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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Baron Preps a 5-Fund Entrance
A Gotham mutual fund entrepreneur and his team are preparing to transform two funds and launch three others...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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As FRP Rolls Out, Byerly's Successor Forms His Leadership Team
The new chief points to four key leaders on his team. Watch for mass release of the new platform within a year...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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Houston Exits
The former recordkeeping chief is handing off another hat next month...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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In the Northeast, a $10.5B-AUA Duo Keeps Its RKer
Updated | The renewed contract took effect on June 1 and will last up to 7 more years...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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ETFs Drive a $28.8B Industry Flows Rebound
A mutual fund industry trade group's team shares their most recently weekly flows data for long-term mutual funds and ETFs...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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11 Months Post-Sale, a Tar Heel TPA Leader Retires
The executive most recently served as director of operations at firm that acquired her shop...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
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Tuttle Helps a Robo Into ETF World
In the Pacific Northwest, a startup's team is rolling out their first ETF and planning at least one more...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Brennan Celebrates a 12-Figure Voya Milestone
The metric means that this unit now accounts for more than 19 percent of the recordkeeper's DC business...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Insurers and a $3.3T-AUM AM Target Ret Income
Folks at a money center bank's giant asset management arm are teaming up on a new TDF DC I-O offering that offers optional lifetime income...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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In O.C., a $25MM, 200-Participant Plan Moves
A publicly traded, East Coast RKer's team wins over a California 457...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Net YTD ETF Launches Triple In 2024
An industry research team offers data on how this side of the asset management industry's lineup is growing this year...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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AmericanTCS and Voya Prep a September Launch
The expected launch date for a new pooled employer plan is September 15...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
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Inflows Climb to $33B, Boosted By Equity ETFs
Refinitiv Lipper's team reveals the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, August 20, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Multi-Phase Integration Follows an All-Stock KPA Deal
Both chiefs talk about the acquisition, why they did it, and what's next...
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Friday, August 20, 2021
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Next Up For This 401k Startup: IRAs, HSAs, and Hiring
The Beehive State-based, small-market retirement plan provider recently closed its $2-million seed round of funding...
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Friday, August 20, 2021
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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A $183B-AUM Shop Debuts an MBS ETF
This is the multi-manager fund firm's second active fixed income ETF launch of 2021...
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Friday, August 20, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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A CA RKer Preps a 401k On Training Wheels
Watch for the small- and micro-market provider's team to launch the new offering early next year...
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Friday, August 20, 2021
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Brace For Mass Reverse Sticker Shock
My colleague Lauren Corradi talks to ERISA experts about a new disclosure reg. They warn advisors that the IFR will open the floodgates to participant questions...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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An Active Giant's ETF Biz Crosses $10B
The mutual fund firm entered the ETF space in 2013 and now has 91 ETFs globally...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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DoL Lays Out More PEP Details: Weigh In Now
The Department of Labor's EBSA arm proposes how to handle registration for providers of the new type of MEP...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Participants' Web Activity Jumps
A giant RKer's Q2 update sheds further light on how participants and other investors are behaving during the ongoing coronavirus crisis...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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How is COVID-19 Changing Sponsors' Decisions, and What Can RKers Do?
A researcher talks plan sponsor trends in the age of coronavirus...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Reader Rating: 4
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Ark Takes the Lead, Proportionately
The M* team updates flows data for July 2020 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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An RKer Cancels a Postponed Conference
The team at a PE-backed recordkeeper has decided to cancel their annual in-person conference...
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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Reader Rating: 1.3
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An OpFunds Vet Joins Morgan Stanley
A wholesaler seems to have switched over to the FA side of the business...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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Roy Expands MassMutual's TPA Channel By Three
The team is also upgrading their TPA support efforts online...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two BPAS Leaders Rise
They both now serve as vice presidents at the open architecture recordkeeper...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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OneAmerica's Blaskowski Hires In Atlanta and KC
Two relationship directors, one new and one returning, join the recordkeeper's RM team...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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J-Lo Backs Her Ex-DJ's Roboadvisor
The singer and her fiancee are reportedly investing in a familiar fintech already backed by Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Durant, BlackRock, and Capital Group...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
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DWC Goes to the Big Easy
A recent hire moves from the West Coast to open a new satellite branch...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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Still On Top, Bridge Builder Slows
M* updates mutual fund and ETF flows data for July 2018...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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Ascensus and SSgA Win a Nascent SARP Giant
A state treasurer confirms that the duo will handle administration and investment management for the program, expected to launch next year...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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The Woz Comes to Keystone
The Apple co-founder talks to DC industry insiders in the Rockies...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fundsters, Prepare to Woo a New Kind of Gatekeeper
A multinational financial services giant is looking into something familiar in entertainment media...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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10 Years In, a Voya IM SVP Exits
A sales veteran is moving on from the publicly traded firm's asset management arm...
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Monday, August 20, 2018
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Here are Three Must-Read Books For KPAs This Summer
Unless you're a neurosurgeon on call, put those smartphones down and turn some pages.
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Who Lost This $164 Million Plan?
Fido's likely to pick up the pieces.....
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Reader Rating: 2
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Lockton's Looking To Hire a KPA
The search is on to replace this KPA.....
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Reader Rating: 2
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Dallas Salisbury Passes the CEO Reigns
EBRI announces its newest CEO succeeding Dallas Salisbury...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Private Equity Alum Takes Over Strategic Insight's Parent
The overall company has 11 business units, including trade publications in the retirement plan industry...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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MassMutual Rounds Up Eight New Sales Reps
MassMutual is ramping up its sales team...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Greg Johnson Picks Two Right Hands
Updated | Franklin Resources will gain two co-presidents on October 1...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Three Lessons From the Passage of the '40 Act, 75 Years Later
An ex-chief of the ICI dispels some myths about the law that created the modern mutual fund industry 75 years ago...
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Who's on Top of Brightscope's 401(k) Rankings?
It's good to be in law.....
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.67
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Seen and Heard at Matrix's 14th Conference
The team at the Broadridge subsidiary concluded their 2014 conference last night...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4.56
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An Invesco Alum Lands
Distribution veteran has more than 30-years experience working for Morgan Stanley Investments and Van Kampen, in addition to Invesco...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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Need More Rev-Share Data? Here's Information on 22 Broker-Dealers
We know how important it is for you to understand the revenue-sharing fees on these platforms. We're providing the basic info, as well as the links for you to save and use in the future...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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Wells Fargo Eyes Deals, Sales Push, to Double AUM
The Wall Street Journal reports that the bank has developed an aggressive plan to double its AUM to $1 trillion as other businesses slide.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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Frustaglio Brings a TPA Vet to Nationwide's Side
The bundled retirement plan provider welcomes a new wholesaler covering both Hawaii and Orange County, CA...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
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Reader Rating: 2
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Benartzi Trumpets Future Enrollment
The behavioral finance guru speaks to industry insiders at the 13th annual Matrix conference...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Yale Responds to Graff
A letter has been sent..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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John Hancock Fine-Tunes its Brand
Firm changes name of fund management arm...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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USAA Fixes A Ticker Error
USAA Investment Management Company [profile] has fixed an error that involved its USAA Total Return Strategy Fund. The fund shares NASDAQ ticker symbol has been revised to correct an error. The institution shares NASDAQ ticker symbol has been added. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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UBS Adds Compensation Information for Twelve Funds
UBS Global Asset Management [profile] has updated the statement of additional information for the UBS Dynamic Alpha Fund, UBS Global Allocation Fund, UBS Global Frontier Fund, UBS Multi-Asset Income Fund, UBS Equity Long-Short Multi-Strategy Fund, UBS International Equity Fund, UBS U.S. Equity Opportunity Fund, UBS U.S. Large Cap Equity Fund, UBS U.S. Small Cap Growth Fund, UBS Core Plus Bond Fund, UBS Emerging Markets Debt Fund, and UBS Fixed Income Opportunities Fund. Information regarding to the additional compensation paid to Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network, LLC and First Clearing, LLC. have been added.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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ProShares Trust has Plans for a New Fund
ProShares Trust has filed an outline for its ProShares Investment Grade—Interest Rate Hedged. The fund seeks investment results that track the performance of a yet to be determined index. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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An Eaton Vance Fund has New Class Shares
Eaton Vance [profile] and its Eaton Vance Bond Fund now offers class C shares. Additional changes have been made to the fund's “Fees and Expenses of the Fund,” “Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares,” and “Sales Charges” sections. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Legg Mason Revises a Fund's Strategy
Legg Mason [profile] has amended the prospectus of its Legg Mason Dynamic Multi-Strategy Fund. The legend on the cover of the fund's prospectus has been changed, as well as the section titled “More on the fund’s strategies, investments and risks — Portfolio holdings.”The section titled “Disclosure of Portfolio Holdings — General rules/Website disclosure” in the fund's statement of additional information has also been changed. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Guidestone Funds Reorganizes a PM Team
Guidestone Funds [profile]has had a change in the PM team for its Small Cap Equity Fund. Effective immediately, Chris Diegelman no longer serves as a the fund's PM. Second, extra information on transfer of shares has been added under the heading "Shareholder Information." [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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An Oakseed Fund Advisor Has a New Address
Effective August 1, 2013, Jackson Park Capital, LLC, the investment advisor to the Oakseed Opportunity Fund, has a new address. The Oakseed Opportunity Fund is a series of Investment Managers Series Trust. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Vanguard Launches a Series of Bond Index Funds
Effective August 20, 2013, Vanguard [Profile]'s Vanguard Bond Index Funds become public. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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A J.P. Morgan Fund Revises Its PM Info
J.P. Morgan Funds [profile] has revised the PM information for the JPMorgan Global Unconstrained Equity Fund. The sections titled “Risk/Return Summary,” Portfolio Managers — Portfolio Managers’ Other Accounts Managed," and “Portfolio Managers — Portfolio Managers’ Ownership of Securities” have been deleted and replaced with new information. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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A Western Asset Fund Revises it's Investment Strategy
Western Asset Funds has filed amendments to its Western Asset Short Term Yield Fund. The legend on the cover of the fund's prospectus and the section of its prospectus “Principal investment strategies” have been changed. In the statement of additional information, the sections titled “INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES – Principal Investment Strategies and Certain Limitations” and “INVESTMENT POLICIES – Fundamental Investment Policies” have been changed. [SEC Filing I]. [SEC Filing II].
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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A Fund with Ultimus Managers Trust Liquidates
The VFM Fund, a series of the Ultimus Managers Trust, has closed the public offering of its shares, effective immediately. On or about September 20, 2013, the fund will discontinue its operations. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Barrons Examines Mutual Funds of ETFs
Barrons' Brendan Conway responded to a colleague's story on mutual funds of ETFs, questioning their practical use for investors. ..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Newport Takes a Bold Digital Step
The Sunshine State RKer and TPA has revamped its online presence...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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A Fund Family Extends Relationship with Huntington
A client since 1999, firm has signed up through December 2015...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Three Things to Know About AMG
AMG posted second quarter earnings recently. MFWire noticed three things worth pointing out. ..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Jaffe: You Can Have Too Many Subadvisors
MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe says you can have too many subadvisers in one fund and explains why. ..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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SunGard's Got a New Tool
The Relius platform has a new tool...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Invesco Gets a "B"
M* gives the ETF shop a B for Stewardship. ..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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M* Rates Five Funds For the First Time
Which funds got their first M* nods?..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pimco Brings Its Alt Game
Pimco is launching its first managed futures mutual fund, InvestmentNews reports. ..
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Alts Ain't All They're Cracked Up To Be
A Reuters reporter uses the Fido-Blackstone alliance to look at the pros and cons of the category...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Bloomberg Scrutinizes Leveraged Loan ETFs
The newswire ponders whether rush to these kinds of assets will increase volatility...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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Neuberger Berman Goes Exotic
Bloomberg looks at the emerging market debt appetites of both Neuberger and Pimco...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013
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CMG Drops Three Subadvisors
The CMG Absolute Return Strategies Fund pares down its management roster...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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The BrightScope Bros. Raise Another $3MM
Meanwhile, their team has new digs and is expanding...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Stork and Reaper for August 20, 2012
The MFWire's daily report on mutual fund births, deaths, and changes.
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Callan Reels In a New Consulting VP
Atlanta-based Dana Brown will work with large corporate and public plans...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Roche Overhauls Its Megaplan
The Swiss pharma giant is switching to all custom funds...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Wells Fargo Advisors Switches to a Level 401k Comp
A back office specialist teams up with the wirehouse as fee disclosure takes effect...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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Huntington Goes Higher Tech
A few months into his reign, Joe Rezabek reveals a new partnership...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Another Fund Family Leaves the Target Date Space
Following Goldman, OppFunds, and Columbia, another fund family abandons TDFs...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Lessons from Jack Bogle
Jack Bogle recently published a book which summarizes his years in investing...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Russell Shutters All Its ETFs but One
The Seattle-based funds firm will close its 25 passively managed ETFs...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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BMO Adjusts Its Game Plan
The firm will kick the Dow Jones to tackle S&P benchmarks. ..
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Janus Focuses on Fixed-Income Funds
The in-the-news shop is shifting focus away from equity growth, according to InvestmentNews...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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What's in a Fund's Trading Name?
Stocks with nice names tend to perform better than those with ugly names...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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Columbia Files for New Active ETFs
Last week, Columbia filed for 17 new ETFs with the SEC...
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Monday, August 20, 2012
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What Will 12b-1 Reform Mean For Micro Plans?
Last month the SEC proposed eliminating mutual fund 12b-1 fees, at least in name. Micro-market 401k industry insiders may want to pay attention...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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JPMorgan Funds Taps a New President
The banking giant's fund business undergoes a change at the top...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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12b-1 Reform Could Hit American Funds and Others Hard in the 401k Biz
What do the SEC's proposals mean for mutual fund firms looking for retirement plan distribution?..
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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FRC's Research Head to Depart
The departure is the latest in a string of exits from the firm...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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A Nationwide Alum Returns to a TPA in the South
A recordkeeping TPA brings back a familiar face to expand into the Sunshine State...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Gatch News Surprised Some at JPMorgan
The New York Times' DealBook blog takes a look at some of the changes at JPMorgan...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Acquisitions Tempt a Retirement Plan Advisory Shop
Freshly infused with capital, an RIA out west looks to buy...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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DFA is Cooking Up a New Fund
The firm filed papers this week to launch a commodity fund...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Is McColgan Coming Back from the Beach?
The former Fido and Morgan Stanley bigwig joins the board of a distributor of mutual funds and insurance...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Fido Says 401k Investors Are Taking Out More Loans, Hardship Withdrawals
The current economy is forcing some participants to prematurely tap their 401k accounts...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Fidelity Raises Cash, Starts to Sell $250M in Debt
The Boston Behemoth already sold $68.225 million of that debt in ten days...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Vanguard Courts the Young Crowd
With Vanguard's latest product launch, Bill McNabb hopes to lure young investors...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Vice Counts On Guns, Smokes and Booze, Not Dice
The AP profiles the newest manager of the sin fund and how his strategy has shifted...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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Hartstein isn't Stressing Over the 12b-1 Proposal
John Hancock Funds CEO Keith Hartstein predicts that the final rule -- if it reaches that point -- will be very different than the current proposal...
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Friday, August 20, 2010
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ProShares' Latest ETF Helps Investors Short Treasuries
A new inverse fixed income ETF hits the market...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Pioneer Hires an Ex-DWS Exec
The Boston fund firm hired the former head of national accounts at DWS Investments as part of changes it is making in its sales team...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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A Boston Fund Firm Names Head of Strategic Alliances
The asset manager taps one of its own to lead the group, which focuses on DC providers and insurers...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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AIG Combines Life and Retirement Under a Familiar Chief
The retirement services units at the insurer still report to a retirement veteran...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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A Recordkeeping TPA Focuses on SoCal With Four More Advisors
An investing team tilts a West Coast firm to the South...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Mercer Draws in a Hewitt Alum
The consulting firm fills a post emptied by a consultant now at Aon...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Does a New Online Service Take the 401k Cake?
A San Francisco firm offers suggestions on mutual fund portfolios for investors planning for retirement...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Two SEI Funds are Headed for Liquidation
The two funds are no longer used in SEI global allocation portfolios...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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SEI Shakes Up its Subadvisor Roster
The Oaks, Pennsylvania-based fund advisor has made several changes to its lineup of subadvisors...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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401k RFP Site Searches No More
A half decade after the bursting of the dotcom bubble, one of the handful of 401k focused sites closed its doors this week...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Reserve's New Sales Head Plans to Expand Team
The firm is searching for a sales pro to run the bank channel, and is planning to make other additions to the sales team...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Eaton Vance Misses Analyst Expectations
The Boston firm reports lower-than-expected earnings for its fiscal third quarter ended July 31...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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DoL to Release Proposal on Investment Advice
Tomorrow
Brad Campbell will unveil proposed rules to make advice more accessible to those in 401ks and IRAs...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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CitiStreet is Named in a Suit over a State Street Fund
An unhappy plan sponsor sues CitiStreet and others over losses incurred by participants that invested in an SSgA fund...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Janney Taps Top Techie
The Philadelphia firm has hired an AIG alum...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Federated Shops for Shares
The company has approved a new share buyback program...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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TD Ameritrade Finishes the Fiserv Conversion
Six months following the close of the deal, TD Ameritrade execs say they've completed the conversion of RIAs to the TD platform...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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SEC Unveils a New Idea
The SEC has unveiled its next step after collecting XBRL data from fund companies...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Galvin Wants Fido to Buy Back Auction-Rate Securities
Days after New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
included Fidelity in his probe, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin penned a letter to Ned Johnson...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Five Fundies Make Post-Election Predictions
Five money managers get mentions in Wednesday's column...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
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Insider Trading? Not if Jail Time's on the Table, Say Traders
A survey finds jail time is biggest deterrent to insider trading...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Stable Value Shop Seeks CIO as Sale Closes
An old-line stable value manager looks to add another executive to its ranks while preparing for a new parent company.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Two REIT Funds Move from the AMEX to the NYSE
Two ING Clarion REIT funds have made the jump from the AMEX to the NYSE...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.89
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Nuveen: Thursday's Blue Light Special
The credit crunch spilled over to the stock market on Thursday afternoon, creating an "Attention Shoppers" moment in the mutual fund aisle. As with all blue light specials, the sale in Nuveen shares ended quickly...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Lincoln To Launch New DC Offering Next Month
The Philadelphia-based provider is gearing up to release a new product aimed at the DC market...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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SEC's Expanded XBRL Voluntary Program Kicks Off
Mutual funds are now able to submit XBRL-tagged risk/return summary information from their prospectuses...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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NPH Taps FP Transitions to Provide Succession Planning Services to Reps
National Planning Holdings has tapped FP Transitions to provide its representatives with a comprehensive package of succession planning and practice acquisition services...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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kasina Finds Three Secrets to Make the Most of Value-Added Programs
kasina has some words of wisdom for asset managers when it comes to value-added programs for advisors...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Five Recruiting Firms Vie for the Right to Find Raymond Mason a Successor
Candidates for the CEO position at Legg Mason will soon know where to send their resumes...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Hilliard Lyons Renews Contract With SunGard
The Louisville, Kentucky-based firm has inked a multi-year contract renewal for SunGard's wealth management technology platform...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Nollenberger Makes Two Hires for New Chicago Office
Nollenberger Capital Partners has opened a new office in Chicago...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Pentegra Taps Target-Fund Manager
The Empire State provider makes target-date funds from a Boston asset manager available to clients starting this month.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Money Market Funds From Fido, et al. Held Over $6B of CDOs Containing Subprime in June
Money market funds with a total of $300 billion assets between them, have invested in subprime debt...
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Direxion Puts Education First With New Publications, Tools
The specialty fund shop develops new ways to help investors utilize its leveraged index mutual funds.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Update 1: The Reserve Proactively Soothes Clients Fears
The Reserve, a macro manger of money-market fund assets, is taking a proactive approach to client management in the wake of the subprime fiasco.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.28
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Frequent Traders Go Where They Are Wanted
Some fund firms benefit from the movement of scandal money...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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NPR Takes a Stab at Explaining the Scandals...
...but makes a few mistakes while doing so...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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CSAM Files for Absolute Return Fund
The fund will seek to return two percent on top of the LIBOR...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Searches Reported This Week
Bundled turnover, investment changes at an Arizona utility...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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401k Day is Coming
The Profit Sharing Council of America organizes this annual celebration of the 401k plan...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Eaton Vance Wants Options
The Boston fund manager plans to launch a fund that will write options on fund holdings...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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The DOL Wants You
The DOL needs to fill five vacancies on the 15-member ERISA Advisory Council...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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Invesco Talks Wind Down
Invesco officials have been in talks with the SEC for eight months now...
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Friday, August 20, 2004
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Lockwood Continues to Push Past SMAs
The BoNY subsidiary now adds to municipal bonds to its product set...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Strong Re-ups with TA
The fund firm is renewing with its long-time transfer agent...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Forward Eyes Stake in Subadvisor
The San Francisco fund complex has inked a letter of intent to buy a minority stake in one of its subadvisors...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Milwaukee Sponsor Buys Combo Plan
The food retailer is dropping Cigna as its 401k provider in favor of a combo plan provider...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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West Coast Startup Hires Sales Director
Sherri Fitts has signed on with a San Francisco Bay Area startup...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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403b Participation Climbs
But participation rates still fall short of those in 401k plans...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Schwab Target of Bomb Scare
The police are not sure who planted the two briefcase bombs, including one at a Charles Schwab home...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Helping Hand from Wyatt
The firm has a new way of thinking for retirement...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Yet Another Option
A new fund has signed on to the GoldK System...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Powering Up with a Vendor
A distributor of power tools taps a provider...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Putnam Says Cuts Are Last
There is still no joy in Beantown as the second most prominent fund firm in town wields the axe...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Heartland Moves On
The Milwaukee firm finishes cleaning up its backyard mess with the help of a neighbor...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Another Internet Fund is Gone
A name change did not save this fund from literally evaporating away...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Stumping for Retirement
Ray Lucia, a cfp, is out spreading his word about how to retire in comfort and safety...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2002
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Indexing So Continental
IndexFunds.com is launching new sites in Europe...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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When Others Say No, Champion Says Invest!
Key has hit on the concept of distributing its Victory Funds through its mortgage division.
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Downloading with Pru
Prudential offers a new service for its client in the area of plan reports...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Conversation with mPower Prez Steve Deschenes
The 401kWire.com chats with the head of the advice firm about its direction...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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AIM Openings and Closings
AIM Opens One Fund ... Closes Another...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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AIM Openings and Closings
AIM Opens One Fund ... Closes Another...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Lucent Thin End of the Wedge
Lucent may just be the first domino as another sponsor girds up for a lawsuit over issues relating to company stock...
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Monday, August 20, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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SEI Takes the Amerindo Challenge
SEI plans on helping the institutional equity manager strengthen distribution to fee-based financial planners and customize its Internet site...
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Week of August 20, 1999
RFP Roundup
The 401kWire.com takes its Friday look at the week in searches...
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Managers Call for Reporting Conformity
A new survey of fund managers by Broadgate Consultants shows a a concern about the consistency of standard accounting practices and the level of executive compensation disclosure...
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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ADP Eyes e-Commerce
ADP is imagining a whole slew of services the Internet can offer small businesses and putting the technology to use...
401kWire.com -
Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, August 20, 1999
Opposition from Janus ... Value's fine print ... Wireless trading in R&D...
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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SunGard Changes the Guard
The recordkeeping and back office giant is rearranging the furniture in its corner offices, promoting three of its top executives...
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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SunGard Changes the Guard
The recordkeeping giant is rearranging the furniture in its corner offices.
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Friday, August 20, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Stable Value Alert: Is There A New Triple-A on the Block?
The Wall Street Journal has reported that AIG International, Inc. has agreed to acquire SunAmerica in a stock swap valued at $18 billion. Not reported in the Journal or in the other coverage of the merger seen by the 401kWire.com is the deal's implication for the stable value and guaranteed investment contract (GIC) market...
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Thursday, August 20, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Morningstar Names Head for Retirement Services Division
Is there a need for more information on mutual fund investments in 401(k) plans? Chicago-based Morningstar, Inc. appears to think so. Today Morningstar announced that it has formed a new retirement services division that will be headed by James M. Wironen, 46...
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Thursday, August 20, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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E&J Gallo Workers to Vote on Starting 401k
Modesto, CA-located Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery will be adding a 401(k) plan for its employees if a new four-year contract is ratified by members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. ..
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Thursday, August 20, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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