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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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REX Makes a Crypto ETF MOVE
The folks at a New England shop are preparing to launch an ETF...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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A Brandywine Alum joins EFE's C-Suite
The new hire will serve as chief investment strategist at the retirement plan managed accounts provider...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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Lopes Resurfaces, Joining a Midwestern RKer
The new hire previously spent a dozen years at TIAA...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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A West Coast RIA Delays Its PEP Debut, And ...
The Bay Area firm is also rebranding its PPP...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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Week In Preview, March 10 - March 16
This week, the teams at ASPPA, Broadridge, EBRI, ERIC, PlanAdviser, Spark, SS&C, WIPN, WP&BC..
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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Week In Preview, March 10 - March 16
This week, the teams at Expect Miracles, ICI, IDC, Irish Funds, MFDF, and WE will host events...
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Monday, March 10, 2025
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A Multi-Boutique Adds a 5th Fund to a 7-Month-Old Suite
The freshly acquired firm has $4 billion in AUMA and half a dozen boutiques...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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Why a 19-Person TPA Chose USRBP
The acquired TPA's chief talks to 401kWire about the freshly closed deal...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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Six Key Retirement Leaders Join SS&C
The tech firm's retirement solutions team gains a COO, a CTO, an automated intelligence initiatives chief, a change management chief, a client officer chief, and a contact center chief...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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Slavic401k Finds an IRA Rollover Ally
The recordkeeper unveils a new partnership...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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Graff Adds a 23-Year ARA Vet to the C-Suite
The trade group parent now has a chief human resources officer...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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A $57B Plunge In One Week
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. flows data...
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Friday, March 10, 2023
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How Can KPAs Better Connect With Women?
My colleague Andrew Lusk shares insights from provider research on women investors...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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Fidelity Leads As 97 Fund Firms Win Big
An industry research organization's team reveals the winners of their 2022 fund awards...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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A $71B-AUA Aggregator Is "Acquiring to Be Better, Not Bigger"
An insurance brokerage's national retirement and wealth chief talks about what he's looking for...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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DoL Will Investigate Crypto In 401ks
The regulatory agency's EBSA team shares their "serious concerns" about using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies inside of DC plans...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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To Boldly Go ... Back to the Office?
Retirement plan providers continue to navigate WFH vs in-person and hybrid work models for their teams as the coronavirus pandemic goes on...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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An Insurer Puts More Chips On a $1.5T-AUM Giant
This week, a mutually owned insurance company increased its stake in a publicly traded asset manager to more than 17 percent...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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Two 401k Startups Win Big
A business publication recognizes 500 employers across different industries...
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Thursday, March 10, 2022
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Why a 34-Year-Old Firm Picked This Buyer
The acquired firm has its own wealth management business and its own mutual funds...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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Biden's DoL Pauses Two ESG-Related Regs
As expected, it looks like the new administration will have a different take than its predecessor...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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A 300-FA Branch TAGs Voya
The recordkeeper is one of the vendors powering a new PEP...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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An Fi360 and M* Alum Takes Over a New Alliance
He now serves as president of a group that brings together recordkeepers, asset managers, and others...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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The U.S. Accounts For 41 Percent of Gender Lens Equity Fund AUM
New research looks at publicly accessible gender lens equity funds worldwide...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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11 Years In, a C-Suiter Leaves a Midwestern Aggregator
An ally steps up temporarily as the firm prepares to search...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021
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RKers Urge Participants to Stay the Course As the Market Shakes
Exacerbated by an oil crisis and the coronavirus, the stock market continues to decline...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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An MF Vet Exits to Cut a New Path
After 14 years, a fundster distribution veteran is leading a different kind of business...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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A Midwestern KPA RIA Adds a Ninth Office
The wealth management and retirement plan advisory shop has offices in six states...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Four Female 401k Insiders Win For Their Influence
An investing publication recognizes women across finance...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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The 33 Most Influential Women In the U.S. Fund Biz
An investing publication puts together a new list of influencers...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Victory's Neeb Hires a Russell Alum
The new hire joins the multi-boutique asset manager's DC I-O team...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2020
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Betterment Partners with ADP
The robo advisor uses payroll to enhance its DC services. ..
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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Paychex Ups a Company Vet to Head 401k
The firm has promoted a long time employee to head the 401(k) unit. ..
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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A Year-Old RIA Acquires a $4B Shop
The freshly combined shop may create its own mutual funds...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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Ascensus Teams Up to Share COIR Compliance
Ascensus' Kathleen Connelly details the firms' approach to handling fiduciary liability when working with plans with less than $50 million in assets. ..
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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Elite Fundsters Dine and Discuss Atop Manhattan
An investing publication gathers execs from its key asset management allies...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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A Regional Sales Director Has Left Pentegra
The wholesaler has worked in financial services for more than three decades. ..
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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ABG Creates Web Content for Clients
ABG recently launched a new web series sharing best practices. ..
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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A KPA Who Manages $115MM Exits a Wirehouse
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) in Charlotte, North Carolina, has left the Thundering Herd to join a new broker-dealer...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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ICI MFIM 2017 Begins This Weekend
On Sunday the mutual fund firm trade group will kick off its annual fundster law conference, this time in SoCal...
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Friday, March 10, 2017
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Five Tips For Training Aspiring KPAs
KPAs aren't born, they're made. Here are some ideas on how to groom the next generation of talent at your practice...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Two Midwestern Shops Seal a Stable-Value-Watching Alliance
A tools provider and an RIA (full of KPAs) team up to help other KPAs better understand and evaluate all three types of stable value funds...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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SANDAG Seeks an RIA
The custodian of the 457 plan will soon learn of its new partner. ..
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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ClearPoint Adds Another Washington Office
A Washington-based 401(k) plan fiduciary expands its book of business...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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New Name, Same Voice For Fundsters
A 13-year-old Gotham communications shop that works with asset managers has rebranded...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Next Up For This $2B Alt Fund Shop: New Hires In Sales, Marketing, and Research
A Midwestern mutual fund startup's chief adds a COO. Now he's looking for a SoCal wholesaler, another national account, and more...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Why Do Participants Value Managed Accounts?
If an employee does not have access to, know about or understand managed accounts, Fidelity is out to change that. ..
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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A $5B Oil Plan Sponsor Cuts 401k Match
One of the leading oil manufacturers and oil field companies slashes some of its employee benefits...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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TRA Seeks Wholesalers
The Retirement Advantage is looking to expand its sales team...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Fundster Charity: Mansueto and T. Rowe Make New Donations
The Morningstar founder and the Baltimore mutual fund shop both pledged contributions this week...
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Blame The Stock Market for Investor Jitters
Wells Fargo and Gallup identify that investor and retirement optimism is at a two-year low. ..
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
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Who Will Lead Voya's Retirement Biz?
Rod Martin is searching...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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This Texas KPA Gets Lassoed Into a Legacy
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) in the Dallas area just joined a new shop!..
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Financial Engines Now Has Access to $1T
The managed account giant crosses a milestone in terms of the assets of its clients. Its AUM now surpasses $100B...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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This ETF CEO Plans a Distro Expansion
The move comes after the MidAtlantic-based shop launched its third ETF...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Merrill Brings Back a Key Pershing Exec
The wirehouse hires a mutual fund ally from the BNY Mellon clearing giant...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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401kDIRECT Welcomes a Prez
Dave Wade, founder and CEO of Campbell, California-based open architecture retirement plan provider 401kDIRECT, just revealed the new president and chief marketing officer!..
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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What Makes a DC Plan Successful?
Little attention is paid to the overall objectives and applying measurable criteria for assessing the success of a DC plan, so says DC practice director of New York-based Sibson Consulting...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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TIAA-CREF Scores an OK Mega Plan
The win is thanks to another plan sponsor deciding to consolidate down to a single RKer relationship..
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Snoop Dogg Talks 401k
With their mind on their money and their money on their minds, rapper Snopp Dogg and San Fransisco "angel investor" Ron Conway teamed up to call for 401(k) participants to divest from the gun industry...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Schwab Faces a Revived Index Fund Lawsuit
A federal appeals court brings back from the dead a courtroom battle over investments in a mutual fund...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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Hancock's Arnott Makes Headway in the Core Wars
As many firms mid and large cap to break into alternatives, Hancock is duking it out and gaining marketshare in this core category...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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Guillocheau's Plan for Ascensus' Brand Takes Shape
The 401k RKer and college savings plan shop launches a new branding initiative, complete with a new logo, a new tagline, and more...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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The ERISA Advisory Council Schedules Its First 2014 Meeting
The 15-member advisory council is meeting March 26...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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A $3.9B 401k Plan Sponsor Ups Contributions After a DB Freeze
...and J.P. Morgan stands to benefit. ..
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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Long Welcomes Another SoCal 401k Advisor
A retirement plan specialist joins SageView in its hometown...
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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Can the Bond King Uphold His Throne With Equities?
Can Castle Pimco be rescued with a foray into that other security? ..
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Monday, March 10, 2014
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Active Managers are Left Out of Schwab's Next Gen 401k Picture
The no. 2 executive at Charles Schwab Corp. discusses the firm's new 401k strategy...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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ETFs' Share of Advisors' Assets Jumps
Horsesmouth and kasina reveal what percentage of the average advisors' client assets are in exchange-traded funds...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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McCool Talks About Schwab's New 401k Strategy
Jim McCool took the stage Wednesday at The 401kWire Influencers Summit and talked about the firm's new 401k approach. Expect the new strategy to generate a lot of buzz and debates...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Fido Unveils a Conservative Income Bond Fund
Twenty-year Fidelity veteran James Miller is at the helm of the fund...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Recordkeepers Tell Industry Insiders to Get Over Themselves
Insiders offer a not-too-distant look at recordkeeping in the future..
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Where Will Fiduciary Regs Push Small Plan Fees?
At the 401kWire Influencers Summit, industry insiders discuss the future of retirement plan fiduciaries...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Wells Fargo Reaches a Milestone
Wells Fargo puts the finishing touches on its conversion. ..
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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DC Plans Outformed DB in '09
Yet pensions beat out 401ks in 2008...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Alston & Bird Taps a PBGC Alum
The national law firm hires a new partner for its ERISA litigation practice...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Ascensus Appoints a New South Central Wholesaler
A former OneAmerica wholesaler is taking over the South Central region for Ascensus...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Lincoln Boosts its DC Sales Team
A pair of Guardian and John Hancock wholesalers joins Lincoln's sales team...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Gross 'Exorcised' Treasuries
The star Pimco manager reportedly gets out of his U.S. debt holdings...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Is Your ETF on Schwab's List?
Schwab has put together a select list of 48 ETFs...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Russell Snags an AllianceBernstein Exec
There's a new DC head at Russell...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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MSSB Slims Down a Bit
The wirehouse reportedly plans to lay off 200 to 300 trainees and low-production advisors...
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Thursday, March 10, 2011
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Borzi Confirms that Target-Date Guidance is in the Works
The EBSA chief confirms that the DoL and SEC are working on guidance aimed at fiduciaries, plan participants and investors...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Unified Fund Services' New Prez Hunts for Fresh Talent
The new president of the Indianapolis-based mutual fund servicer plans to hire at least 10 people in the coming months...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Fortune Talks to the Former '$70 Billion Man'
Fundsters following the twists and turns of the TCW-Jeff Gundlach feud would be interested in Mina Kimes' lengthy Fortune article...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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A Regional TPA Ascends to the National Stage
The Ascensus-owned TPA is tapping its parent's distribution muscle to expand its reach beyond the Midwest...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Top 40 Advisor: Barbara Delaney
This Pearl River, New York-based advisor lands in the top 40 DC advisors of 2009 as one of the ten finalists in the mid market...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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A 401k Collaboration Boosts Contributions
Mercer and Synapses team up to raise deferrals for a Mercer client...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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A Mutual Fund Servicer Sees a Change at the Top
The provider of mutual fund administration, accounting and transfer agency services has a new president...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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JPMorgan Wins Money Fund Distribution as Eagle Flees the Biz
Updated | Raymond James' asset manager wants to liquidate its money market funds and point those shareholders to JPMorgan instead...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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The Journal Looks Back at the Dotcom Fund Stars
Like in his MarketWatch piece, a Journal reporter takes a look at three managers who lived through the tech bust..
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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Ohio Public Employees Retirement System Extends its Contract with its Plan Provider
The two plans hold approximately $200 million of assets for 16,500 participants...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Edward Jones Taps a DC Chief, Looks to Partner
The brokerage giant brings a retirement veteran on-board...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Another Firm is Exiting the Mutual Fund Business
The North Dakota-based firm will instead focus on its broker-dealer division...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Dreyfus Searches for a Wholesaler
The New York-based Bank of New York Mellon subsidiary is in the midst of a search to fill a sales post in Texas...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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OppFunds Appoints a Head of High Grade Fixed Income
The investment manager is also in the process of centralizing all fixed income portfolio management, trading and analyst functions in its New York office...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Fidelity Kicks Off a Financial Guidance Program
As part of the program, Fidelity is hosting weekly Webinars and regional in-person seminars for plan participants...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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AUL Beefs Up its RIA Support
The Midwestern provider unveils a new initiative geared towards fee-based advisors...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Murphy Installs a GPS at Fidelity
Kathy Murphy unveils Fidelity's financial guidance program called Guide to Personal Savings...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Al Frank Taps a Biz Dev Exec
The California boutique adds an SVP to its management team...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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A Fund Chief Prepares a Temporary Departure
A California asset manager will bid adieu to its CEO for a year...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Schwab Puts a Long Short Fund on Sale
The brokerage giant reduces the expense ratio for one mutual fund...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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A New BGI Guide Points Advisors to Firms Offering ETF Portfolios
BGI executives on Monday unveiled the first of what would be a quarterly publication for advisors looking for information on third-party managers offering model ETF portfolios...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Vanguard Blocks Contributions to a Fund
Late last month, even existing investors lost the ability to buy more of the fund in question...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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Nuveen Plans to Issue a New Form of Security
In Tuesday's WSJ Fund Track column, Daisy Maxey reports on the Chicago-based investment manager's plan to issue a new security that will serve as an alternative to some auction-rate preferred shares...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
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kasina Hires Ex-Prof to Advance Intellect
kasina has tapped a new thinker-in-chief...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Key BenefitStreet Deal May Be At Hand
The first of five TPA sales may be down to one finalist .....
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Earlier Deal May Slip Through BenefitStreet Fingers
... Meanwhile, sources say a finalist in a second deal may be getting cold feet .....
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Advisor Packs Hunt TPA Deal
... and a third BenefitStreet TPA is said to draw interest from unusual suspects...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Spitzer Caught in Late Night Trading Ring
Fund industry insiders have a cause for schadenfreude this afternoon...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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SunTrust Draws More Company Stock Flak
Another law firm prepares to pile on the Atlanta bank over its DC plan.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Old Mutual Launches Target Portfolios
Old Mutual is following the path its CEO set out last October...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Northern Trust Taps New Asset Servicing Head
Northern Trust chooses Jon Dunham to head up its North America Asset Servicing Sales...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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New York B-D Gives CDO Writers a Second Chance
While most b-ds are getting out of the CDO business, Guggenheim Capital Markets is expanding its efforts...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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STI Classic Funds to Get a New Moniker
The adviser to the STI Classic Funds is changing its name and the fund family is set to follow suit...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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NPH Puts the Focus on Practice Management
National Planning Holdings has tapped Erik Feldman to as vice president of practice management...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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DoL Postpones Hearing on Proposed Fee Disclosure Reg
Labor officials have rescheduled the hearing on the proposed service provider disclosure regulation to the end of the month...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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American Funds, Cali AG End Litigation
The standoff between California attorney general, Edmund Brown and Capital Research and Management Company, adviser to the American Funds, ended last month...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Auditing Consultant: Two Businesses Under One Roof?
A Texas firm audits advisors, but some are afraid it also competes with them.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Putnam Director Joins Columbia Management
Paul Quistberg has been hired by BofA's Columbia Management Group...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Fifth Third, Touchstone Trim Fund Lineups
The two Cincinnati-based fund managers each implemented a fund merger last month...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
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Rising Cash Levels Not a Market Call
A number of famed value fund managers appear to be finding it hard to put their cash to work. The rising cash levels in the fund are reported to represent a lack of investment opportunities and not a belief that the stock market is headed for a fall...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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International Paper Eyes REITs
International Paper may be ready to add real estate to its $4.2 billion 401(k) plan. The plan sponsor is reportedly looking at whether it can unitize the $520 million real estate portion of its defined benefit plan...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Fidelity Said to Kick Tires on a 401k Deal
The Boston Behemoth is said to be considering a deal that would strengthen its TPA service capabilities so it can better do battle with Schwab...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Could Simple Loans Boost 401k Savings?
Those at Reserve Solutions say that they can make the case that their product will increase savings. That product also makes it easier for participants to borrow funds...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Deutsche AM Adds Alpha to Stable Value Fund
Are plan sponsors ready for an alpha kick? Deutsche AM thinks so...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Asset Managers Pour Into India
Lured by regulatory changes, foreign asset managers are scrambling to set up shop in India...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Gorman Leaves MS Branch Chiefs Smiling
The bad news that many feared when Morgan Stanley lured James Gorman from Merrill may not be so bad after all...
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RS Partners Managers Cautious About Year Ahead
They're betting growth in corrections and education can keep them successful in tight times...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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ManuLife Shops
John Hancock chief says the Canadian insurer is looking towards its next big move...
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Friday, March 10, 2006
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Who Will Take Roye's Place?
Although William Donaldson is running out of time to name a replacement for Paul Roye, the SEC chief is not finding much luck, reports the WSJ...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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DeAM's Top Dog Continues Shakeup
Kevin Parker, the head of Deutsche Asset Management, is continuing to make changes to DeAM's executive suite...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Wachovia Adds Sponsor Tools
The provider looks for value add...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Marsh & McLennan Swaps Recordkeeper
Is the move ill-timed?..
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Seattle Firm Kremes Doughnut Maker
The law firm investigation has lead to an ERISA lawsuit..
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Schwab Rollovers Stay In-House
The solution will also be offered to non-Schwab clients...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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McCool Appointed to DoL's ERISA Council
Chao appoints five new members to the ERISA Advisory Council...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Scott + Scott Files Auto Parts Maker 401(k) Suit
Fiduciaries of the auto parts maker now faces at least one lawsuit and four investigations related to company stock in the 401(k) plan...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Rollover Platform Inks New Deals
Wealth Management Systems will offer a rollover solution to Newkirk and others...
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Marsh is in the Swamp over Mercer IC
Marsh McLennan admits that regulators are examining compensation practices in Mercer IC's retirement business...
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Thursday, March 10, 2005
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Putnam Tries to Reassure Clients
The fund giant gets the word out on its newly lowered fees and increased disclosure...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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Did 401ks Come Up Short?
The defined contribution is all grown up, but is it meeting its goals? A new book lays out a Democrat friendly reform of the system...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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NYLIM Wins Two Plans
NYLIM Retirement Plan Services will manage two plans as company moves from unbundled to bundled environment...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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ING Reaches Out to Advisors
ING will heighten awareness of its products and services with a program targeting 401(k) advisors...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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SEC Looks Into Dutch Annuity Underwriters
ING and Aegon both admit to receiving requests for information from U.S. investigators...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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Excessive Termination Fee Leads to Lawsuit
An ERISA attorney is readying a suit against a 401k provider alleging unreasonable fees...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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BofA Settles with SEC for $10 Million
The Bank of America underwriting unit settles charges that it violated securities recordkeeping requirements...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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SEC Asks State Street for Info
The information requests are continuing as the SEC was one of at least two federal bodies asking State Street for info...
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Wednesday, March 10, 2004
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Funds will be Center of Attention Wednesday
The breakpoint report may be a part of the Oxley Hearings while fund reporters will miss their annual lunch...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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New Orleans Provider Cuts a Handful of Wholesalers
The insurance-backed provider remains committed to recordkeeping services, but trims its sales efforts amid dour financial market conditions...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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UK Bank Lands BoNY CIO for North America
The British bank taps the executive as part of an effort to build its North American business...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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Alliance Names CEO
The firm is making room at the top as Bruce Calvert hands over the CEO title...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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Industry Players Move to Meet DB-DC Demand
As the trend for the combo DB-DC approach moves down market, more industry players aim to get into the act...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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Marketing Pro Spearheads Training Program
Industry veteran, entrepreneur Charlie Epstein leads a seminar program for 401(k) marketers...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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ManuLife Gives a Break on 529
The insurer is offering discounts on the program it distributes for T. Rowe Price and Alaska...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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Invesmart Adds A Sales Pro
The Pittsburgh-based firm hires a new sales consultant for its Houston office...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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What is the Gang at Fidelity Thinking?
People are scratching their heads over Fidelity relying on 77-4 ... meanwhile buyers have an opportunity to take two new era firms of the hands of the VCs...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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Liz Claiborne Not Searching
The North Jersey clothing concern says it is not yet ready to search for a new recordkeeper...
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BISYS Upgrades Web Capabilities
The outsourced recordkeeper consolidates investment planning and education tools under a unified online suite to help firms create a unique market presence...
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Monday, March 10, 2003
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AmEx Expands Fund Offerings for Qualified Plans
The Minneapolis-based 401(k) provider is increasing fund offerings, changing fees and offering new perks...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Growing Bank ISO Marketer
Deutsche Bank is looking to replace a departed marketing director...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Crutchfield Resigns As CEO Of First Union
Health reasons force him to step aside; G. Kennedy Thompson to succeed...
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Crutchfield Resigns As CEO Of First Union
Health reasons force him to step aside; G. Kennedy Thompson to succeed...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Total Self-Direction in 401(k) Plans: What, Why, and Why Not
This article is the second in a three part series discussing issues dedicated to participant control in 401(k) plans...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Legg Mason Acquires Canadian Money Manager
Legg Mason's acquisition of Perigee will help both companies increase their presence on the other side of the border...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Citizens Hires New Sales Manager
New Hampshire's Citizens Funds is bringing a new national sales manager on board...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Odd Lots, March 10, 2000
Investors want the Nasdaq ... Fidelity enters far east for 401(k)s ... IAI closes fund while lawsuit pends ... AIM closes Mid-cap opportunity fund ... Freemont closes US Micro-Cap...
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Odd Lots, March 10, 2000
Investors want the Nasdaq ... Fidelity enters far east for 401(k)s ... IAI closes fund while lawsuit pends ... AIM closes Mid-cap opportunity fund ... Freemont closes US Micro-Cap...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Small Bytes: New CFO at Bowne Internet Solutions
The 401kWire.com takes its weekly look at the comings and goings of the retirement and related industries...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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AIM to Close Fund
Well folks, another one bites the dust. This time AIM Advisors is closing one of its funds as it hits the maximum assets allowable...
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Friday, March 10, 2000
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Midwest Firm in Deliberations
Hutchinson, Kansas-based Dillon Companies is evaluating its 401(k) plan and considering whether or not to pursue changes, an official with knowledge of the plan told the 401kWire.com. The plan has $469 million in assets and 7,000 participants...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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Fido Opens Doors on Two Funds
While Fidelity Investments has no plans to re-open Magellan, Contrafund and other partially closed plans, they will reopen two funds, closed last year, to new investors...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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VALIC Debuts Mutual Funds
American General Retirement (aka VALIC) is offering its first family of mutual funds to the retirement market...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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Moving on Up at Key
Carol Peter, previously vice president of marketing for KeyCorp's institutional asset services, has been named senior vice president of participant services. She will be in charge of all communications and education for 401(k) participants in client firms...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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Gabelli Board OK's Stock Buyback
Yes, you read the headline right. Just weeks after it pulled off its IPO Gabelli has authorized a stock repurchase of up to $3 million of its stock...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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Odd Lots, March 10, 1999
Some funds turn to "redemptions in kind" to ease tax burdens, but procedural issues prevent the practice from becoming too widespread...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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VALIC Debuts Mutual Funds
American General's Retirement Services Division (also known as VALIC and American General Annuity) is now offering a family of 23 mutual funds to its retirement clients. The new funds -- dubbed the American General Fund Group -- are intended primarily for the 403(b) and 457 plan markets...
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Wednesday, March 10, 1999
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Sealright Heads for State Street
De Soto, KS-located Sealright Co. bundled its $27 million 401(k) plan with State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). The plan's recordkeeper had been Kansas City-based UMB Banks reports Win Zoellner, assistant treasurer. Fidelity Investments and Travelers had acted as investment managers, according to the Money Market Directory. Sealright will use the State Street Solutions product and offer eight investment options that cover the spectrum of risk, says Zoellner. ..
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Tuesday, March 10, 1998
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Mid-Sized Pension Management Conference
Selecting, Monitoring Managers A Key Theme at Conference
More than 500 plan sponsors and providers packed the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Francisco yesterday to hear speakers at Mid-Sized Pension Management Conference. Among the themes of the conference have been how to choose and monitor investment funds, education, and exercising fiduciary responsibilities...
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Tuesday, March 10, 1998
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