Internet strategy at the firm, told the 401kWire.com. The goal of the vendor is to provide enhanced capabilities to support customer needs, particularly in the area of advice and education...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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Evergreen President to Retire
First Union-owned Evergreen Funds will have a new president next month as its current president and senior portfolio manager will step down...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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Fidelity Targets Brokers for Small 401k Plans
Fidelity is rolling out an enhanced version of its small plan product designed to help brokers hit their sales targets...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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Odd Lots, June 9, 1999
Will Barclay's pull off an exchange traded open-ended fund? ... How one small fund went under ... The basics of securities lending. ..
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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401Kafe Alliances
The network of advice alliances just keep getting more and more complex. In its latest move, 401k Forum of San Francisco, California has formed partnerships to distribute to a number of websites, David Peckman, vice president of marketing for the firm, told the 401kWire.com...
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Wednesday, June 9, 1999
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USS-POSCO Industries Taps Lazard & Invesco
Pittsburgh, CA-located USS-POSCO Industries, a joint venture of U.S. Steel Group of USX Corp. and Pohang Iron & Steel Company of Korea, has recently made some changes to its mutual fund lineup for its two 401(k) plans, Mariane Smith, manager of employee benefits, told the 401kWire. The two plans have approximately $13 million in assets with between 600 and 700 participants...
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Tuesday, June 9, 1998
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Nations Fund Distributor Adds Sales Head
Stephen’s Inc., distributor of the Nations Funds family of NationsBank has tapped Walter R. Lewis as its national director of institutional retirement sales the company announced today. The move is part of an effort by Nations Funds to strengthen its investment management presence in the defined contribution market. ..
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Tuesday, June 9, 1998
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Pilgrim Baxter Adds 401k Alliance Staff
Pilgrim Baxter & Associates Inc. has recently added two members to its institutional group as a part of an effort to build its 401(k) and pension business, according to a report on the Bloomberg news service. The two new hires are Ed Mooney, hired from Morley Capital in Lake Oswego, OR, and Don Pepin, who joined the firm from SEI Investments...
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Tuesday, June 9, 1998
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Norwest, Wells Fargo Merger is a One-Sided 401k Affair
Yesterday’s announced merger of Norwest Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. will create the nation’s seventh largest bank, but, like other recent bank mega-mergers, it may not have a great impact on the 401(k) market. ..
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Tuesday, June 9, 1998
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