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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Burke and Genoni Expand Their ETF Lineup to 8
The folks at a PE-backed fund firm are rolling out another three active ETFs this week...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Erdmann Hires Two, Filling Mid-Atlantic and Midwest Openings
A former KPA and a provider alumnus are joining the external wholesaling team at the Midwestern TPA...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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Zapf and Conti Welcome an 1100-Plan TPA
A national TPA alliance now has 13 member firms...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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For TD Personalization, LeafHouse and iJoin Team With a Cali Colossus
The new offering is the managed accounts shop's first personalized target-date fund effort...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Kendall Takes Over a $68B-AUM AM. Who Will Lead RayJay IM?
The chief of a publicly traded B-D's asset management arm is moving to a privately held Midwestern firm's senior leadership team...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Transamerica Turns to "a Trusted Leader In Lifetime Income"
Josh Rundle confirms that the recordkeeper will soon be offering a DC I-O giant's retirement income TDFs...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Why Experienced Mutual Fund Managers Should Consider Utilizing a Series Trust When Entering the ETF Market.
A series trust chief makes the case for not going it alone in the exchange traded fund space...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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8 Years In, a New Jersey MEP Transforms
The transformation is slated for next month...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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In Q2, Bond Funds Take the Lead As 401k Trading Slows
New data from a large- and mega-market provider digs into how participants are allocating their 401(k) dollars...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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Will an 11-Year-Old Tactical Fund Shine With a New Name?
A Tennessee asset manager rebrands its mutual fund...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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Definiti's 19th Buy Is a 19-Year-Old TPA
The deal closed in May and brings on a 13-employee team, serving about 600 plans...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
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Please Pardon the Delay
The 401kWire daily update was very delayed today...
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Friday, July 9, 2021
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SSGA Joins a KPA-Focused Alliance
The giant asset manager's DC I-O arm is one of 13 asset managers now supporting the group...
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Friday, July 9, 2021
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At a Rebranded RKer, a 16-Year C-Suiter Passes the Reins
A new hire takes over as chief human resources officer at the retirement plan provider...
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Friday, July 9, 2021
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Post-Spinoff, a KPA Trio Aligns With GRPF
A family of advisors chooses the Hub subsidiary as their RIA...
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Friday, July 9, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Equity Fund Flows Swing Negative as Money Fund Outflows Rise
Refinitiv Lipper's team reveals the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, July 9, 2021
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An ETF Vet Guides a $606B-AUM Giant In
A Legg Mason and Vanguard alumnus will lead the firm's active ETF business...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Participant Engagement In a COVID-19 World and Beyond
My colleague, Ana Garcia Conway, talks with an RKer exec, a consultant, and a financial wellness and CIT shop chief...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Principal Teams Up For a New Paradigm
The bundled provider's team launches a small plan platform...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Reader Rating: 4
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A PA RKer Family Matches Crisis Donations
Executives at a recordkeeper and its affiliates have launched a fund to raise money to help those hit hard by the ongoing COVID-19 crisis...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Stadion Teams Up with Iron
The 3(38) now covers the managed account provider's flagship offering on an RKer's platform...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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AB and Franklin Alums Join Pentegra
One new hire will lead internal sales, and the other will serve as a regional director...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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12 Years, $5B In AUM
A New England mutual fund firm crosses a milestone...
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
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A Director Leaves Legg After Six Years
The exec is based in Stamford, Connecticut...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Department Head Stays With Wells Fargo
After the sale of Wells Fargo's institutional retirement and trust (IRT) business, at least two senior IRT execs have taken on new roles within the bank...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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A New Englander Joins Transamerica's Team
An ex-John Hancock director of business development switches to a VP role..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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MEP Fans Applaud an IRS Proposal
The Treasury unit shares an idea for tackling the so-called "one bad apple" problem for multiple employer plans...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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A $789B Asset Manager Dodges "Deep Cuts" At Its Parent
The publicly traded, multinational fund firm appears to be unscathed, at least for now...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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LPL Gains WA State KPAs
The advisors come from Raymond James...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2019
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Americans' Debt Is Weighing Down Retirement Savings, Study Finds
Hardship withdrawals and loans plague retirement plans, but workers may need them...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Transamerica DC Alum Joins Lord Abbett
The new hire is based in the New York City area...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Kublin Picks BPAS' Next Fiduciary Chief
The old head of the fiduciary services division retired last month...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 3.67
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A Value Equity Shop Leads This Pack
M* updates mutual fund and ETF flows data for May...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Alliant Buys a Texas Shop
Tom Corbett is expanding Alliant in Texas by gobbling up a local outfit. ..
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Arends Plans Further Growth After Acquiring In Iowa
The midwestern KPA already has more plans to expand as they celebrate two new offices...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Week In Preview, July 9-15
InvestmentNews is hosting an event this week...
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Monday, July 9, 2018
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Keep QDIAs in Sync with Sponsor Needs
Are you deciding on what QDIA to use with a plan client? Here is a tool for the job...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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SEI Names Director of Advice
An MD moves on up.....
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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Can Two Ivy Vets Train Demigods?
Goldman and private equity alumni team up to launch a new mutual fund shop...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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A Multi-Boutique Makes Its First ETF Foray
B2C marketing and more passive products are on the horizon for this Midwestern mutual fund shop...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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ABG's Mackanos Adds a New Affiliate to Its Network
One of the largest retirement plan providers serving small and mid-sized companies just added a new firm to its national network...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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PSCA and Principal Release Report on 403(b)s
Non-profit plans are trending towards 401(k)s in some areas and lagging in others. ..
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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Bukaty Keeps The Ball Rolling By Adding a KPA in Kansas
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) located in Leawood, Kansas recently joined Bukaty Companies Financial Services. ..
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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These Four Shops Dominate YTD 2015 ETF Inflows
ETF.com releases data on where ETF money was going in the first half of this year...
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
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Jumbo Sponsors Barely Flinch at the Supreme Court's Stock Ruling
Plan sponsors with north of $1 billion in assets don't seem fazed by the recent Supreme Court ruling that overturned the "presumption of prudence" standard pegged to employer stock in 401(k) plans. But that doesn't mean they agree on the benefit of offering the investment in the first place. ..
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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As Financial Telesis Sells, Giovinazzo Draws a Line in the Sand
LPL and Bill Chetney are buying Financial Telesis. What will the deal mean for FTI reps who use RPAG's tools?..
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Merrill Escalates Fundster Data Arms Race
Wirehouse now offers fund sponsors a reporting service that helps them track their progress in various channels, among other things...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Brownell Finds a Legg for Sentinel's Distribution
Recent hire from Legg Mason will replace Jim Cronin, who left the firm in December. The Montpelier, Vermont-based firm has witnessed significant changes in the upper ranks.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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An RKer Launches an Outcome-Focused Dashboard
The insurer's retirement plan arm has a new tool to assist plan sponsors assess their plan's health...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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MassMutual Wins a 100,000-Member Org's Thumbs Up
The insurer's bundled retirement plan business is now the preferred provider of 401(k) retirement plans for a group's 100,000 members...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Annuities Are More Costly, But Income Replacement Edges Up
...according to a new BlackRock analysis of retirement readiness. ..
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fee Problems: Disclosure or Indifference?
Robert Powell and financial wellness experts discuss...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Transamerica's Crane Hires a CUNA Mutual Sales Exec
A sales bigwig at CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions just joined Transamerica.....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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EBRI Opens Up 2014 Nominations
The nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) opened up nominations.....
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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What Future Will Jamie Dimon Choose for JP Morgan?
Dimon faces a tough treatment period, and convalescence, for his cancer. He also faces a tough decision about JP Morgan's future: embrace its identity as a bank, or as an asset manager...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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Callahan Shares His Vision For His Freshly Combined Transamerica Unit
What is Transamerica's Investments & Retirement up to?..
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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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When Financial Repression Translates into Sales
Global asset manager crafts sales strategies to leverage current market trend...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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New Sub Advisor for a SEI Institutional Fund
There has been a change in sub-advisors for the SEI Institutional Emerging Markets Debt Fund. The Investec Asset Management US Ltd is the new sub-advisor for the fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Allianz Fund Changes Investment Strategies
The Allianz Global Investors [profile] Retirement Income Fund has amended its principal investment strategies. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Graff Tries to Change the SEC's Mind
ASPPA and NAPA make their case to the regulatory agency...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Laguna Boutique Brings in a High Net Worth Guru
New hire, formerly with Fisher Investments, will drum up business amongst high net worth clients.
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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California Shop Hires a National Sales Director
UPDATED | Firm lures executive away from Cohen & Steers to build up RIA and bank trust channel. CEO says hire represents heavy commitment to channel and also hints at big moves in ETF space later this year...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Optimistic Fundsters Are Ready to Spend
Revenue and headcount are on the rise in the fund industry, and senior execs are looking to spend on expansion and technology. ..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Congress Fires a Warning Shot Across DoL's Bow
Retirement insiders in Washington say that the Wagner bill could hit the full House floor next month...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Reader Rating: 2
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Will Doll Deliver For Nuveen?
Nuveen Investments is counting on Robert Doll to rebrand its image and help expand its product line...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Winklevoss' ETF Not Any Less Serious Than Gold ETF
MarketWatch's Chuck Gaffe argues that industry watchers have laughed off unique ETF ideas before, only to see them become successful later...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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BlackRock Keeps Bringing in ETF Dollars
The firm's deal with Credit Suisse brought in billions..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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NYU Students Strive To Make Mutual Funds Sexy
Students and alumnae from NYU created two films to encourage Millenials to buy mutual funds...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Will BlackRock Deal Drive Down ETF Costs?
The Motley Fool asks if the BlackRock and Credit Suisse ETF deal will drive down ETF costs...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Is Vanguard Interested in Hedge Funds?
The Financial Times' Pauline Skypala reported on Vanguard's new fund, Alternative Strategies Fund, and the implications for Vanguard's low-cost philosophy...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Will BlackRock Be Geithner's Next Employer?
Anonymous sources quoted in FoxBusiness say Timothy Geithner is considering a role at BlackRock. ..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Don't Become Janus; Why the M* People Pillar Matters
Morningstar's director of mutual fund research explains the thinking that goes behind the People pillar of Morningstar ratings. ..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Fund Subadvisors Face a Tough Market
With nearly no net growth in subadvised funds, the edge has turned to alts shops. Others seek opps overseas...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Virtus Added A Billion-Plus AUM in Q2
The mutual fund family reports inflows that run two-to-one in favor of outflows...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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AQR Opens Four New Funds
Advisor distributed funds launched today...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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PacLife Funds Targets Income Investors
The three new funds complement the insurer-owned fund families portfolio optimization funds. ..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Dimensional Focuses Its DC I-O Expertise in Asia
New CEO of Asia Peng Chen looks to fuse Dimensional's investment philosophy with local needs..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Wells Fargo Wins a $84 Million RKing Lease
A Denver real estate company switches to Wells Fargo...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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RAC Releases New Advisor-Specific RFP Template
The Retirement Advisor Council releases an RFP template designed for plan sponsors searching for an advisor..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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Is Paper Coming Back En Vogue?
A just-released white paper advocates using paper enrollment cards...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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Callan Moves in New Jersey
The investment consulting firm adds a new executive with DC experience as it moves in the Garden State...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1.2
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Dimensional's Got a New Asia CEO [UPDATED]
Peng Chen will take over the head spot at DFA Asia..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Equity Funds and Treasury Yields Are Down
Treasury yields are down but still popular...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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TDFs Are More Complicated Than You'd Think
Here's the WSJ's take on the debate about which target-date strategy is best..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Janus, One Year Later
A year after the court's decision, what are the implications of last year's major mutual fund decision?..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Bridgeway Funds Determined to Cross Over to Success
Formerly hot Bridgeway Funds looks to warm up by reworking approach..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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The NYTimes Considers REIT Funds
Are they a strong investment with real estate rebounding, or are REITs overpriced?..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Gross Versus ... Gross
Bill Gross' famous Total Return Fund is being outperformed by his own ETF version...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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Yahoo Chats Up Sauter
Outgoing Vanguard CIO talks ETF's with a reporter..
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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U.S. Responds to European Cuts
Asset managers restrict access following actions of ECB...
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Monday, July 9, 2012
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BlackRock Reorgs iShares
Mike Latham has a new role as part of a reorganization at the iShares business...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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The 'Open' Sign is Back at Four Fidelity Money Funds
The Boston Behemoth reopened four money funds last week...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Wilshire Drops a Subadvisor for its 130/30 Fund
The manager of managers makes a move to trim the number of subadvisors on the fund...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Putnam Hires Another Fidelity Alum
Putnam has found a new leader for its internal sales desk supporting its bundled 401k business...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1.67
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Fund Filings, Launches and PM Switches: July 9, 2010
Eaton Vance, MFS and WisdomTree all prep new offerings...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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El-Erian Likes Emerging Markets and Pimco's Equity Push
The top executive at Pimco takes his tour to the radio to explain Pimco's efforts...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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SwanDog Gets New Digs
The financial services marketing firm moves to new offices...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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An RKer Ups Its HQ Space By 15 Percent
Updated | Over three months, a recordkeeping TPA adds 2,500 square feet of office, following a similar move last year...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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John Carl Gains Some Grand Publishing Praise
The Columbia ally and his team win an award for their first book...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Stagnating Numbers Prompt a Plan Sponsor to Switch 401k Vendors
Unhappy with enrollment and participation numbers, a Pennsylvania-based plan sponsor replaces its 401k provider...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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Della Vedova and Giovinazzo Expand Into Florida
Updated | 401kAdvisors recruits an advisor to launch an Orlando branch...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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An Ex-Fidelity Exec Sees an Alternative
The former president of Fidelity's institutional products group lands a new gig...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Fidelity Replaces a Top Retirement Exec
Ned Johnson and his team promote from within the unit run by Peter Cieszko. Are they searching for another top exec, too?..
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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An SRI Fund Fails to See the Value in the Biggest Banks
The PM team for a midcap value mutual fund decides not to invest in banks considered too-big-to-fail...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Advisors are Hungry For Build America Bonds
Build America bonds are on advisors' radars...
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Friday, July 9, 2010
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Seven Funds Gain Access to Fido's Advisor Platform
The Boston Behemoth expands one DC lineup with offerings from a Midwestern fund firm...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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$4.6 Billion of Neuberger Assets Land a New Home
Updated | Neuberger shareholders will soon see some money market assets switched to SSgA funds, even as a Neuberger team moves on...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Participant Activity Has Been Stable as the Market Zigzagged
A new report from Retirement Research Inc. finds that in the face of the market slump...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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MainStay Signs Adoption Papers for a $750 Million Fund Family
The New York Life unit is adopting four equity funds...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Folio Lands Another DC Partnership
Updated | An East Coast RIA teams up with the fractional share trading specialists...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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No Surprise: A New Survey Shows That American Funds' Brand is an FA Favorite
A new survey evaluates advisor conceptions of fund brandings...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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An Alternatives Manager Buys a Fund Firm
Updated | A firm specializing in alternative strategies picks up two hedge-like mutual funds...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Midwestern Bank Buys a 175-Client Retirement Business
A CPA firm sells its retirement plan practice...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Pimco's About-Face Raises Eyebrows
The California-based firm triggers specualtion on Wall Street with a decision to yank its application from the Treasury program...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Vanguard Wellington Becomes an Octogenarian
In Thursday's WSJ Fund Track, Sam Mamudi spotlights the Vanguard Wellington Fund, which turns 80 this month...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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ALPS Unveils its Second ETF
A new ETF will offer an equal sector strategy...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Janus Revamps a Website and Combines Two Trusts
The Denver asset manager upgrades its online presence...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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SEC's First Top Compliance Inspector Departs For 'New Challenges'
The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the regulatory agency will report to an acting director starting next month...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
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TIAA-CREF Appoints An Institutional Sales Exec
The exec will be responsible for business development, sales and marketing to plan sponsors and consultants...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Chao Extols the Wonders of Auto Enrollment
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao reiterated the benefits of auto enrollment at a conference in New York City on Wednesday...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Merrill Lynch 'In Talks' with BlackRock
The two sides are now actively talking and hoping to have a deal done by the end of the week ... assuming that there is a deal to be done...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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Lord Abbett Makes Mid and Large Cap Moves
The Jersey City company is rolling its mid and large cap research teams into one. ..
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Hospital Unites Plans Behind DIA
A Texas-based health care organization moves two retirement plans to the AEGON subsidiary...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Fixed Income Startup Taps DC Sales Vet
A young firm looks to grow its stable value distribution to 401k plans, and it has a new exec to lead the effort...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Bramlett Pulls the Trigger on Two Sales
The BenefitStreet chief has just taken the outsourced recordkeeper two steps closer to near-total divestment from TPAs.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.67
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ADP Alum Makes EPIC Choice
A New York State-based TPA brings in an industry veteran to lead its sales efforts on the opposite coast...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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Another Boston Fund Firm Hit with Bond Fund Suit
The bond fund loss suits keep coming...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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LPL Sees Customer Data Compromised
There has been another security breach at LPL...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Enterprise Fund Distributors' Last Client Turns Out the Lights
Gabelli is taking over as the distributor of its mergers and acquisition fund because the current distributor is ceasing operations...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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New First Eagle Hire Could be the Next Eveillard
A successor for Jean-Marie Eveillard has been found...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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FAF Makes Sub-Advisor Switch
First American Funds has two new sub-advisors for its International Fund...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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Cieszko to Take Reins at Evergreen
Peter Cieszko will take over for Dennis Ferro at the end of this year...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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CME Snags CBOT on Sweetened Offer
It's the end of a long fight in Chicago...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Northern Trust Names Head of Institutional Strategy and Product Development
Northern Trust has brought in a State Street vet to fill the new role of head of institutional strategy and product development...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Russell Awards $626-Million Mandate
Russell Trust Company has handed out the $626-million mandate...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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TD Ameritrade Refuses to Budge In Hedge Fund Saga
TD Ameritrade has turned down the request of JANA Partners and S.A.C. Capital Advisors to see its books and records.
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Regional Independent BDs Say They're not in Play
The remaining regional broker dealers insist that they are for sale in the aftermath of the Wachovia- A.G. Edwards deal...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Exelon Fee Case Is Placed on Hold
Schlichter and Exelon Corporation will meet in court this coming fall. Get ready for fireworks...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Provider Gets Personal With Education, Asset Allocation and Rollovers
A West Coast firm starts offering participant workshops and individual consultations, as well as a rollover tool and an asset allocation portfolio created with help from a managed account specialist. And it's all targeted at employees who might retire or leave soon...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Oppenheimer Fined $1 Million
The New York-headquartered broker-dealer was slapped with a $1 million fine for theft, churning, and unauthorized trading by one of its brokers...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pru Decides to Keep Wachovia Stake, For Now
Pru has decided to keep its stake in a joint brokerage venture with Wachovia, at least for the next two years...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Wells Fargo Adds New Share Class to Two Funds
Wells Fargo Funds Management has launched a new share class of its Wells Fargo Advantage Heritage Money Market
Fund and Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Bay State Insurer Preps Rollover Program
The company plans to launch its rollover program in the fourth quarter...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Study: Asset Management M&A Up in 2007
2007 is on track to be the year of the deal in the asset management industry...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Tar Heel State Lawyers Hire 401k Specialist
A law firm more than a century old with over 200 attorneys adds a DC industry expert to its ranks.
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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John Hancock Global Opportunities Fund Goes Retail
The 2 1/2-year-old fund will now be available to retail investors for the first time...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Broadridge Rechristens Clearing Unit
Broadridge has given its clearing and outsourcing unit a new name...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Lincoln Names New Chairman, CEO
The Philadelphia-based company has named replacements for Jon Boscia, who is retiring in September...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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WSJ: Vanguard Targets Barclays' Flagship ETF
The WSJ's Diya Gullapalli sees a "price war" looming between the two giants, but will the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based mutually owned fund family pose a threat to a Barclays fund with more assets in it than Vanguard's entire ETF lineup?..
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Janus's New Discipline Pays Off
With a different investment philosophy, new leaders and an improved performance at the Denver fund firm, investors are beginning to come back into the fold...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.17
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For The Standard, One Good Buy Deserves Another
An executive with the Beaver State provider reveals a bit more about their latest deal.
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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Rice Hall Reopens Fund
Rice Hall James & Associates is reopening its Micro Cap Portfolio. The San Diego fund advisor had closed the open-end fund which invests in micro-cap growth companies on August 31, 2004...
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Monday, July 9, 2007
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How Did The TSP Spend $65 Million to Go Daily?
While some on Capital Hill see the TSP as a model for the DC plan industry, few know the inside story of how it botched its operations over the past decade...
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4.67
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What is Primecap Thinking?
The SoCal money manager has built its business catering to institutions and managing money for Vanguard. Now it is striking out on its own. Is it crazy, or crazy like a fox?..
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Goldman Cases Consolidated
Three class actions brought against Goldman Sachs by shareholders in its funds will be heard as one.
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Searches Reported This Week
Done deals - bundle provider and investment decisions from New Orleans to Green Bay...
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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DOL Reexamines Disclosures
The Labor Department may follow the SEC review of 401k fees with a review of the rules governing retirement plans...
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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MFS Hires Consultants to Make Good with Investors
The Boston-based fund firm looks over the river to Cambridge and hires a Harvard prof for the money job...
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Colorado Narrows 529 Provider Hunt
State officials are looking for a replacement for Citigroup, and have narrowed the field to the finalists.
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Pension Luminary Lillywhite Dies at 92
The ’’Dean of Public Funds’’ left a legacy that includes professional organizations, educational programs and awards...
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Friday, July 9, 2004
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Do Your Shareholders Use an ATM?
If they do, PFPC is offering them another way to move funds to their brokerage account and eventually to your fund...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Hancock Set to Merge Funds
The Boston-based firm will merge its Pacific Basin fund by year-end...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Eaton Vance Cuts Dividend
Says it has plenty of cash to make the payment...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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ICMA Extends Its Ride on BART
The plan sponsor inks a three-year deal with a bundled provider...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Execs Buyout Aon Unit
Nell Hennessy leads a management buyout of the Aon unit...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Stable Fund Joins FundSERV
The move should increase distribution for the $25 million fund...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Why All the Interest in State Street?
Rumors of a takeover fly. And, it will hire up to 1,000 after more workers took a voluntary buyout than it expected...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2003
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Provider Ramps Education
A West Coast education specialist wins a deal to reach 100,000 participants through the bundled provider...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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What do Advisors Want?
A new study may provide insights into the minds of RIAs...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Bisys Inks Advice Deal
The deal should make it easier for clients to sign up with the advisor...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Pension Reform Part of Corporate Reform
The President calls for the Senate to pass his pension reforms when it moves to clean up Wall Street...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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More Simple Rollovers
AERS has streamlined its rollover process and made it simpler for participants to stay put...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Eclipse Gets Upgraded
There are more bells-and-whistles on this fund website of this firm...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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CSAM Taps New Managing Director
There is a new face at the firm...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Fixed Income from Fido
The Boston Behemoth has a new fund...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Sophisticated Investors Not Happy
Mutual fund managers express their frustration at corporate America in a new survey...
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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Advent Shortfall
What targets were missed and by how much?..
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Tuesday, July 9, 2002
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JP Morgan/American Century Hits Home Run
The vendor is tapped by a Fortune 500 company...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Gart Sports Teams with New Vendor
The sponsor has chosen a new provider for its 401k plan...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Idex Switches SubAdvisors
The Aegon unit is tapping an affiliate after the fund manager's departure.
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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NASD Hits E*Trade with Fine
Problems with an ad for its Goldman Sach Internet index fund lead the Net broker to pay $90,000 in fines.
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Aloha State Chooses 529 Vendors
Delaware Investments lands a base for its 529 efforts... Georgia is still up for grabs...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Enterprise Beams in Two New Funds
Firm registers two ... Barron's on the fund market ... CapitalBank into wealth management...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Enterprise Beams in Two New Funds
Firm registers two ... Barron's on the fund market ... CapitalBank into wealth management...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Let the Sun Shine In
The Sunshine State has tapped an advice provider...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Are 401k Savers Making Mistakes?
The nation's leading opinion-making newspaper argues that they are in a page one article...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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401kExchange's Web Grows
The firm has entered into another alliance...
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Monday, July 9, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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UAM Upgrades Advisor Website
The Boston funds have added features to its website intended to allow advisors greater access to its portfolio managers...
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Week of July 9, 1999
RFP Roundup
The Weekly Roundup is a regular column examining the RFPs that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications this week...
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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TAG On: ADP Testing
Our plan want to use the prior year method for the ADP/ACP tests. Do we have to amend our plan and if so when?..
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Datalynx Enters Personal Trust Market
The Denver fund supermarket is entering the personal trust market with a new alliance, teaming with Santa Fe Trust to offer trust services to its affiliated advisors...
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Espey Huston & Associates Changes Plan After Merger
Austin, Texas-based Espey Huston & Associates, Inc. was acquired by PBS&J Co., which is headquartered in Miami, Florida. That company's benefit plan is under the management of SPI Capital Management Group, a division of Sun Trust Banks. PBS&J now has a total of 1,700 participants and about $75 million assets under management...
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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Odd Lots, July 9, 1999
Morningstar sells stake ... Value Line pops up first? ... PricewaterhourseCoopers managers must unload holdings...
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Friday, July 9, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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401k Forum Picks Up Barclays Executive
The 401k Forum, a San Francisco-based Internet advisory and retirement planning firm has hired John L. Moore III as Senior Client Manager, according to David Peckman, vice president of marketing...
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Thursday, July 9, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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How to Use the SEC to Find 401k Plan Info
The 401kWire's Index to 943 11k filings made during the last two weeks of June.
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Thursday, July 9, 1998
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Week of July 5, 1998
July 8, 1998. The Boston Herald.
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating the 401(k) plan that covers employees at several Boston hotels including the Sheraton, according to Bernard J. Wolfson's article "Pension Fund is Probed." Workers contend that both the management at the hotels and the leadership of Local 26 of the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union have been dragging their feet on the issue. Some critics charge that "negligence" and not just "incompetence" may be involved. What concerns regulators is that it has taken more than eighteen months to roll the plan over...
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Thursday, July 9, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Hacker Unraveled Boeing's 401k PIN Formula: The First Case of an Online Security Breach?
Security for the new paperless technologies of 401(k) plans has long been a concern for sponsors and participants alike. Equally, providers have long maintained that their computer systems were secure and that there are no examples of security being compromised. Now there is. ..
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Thursday, July 9, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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