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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Bill Miller Bets On a SoCal Startup's 1st ETF
A 13-year TCW veteran is launching his new boutique's first fund...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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McInnes Partners With a 16Y Pru Vet
The new hire most recently led a Prudential unit south of the border and previously served in a leadership role in the insurer's recordkeeping business...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Most State and Local Govs Haven't Adjusted Their DC Benefits Lately
New provider research suggests that the most common recent government retirement plan changes are increases in contribution levels...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Preovolos Hires a CT TPA Tech Vet
The New England executive takes on a newly created role at PenChecks, which is based in Southern California..
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Krug, Giroux, Danoff, and Booth Win Big
An industry research giant's team publicly lauds three mutual fund PMs and one fund firm...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Did 401ks Dodge a One Big Beautiful Bill Bullet?
Updated | ERISA legal eagles and DC industry insiders say that the omnibus legislation mostly leaves the retirement plan industry alone...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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The Answer to Your ETF AUM Problem Starts With Marketing
A marketing ally to fundster offers pointers to folks looking to make a splash with new ETFs...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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A Principal Alum Joins Pac Life This Week, And ...
Watch for Oler to add four more folks to his team soon, too...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Voya Teams Up With a USRBP Shop
The two firms are rolling out a new PEP...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Week In Preview, July 8 - July 14
This week, the teams at the DoL, EBRI, ERIC, ERISApedia, P&I, and Spark will host events...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Week In Preview, July 8 - July 14
This week, the teams at BNY Mellon, ICI, J.P. Morgan, Stradley Ronon, Thrivent, and WE will host events...
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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Long-Term Outflows Fall to $8B
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, July 8, 2022
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71,000 Plans, 17MM Participants, and Counting
A recordkeeper brought in about $62 billion in retirement plan sales in the first half of 2022, and more than 2,000 new client mandates...
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Friday, July 8, 2022
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Reader Rating: 3
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Despite Rising Inflation, Participant Deferrals Rise
Loans and hardship withdrawals also became more prevalent...
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Friday, July 8, 2022
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$1.292B Inflows In a Single Quarter
An eight-year-old shop just had its biggest quarter ever...
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Friday, July 8, 2022
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A 6.1MM-Participant RKer's Chief Will Lead Its Parent
The handoff is scheduled for the beginning of next year, with the outgoing CEO staying on for a while as executive chairman...
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Friday, July 8, 2022
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A $109B-AUM AM Launches Its First Small Cap Fund
The new fund is PMed by a team that the firm lifted out in April...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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23 Years In, a Fido VP Departs
The exec served in the research and insights group within workplace investing...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A 35-Year-Old TPA Buys a 16-Year-Old One
The acquirer has a team of 26 supporting about 1,000 plans...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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An Arizona TPA Acquires In SoCal
The deal brings on a five-person team with about 400 plans...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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11 U.S. Fundsters Win Praise as LGBT+ Allies
The execs, who hail from seven fund firms, are among those on a new top 100 list...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A Texas 338 Re-Hires an Analytics Guru
He previously left the firm earlier this year...
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Thursday, July 8, 2021
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A Pimco Sales Leader Leaves After 14 Years
Updated | The SoCal executive is also a Van Kampen alumnus...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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In CO, an $80MM Plan Sponsor Consolidates Providers
The Denver-area organization now uses a single recordkeeper for its 403(b) and 457(b) plans...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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Harbour Acquires a Maryland TPA
The firm fka Zenith American Holding buys a TPA in the Taft-Hartley biz..
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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Hub Buys Again In DFW
The insurance brokerage's latest deal includes a KPA business...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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A $1.8T-AUM Giant's Chief Passes the Reins
His successor leads one of the multinational asset manager's boutiquess...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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What to Make of the DoL's ESG Proposal
401kWire talks to ERISA legal eagles and a trade group chief...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
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With M&A on the Rise, Firms Face Data and Content Challenges
A reader tackles data challenges for multi-boutique asset managers...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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19 Years In, an Invesco Vet Departs
A Texas exec parts ways with Invesco after the company's biggest acquisition closes...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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Guillocheau Partially Passes the Reins
After 14 years as Ascensus' CEO, he will step down but not out...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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CBIZ Acquires a Tennessee RIA
CBIZ’s new acquisition brings in $27 billion in client assets with it..
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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RBG Adds Three Advisors
RBG continues their network expansion with hires and office openings...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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Week In Preview, July 8-14
This week the InvestmentNews team is hosting an event...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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A PIA Principal Moves Along
The KPA joins another SoCal shop...
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Monday, July 8, 2019
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DC Plan Sponsors Place a Heightened Focus on Plan Governance
Willis Towers Watson unveiled a retirement plan survey of 300-plus U.S. employers. ..
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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Legg Mason Takes the Robo-Advisor Plunge
The Baltimore, Maryland-based asset management firm is acquiring a majority stake in a robo-advisor platform...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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LIMRA Helps Companies Train Employees on the Fiduciary Rule
LIMRA is assisting companies with employee training with regard to the the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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Reader Rating: 3
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Vanguard Adds Legal Expert
A former Citi attorney is coming to Vanguard. ..
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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GRP Taps a Global Financial Firm For Its Stable Value Tool
GRP partners with a global financial service company to tackle the growing trend of stable value funds...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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Benefits Chief of $270MM Minn. DC Plan Retires
Her responsibilities have been divided up among the benefits team. ..
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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A Texas Mutual Fund Shop Expands Analyst Relations and More
Watch for this insurer's asset management arm to add more people in analyst and wholesaler relations as well as in business development...
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Friday, July 8, 2016
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USAA's Sloane Searches For a Channel Chief
The third-party distribution chief at the military-focused insurer's mutual fund arm wants to find the right person to build out a particular channel...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Cushman & Wakefield Won't Move
The Manhattan-based commercial real estate firm stays with Empower Retirement...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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This Consultant Went FIA
An independent, employee owned, investment consulting firm that works with fiduciary clients, including retirement plan sponsors, institutions, non-profit organizations and wealth advisory services, just welcomed a new consultant...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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F-Squared Finds a Buyer, Files Chapter 11
A pair of alumni from another ETF strategist swoop in to buy the beleaguered shop...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Place Moves Ivy's DC I-O, Picks a Chief
The move follows the recent departure of the mutual fund shop's head of national accounts and retirement sales...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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FeeX Wants to Gatekeep Rollovers
FeeX opens its free service that examines fees to the retirement plan space...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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How Big, and How Profitable, Is Asset Management Worldwide?
Boston Consulting Group digs into the state of the global asset management business, which managed $74 trillion as of the end of 2014...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Empower Spins a New Web and Catches More Plan Sponsors
Ed Murphy predicts that the recordkeeper will serve more than 8 million participants by the end of the year...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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11-k Update for the Week of July 8, 2014
The fourth installment of 401kWire's distillation of disclosures and amendments to the plans that committee members have made since December 31, 2012...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Morningstar Settles With Business Logic
The 401k managed account and advice provider reached a preliminary settlement with Business Logic for the alleged replication of intellectual property. ..
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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An LPL Vet Takes Over Fund Selection
The indie B-D giant picks an eight-year company vet to oversee due diligence and more...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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OneAmerica Unveils a New Plan Evaluation Tool
OneAmerica debuts a new player in the company's outcome-oriented suite of retirement income tools...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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One of 2014's Top Performers Needs a Distributor
This New Jersey-based firm has the second-best performing equities fund year-to-date, and its president wants help with access to platforms, sales teams, etc...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Aspire and URPC SOAR in Formation With a Bank
The trio create an open architecture, outsourced fiduciary and trustee retirement platform, with ancillary support from three more partners...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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A Tennessee Advisor Joins LPL RPG
Chetney and his team welcome another recruit, this time from within LPL's ranks...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Davis Hires Six at Guardian
The insurer's retirement plan arm welcomes six external wholesalers...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Garden State TPA Buys Local
Northeast Professional Planning Group acquires another NJ-based TPA...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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T. Rowe and Brightscope Forge an Alliance
The recordkeeper and data provider teamed up to give T. Rowe's DC I-O partners plan-specific reporting data through Brightscope's Beacon system. ..
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Van Eck Mourns Its Founder
Noted gold investor John Van Eck passes away at 98...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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This Bundled RKer Seeks a Tax-Exempt-Market Chief
A bundled retirement plan provider is on the lookout for a new not-for-profit business development head. ..
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
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J.P. Morgan Faces 401k Flak, But Not From the DoL
The banking and asset management giant reportedly received a warning from another regulatory agency...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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NYT Tackles Rollovers
Your customers may be reading this, and so should you...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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A History-Making Fund Turns Five
Index IQ's game-changing I! Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund marked its fifth anniversary on June 30. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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SEI to Launch Six Funds
SEI has filed to launch six funds: the VP DEFENSIVE STRATEGY FUND; the VP CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY FUND; the VP MODERATE STRATEGY FUND; the VP AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY FUND; the VP CORE MARKET STRATEGY FUND, and the VP MARKET GROWTH STRATEGY FUND.
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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WHV to Launch a Fund
WHV Investment Management [profile] has filed to launch the WHV/SEIZERT SMALL CAP VALUE EQUITY FUND, which will be sub-advised by Seizert Capital Partners. [SEC filing]..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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FlexShares Will Launch A Fund
FlexShares [profile] has filed for permission to launch the FlexShares® Global Infrastructure Index Fund. [profile]..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Time Management is Top of Mind For Plan Advisors
Guardian finds that more advisors say they may take on retirement business...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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BlackRock Details June's Exchange-Traded Landscape
The latest in BlackRock's research in the ETF and ETP Industry. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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MSCI Garners Kudos From Greenwich
A huge percentage of ETF folk voice their approval for the indexer...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Another Advisor Climbs '40 Act Mountain
Missouri RIA makes entrance with a tactical allocation product...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Bill Miller Is a Top Dog Again
Bill Miller has had a difficult year but his fund is bouncing back...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Pensionmark Debuts a Small Market Product
Pensionmark Retirement Group is targeting small businesses with its newest offering, the Retirement Plan Exchange..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Peter Lynch's Legacy Lives On
Some websites are using Peter Lynch's valuation charts to pick good but discounted stocks...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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LATimes Profiles a Thornburg Guru
The Los Angeles Times profiled a young PM who manages an emerging market fund that earned a five star rating from Morningstar...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Reuters Expects the Bond Bloodbath to Continue
Reuters reports that the U.S. bond market has been faltering lately and it may continue to lose money after the latest positive job report...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Investors Substitute This Gross ETF For Money Funds
Gross' Pimco Enhanced Short Maturity ETF is attracting investors who are looking for higher yields than what they would get from a money market fund. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Southeastern Continues Push For Alternative Dell Deal
Shareholder vote draws near...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Mercer Shifts a DC Exec
The firm's former western region outsourcing director is now working in investments...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Alternative Indexes Gain Popularity
Alternative indexes are attracting interest from investors and a recent study shows why their intuition may be right, the WSJ writes. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Chiricotti Explores Tactical Asset Allocation
The CFDD collaborated with Wagner Law Group & Pentegra Retirement Services to clarify TAA strategies in an exclusive white paper.
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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MassMutual Retirement Moves
In the wake of its acquisition of the Hartford's retirement plan biz, the provider relocates its HQ...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 3
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J.P. Morgan's Quinsee Shares His Bullish Views
The equities guru said the U.S. stock market looks the best asset class compared to the troubled bond market and emerging market stocks...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Reader Rating: 2
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ETF Funerals Multiply
More have closed down in the first half of 2013 than in previous years...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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PMs Struggle To Start Their Own Firms
The WSJ reported that fund managers are quitting their large asset management firms to start their own but the process is long and difficult. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Global Companies Are A Good Buy For Mutual Funds
Some funds managers think there is money to be made in volatile European markets that many fund managers are staying away from...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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WSJ: It's The Rise of The NonTraditional Bond Fund
Nontraditional bond funds are likely to do better thanks to the recent Fed announcement, William Eigen of JP Morgan said. ..
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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IRS Tries to Lessen Money Fund Rule Burden
After the SEC enacted money fund reform, the IRS is getting involved to make the rule less onerous to mutual fund companies...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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NYT Profiles Three Top Performing Mutual Funds
The New York Times' Tim Gray covered three mutual funds it believes have invested in interesting niches...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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BlackRock Shifts To Recommending Junk Bonds
Now that interest rates are set to increase by the end of the year or so, BlackRock is preparing for a shift in the markets...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Does ETF Volatility Represent The Will of Investors?
After BlackRock's comment that ETFs were the "true market," ETF Trends has echoed the sentiment, stressing the liquidity of ETFs under market stress...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
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Legg Mason Makes a Golden Appointment
The Baltimore-based mutual fund firm names its U.S. product chief...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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More Target Date Fund Managers Add a Tactical Approach
A consulting firm examines how I-O firms are changing the way they run target date offerings...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Principal Does a Deal in London
The acquisition of a London-based asset manager is expected to close in October...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Schloss Officially Sells, Again
The Empire State recordkeeping TPA does a deal with another firm in the Northeast...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Diversified Wins Over a Fidelity Client
A large plan sponsor switches...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Ascensus Snags a Paychex Wholesaler
The Dresher, Pennsylvania-based firm has a new face on its sales team...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3
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A New York Asset Manager Files for an IPO
The firm is following in the footsteps of Artisan Partners...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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Pimco Reveals the Expense Ratio of its Total Return ETF
The Newport Beach, California-based firm listed the expense ratio in an SEC filing yesterday...
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Friday, July 8, 2011
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JPMorgan's Fund Boss Moves Up
George Gatch is taking on broader responsibilities at JPMorgan...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Swanson Moves to Another Role at Lincoln
The change comes as Lincoln taps Peter Sims for a newly created role...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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First Eagle Hires Two
Robert Bruno makes a pair of sales hires...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Fund Openings: July 8, 2010
Global X and Russell both unveil new offerings...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Plan Sponsors Overestimate Participants' Knowledge of Fees
Sponsors seem to think participants are in the loop...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Daley Heads to a Midwest Fund Firm
The Legg Mason veteran has landed a new gig...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Fidelity Anoints a New Advisor 401k Chief
Updated | The Boston Behemoth names a new head for its Advisor 401k team while temporarily filling a post in workplace investing...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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Two Fidelity Bigwigs Jump to BofA
Updated | Two of the top retirement executives at Fidelity join BofA Merrill to run ML2, the former MLConnect and more...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3.75
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New Mercer Data Bolster the Case for Going Auto
Mercer took a look at how plan participants fared during the recent market downturn...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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An Accounting Firm Sets its Old Retirement Brand Down
A Keystone State firm renames its retirement plan advisory and TPA division...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Can a New Index Help Fundsters Re-Evaluate Gross, Not Net, Flows?
A West Coast-based firm offers mutual fund firms a new way to see how fluctuations in flows impact performance...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Legg Mason Hunts for a C-Level Exec
The job opened with the departure of C.J. Daley, who is moving on to a privately-held asset manager...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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SSgA and BlackRock Fight Over Gold
BlackRock has cut fees on its gold ETF, undercutting State Street...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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ETFs Highlight Differences at BGI and Vanguard
Both firms offer an ETF pegged to MSCI's Emerging Markets index. The differences in performance hints at different philosophies at the two firms...
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Aon Taps a Retirement Consulting Chief in the Northeast
Updated | The consulting firm hires a new regional retirement practice leader...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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Kublin Kicks Off $1.5 Million in Capital Investments
The BPAS chief beefs up his infrastructure...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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One of Metcalfe's Overseers Climbs
A top DST exec expands his kingdom...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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ING Retirement Offers Advisors a New Framework
Updated | The provider will hold a conference series, in conjunction with a product re-launch for mid-size employers...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Putnam Plays Up PM Changes Today
A new ad campaign focuses on the eventful past year for the Boston fund firm...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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DST Elevates Tritt
The mutual fund ASP services chief expands his reach to another unit...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Principal Rebrands and Refocuses a Fund
A regionally focused fund will now apply its investment strategies nationally...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Wray Ponders Target Date Funds in 403bs
A Principal-backed survey finds that non-profits have a warm spot for age-based funds...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Six More Funds Ax B Shares
An upcoming conversion will affect several SRI funds...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Epstein Encourages 'Mortgage-izing' 401k Savings
The DC-focused advisor trainer worries about falling contributions and advisor value...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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BCG Report Portends Survival of the Fittest in Fund Industry
A new report takes a look at the changing asset management landscape...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Fido Banks on a Bold Distribution Move
The fund giant is looking to expand its distribution reach...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Posner Lets a Class Action Against Pimco Stand
The fixed income giant fails to undo a lawsuit regarding futures...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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An SRI Fund Manager Slashes Fees
A Mid-Atlantic fund firm cuts an expense ratio...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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SEC Inaction Shuts the Valve to a Natural Gas ETF, Again
The WSJ highlights the continued growing pains of a giant exchange-traded fund...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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Two BenefitStreet TPA Sales Loom
Watch for the California-based recordkeeper to sell more of its property soon.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Plan Takeover Opportunities Touch Historic Lows
Recordkeepers face dim prospects with the rough economy and recordkeeper services becoming commodities. Opportunities have fallen to, or are near, historic lows, according to numbers from 401kExchange...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fund World Loses an Investing Legend
The proprietor of the top performing growth fund of the second half of the 20th century has died...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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NIPA Designates an Online Partner
The industry trade group expands its educational offering through a new alliance...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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FundQuest Adds to Advisor Platform
FundQuest is making five new additions to its Wealth Architect platform...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Provider Personnel Shuffling Hits Big Sponsors the Hardest
New research from an industry consulting firm looks into how plan sponsors feel about staff turnover at their vendors...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Vanguard To Move ETFs to the Arca
Following the close of the NYSE-Amex deal, Vanguard will pack up the moving trucks with 34 ETFs...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Lincoln Taps a Managed Account Provider
In an expansion of its relationship with the advisory firm, Lincoln is putting the company's managed account product in front of its clients...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ascensus Adopts Next Version of Software
The outsourced recordkeeper formerly known as Bisys Retirement Services unveils an updated offering to help plan sponsors...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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XShares' June Moves are in the Headlines Again
XShares' June reorganization got new press on Tuesday...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Hometown Paper Offers Up More Seligman-Ameriprise Deal Details
Ameriprise's hometown paper gives clues to the company's post-deal wholesaling strategy. ..
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Janus Buys Further into a Value Shop in a $90 Million Deal
The Denver fund firm will become the majority owner of a Chicago value manager...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Intuit Names Strategist
The personal finance and account software giant has hired an executive to help it identify business opportunities...
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Will Outsourcers Outsource?
The 401kWire talks with Patni, a new offshore entrant into the outsourced recordkeeping space...
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3
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Hancock Funds Taps New Chief
Keith Hartstein is stepping up as the next CEO and president for John Hancock Funds. The former head of retail sales and marketing will formally take the job on July 18, according to Hancock Funds spokesperson Liz Kennedy. Hartstein takes the reins from James "Jamie" Shepherdson, who left after a year on the job to join Axa Financial...
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Chamber Sues to Block Indy Chair Rule
As expected, U.S. Chamber of Commerce will try to block the SEC's reapproved independent director and fund governance requirements. The trade group filed a petition for a permanent injunction against the rule in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals .....
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Rumors Send Schwab Shares Up, Then Down Again
Rumors circulating with stock traders that E*Trade is seeking to take over Charles Schwab Corporation prompted both an increase in option trading and denials from the San Francisco-based brokerage...
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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Northern Trust Hires Equity Pro
Northern Trust Global Investments has hired John Cole to head its active equity growth investments team .....
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Late Timer Pleads Guilty
Scott A. Christian, a broker with Trautman Wasserman, has pled guilty to criminal charges related to late trading of mutual funds in a New York Supreme Court on Friday .....
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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Spitzer Holds Weak Hand Against Sihpol
Eliot Spitzer seems ready to cut a deal with Theodore Sihpol. The New York attorney general offered to not retry the ex-Bank of America broker if he settles a civil case brought by the SEC. Bloomberg News reported the offer Friday...
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Friday, July 8, 2005
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SSgA Acquires Two ETFs
Shareholders give their approval to fold in $117.1 million worth of ETF assets...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Citizens Hires Large-Cap Manager
New hire will help the president with her workload...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Is The Market Ready for 401k-Specialist B-Ds?
The man who once pitched VCs on behalf of Plan Sponsor magazine is building a network of advisors...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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ICON Taps SEC Examiner for CCO
The former SEC examiner has a Rocky Mountain home in the fund industry...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Gabelli Wants to Know its ABC Fund Shareholders Better
If shareholders approve a request by Gabelli Funds, existing omnibus accounts in the ABC fund could be eliminated...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Putnam Gets Back in the Saddle with New Fund
The beleaguered fund firm prepares to seize opportunities with a new incubated fund...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Haldeman Steps Out of Investments at Putnam
From now on, one man will oversee investments at Putnam and it will not be CEO Ed Haldeman...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Hewitt Reports Lull In 401k Transfer Activity
Net transfers in June were less than half the typical percentage amount...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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New Counsel at Newport Group
The Florida-based retirement services firm hired their new chief counsel from a Windy City firm...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Partisan Cracks Deepen at the SEC
Commissioners vent to the media; expect another 3-2 vote on the hedge fund issue...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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No Merrill Lynch Deal In Partial WorldCom Settlement
Former top executives at WorldCom reached a $51 million agreement in an employee class action, but the 401(k) plan trustee has yet to settle...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Oh, No, Invesco
The SEC is laying on more charges...
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Thursday, July 8, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2
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Prudential Offers Up New Moniker
But do not look for the Pru name. Instead, it is honoring its founder and its top institutional manager...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Safeco Woos Advisors
Safeco Mutual Funds shaking things up in an attempt to recapture its mojo...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Schoolhouse Adds Seats for Managers
The State Street 529 unit is adding funds from two managers to its college savings 529 plan...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Fidelity Goes with Ibbotson
Two months of speculation has ended with Fidelity announcing that it is indeed going with Ibbotson on its managed account product...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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EPIC Advisors to Offer Online Ed
The TPA has tapped one of the big two Web advisors to offer guidance to its clients...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Gevity to Swap Administrators
A TPA specializing offering services to PEOs like Gevity loses out to a national provider...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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Experts Provide Fund Audit Guide
The guide promises to help investment companies navigate the shoals created by Sarbanes-Oxley...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2003
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No Wedding Bells
Do not look for a wedding announcement from two administrators in a rumored romance...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Sales People Sought
A national recordkeeper is seeking sales staff in Atlanta, Seattle and Northern California...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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ICI Joins Reform Chorus
Matthew Fink pens a letter to the U.S. Senate...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Do Go Back to Rockville
A fund firm picks two new executives...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Seeger Wins Entrepreneur Award
The Security Trust CEO won the award in Arizona from Ernst & Young...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Hancock Taps 4th Senior Investment Professional
Another member for the team at the Boston firm...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Role of FAs in 529s Examined
There are more questions raised about broker/dealer sold plans versus direct sold plans...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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NB Makes an Offering
The firm is making an offering for some of its shares...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Kemper Scion Dies
James Kemper led the insurer into financial services. His legacy is now a part of Deutsche...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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A Low Risk Strategy?
Participants at Tellabs thought company stock was a low-risk investment. Now they are angry, reports a Chicago paper...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Harvesting for a Provider
A Midwest plan seeks services...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Pru South of the Border
The firm heads down Mexico way...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Five to Replace One
There is a new management structure over at a socially responsible house...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Pitt Should Resign
Senator John McCain calls for the head of the SEC chair...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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Insult to Injury
Surrender fees make investors fume even more...
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Monday, July 8, 2002
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SVA July 8, 1999
Treasury rates were down 23 basis points from last week while GIC rates came down by an average of 3 basis points.
Weekly Bullet GIC/BIC Statistics from FCM
Rates as of July 1, 1999*
| Compound |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
| High |
6.78 |
7.01 |
7.15 |
7.32 |
| Average |
6.46 |
6.71 |
6.88 |
7.09 |
| Low |
6.06 |
6.35 |
6.53 |
6.78 |
| Treasuries |
5.66 |
5.80 |
5.85 |
5.93 |
| Spread |
1.12 |
1.21 |
1.30 |
1.39 |
| Issuers |
22 |
22 |
18 |
8 |
| Simple |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
| High |
6.75 |
6.95 |
7.08 |
7.22 |
| Average |
6.37 |
6.60 |
6.77 |
6.94 |
| Low |
5.90 |
6.12 |
6.25 |
6.58 |
| Treasuries |
5.66 |
5.80 |
5.85 |
5.93 |
| Spread |
1.09 |
1.15 |
1.23 |
1.29 |
| Issuers |
26 |
26 |
19 |
10 |
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*All rates are for non-benefit responsive, investment-only contracts with a value of $5 million. Rates are net of all expenses, with no commissions payable. Treasury quotes are for close of business Wednesday.
Source: Fiduciary Capital Management..
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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ING Joins Growing List of Internet Funds
ING is now offering an Internet fund, intended to close to new investors at $500 million, based on ING's overseas Internet funds.
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Aim Shuffles Managers
The Houston-based funds begin the second half of the year by making a slew of portfolio management promotions...
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Wiesenberger Boosts Sales Staff as it Juices Online Product
In an effort to get the word out about its Architec(k) service, Wiesenberger has hired two new regional sales managers. The new managers will cover the Southeast and the Northeast of the United States, a spokesperson with the firm told the 401kWire.com...
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Softbank Buys 20% Stake in Morningstar
Softbank will be adding much needed capital to Morningstar's coffers with a 20% stake in the Chicago company...
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, July 8, 1999
Putnam-Lee agreement to lure wealth ... EAFE trounced by active managers ... More on Pimco's merger talks...
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Lowe's Companies Adds Fund
North Wikesboro, North Carolina-based Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW), a retail home improvement company, has placed their stable value fund with MetLife, Edger Spears, vice president of payroll and benefits told the 401kWire.com. They will now manage their Employee Savings and Investment Plan in a series of actively managed separate account GIC portfolios. The plan has approximately 30,000 participants and $21 million in assets...
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Thursday, July 8, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- B
Companies Starting with "B"..
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- CA-CL
Companies Starting with "CA to CL"..
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- CM-CZ
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- D-E
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- F
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- G
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- H-J
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- K-M
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- N-O
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- P-Q
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- R
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- S
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- T-U
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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11k Filings Index -- V-Z
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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AIM Hires New Wholesale Force
AIM Distributors has hired six wholesalers for its newly created 401(k) Sales Division, according to a company spokesperson. The new staff, all vice presidents, will report to Joseph Seymour, national sales manager. ..
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Callan Eyes 401k
Callan Associates, a San Francisco-headquartered investment consulting firm, is eyeing the defined contribution market as an avenue for growth. Toby Westbrook, vice president at Callan, told the 401kWire that the firm is “finding a lot of clients keep asking DC questions.” According to Westbrook, the consulting firm is “trying to build a presence in the defined contribution area.”..
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Wednesday, July 8, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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