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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Bramlett Anoints a 40-Year Industry Vet
The FuturePlan chief adds a fifth member to his distribution leadership team, this time in SoCal...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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A Former Veriti Director Joins Eventide
He will support the national sales team from the Boston area. And a new research analyst joined, too...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Swanson Brings Two Voya Alumni to CUNA Mutual
The new hires both have joined the provider's intermediary sales division...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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McDonald Hires a Retirement Chief For Morgan Stanley
The Gotham hire hails from an online 401k startup that was acquired...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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The Only $180B AM That Manages No Assets?
Three star mutual fund entrepreneur-PMs share some of their current investing takes...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Marino Transforms Rekon
The FA-turned-KPA-conference-specialist has planned more changes than just to its name...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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Steele Hires a B-D 401k Chief
The new hire joins the Columbia Threadneedle DC I-O team...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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A 28-Year American Funds Vet Retires
The Nw York-based broker-dealer is moving on after nearly three decades with the company...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Increased Assets, 401k Millionaires, and Other Q2 Findings
Fidelity Investments unveiled its Q2 findings this week, and the results indicate positive trends...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Ascensus Acquires Near Sacramento
Yet again, the private-equity-backed RKer is buying another TPA...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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An Asset Management Giant Preps CIT TDFs
The collective investment trust product will be available to investors later this year...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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OneAmerica Lands a $165MM 457 Deal
Updated | The HPOU has more $165 million in assets...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Paychex 401k Wholesaler Switches to Health
Based on the west coast, the exec now works for a TPA that handles COBRA, FSAs, HRAs, HSAs, and POPs...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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After an ETF Shop Deal Collapsed, Backers Sued
An ETF entrepreneur is under legal fire over a marketing agreement between his fallen firm and a banking giant...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2018
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Vanguard and BlackRock Eclipse the Competition, Again
An analysis on the flows of the top 50 fund firms in the industry. ..
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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A OneAmerica Alum Leaves Voya
She first joined Voya in 2015...
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Callan's New CEO Will Start Amidst A Legal Shift
The investment consulting firm will be switching up its leadership roles. ..
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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How Will Participants React to Rothification?
Rob Austin, from Alight Solutions, discusses recent Roth trends in light of "Rothification" talks. ..
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - August 21, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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Week In Preview, August 21-27
The official mutual fund industry calendar is pretty light for eclipse week...
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Monday, August 21, 2017
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A Philly Shop Picks a Prez For Fund Arm
An 11-year company vet takes over the institutional strategies arm. And the bulk of that arm's assets are in its mutual funds...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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An NYC Shop Hunts For a DC I-O Chief
This publicly-traded mutual fund company recently said goodbye to its DC I-O chief...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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SSgA Wins Over a BlackRock DC I-O Bigwig
The new hire will lead the advisor-sold DC I-O efforts for the Beantown asset management giant...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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A University Drops Its RKer
An optometry school sees a change.....
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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With Service and Technology Boost, TPAs Are More Satisfied
The provider's forth annual client satisfaction survey shows TPA satisfaction with their plan providers.....
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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A Texas KPA Joins This New Jointly-Owned Entity
401kWire has learned that a 401(k) plan advisor in Massachusetts recently aligned with a jointly-owned entity...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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The Feds Indict a Fallen Fund Firm's Chief For Fraud
The move follows the 2011 collapse of the Midwestern shop's mutual fund and the 2013 SEC order barring its proprietor from the industry...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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PE Buys a Fund Firm After Its Founder Died
Updated | The private equity shop already had a stake in the mutual fund shop in question...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Cash Balance Plans Outpace the 401k Market
So says, Dan Kravitz, president of California-based TPA Kravitz...
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Friday, August 21, 2015
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Ain't No Mountain High Enough
A record number of industry insiders, including many KPAs, trekked to the Rockies this week for Matrix's 14th annual conference...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3
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An RKer's Sales Chief Hunts for a Midwest Director
A 401k recordkeeper has an open sales director position in the Midwest...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4.2
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A High Profile Fund Columnist Joins GSAM
The Harvard and NYU alum, and Wharton School writing coach has gone from writing about asset managers, to working with them...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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MassMutual's Buffington Anoints Seven Emerging Market Sales Execs
The new appointees will cover territories in Connecticut, Indiana, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Georgia University Consolidates Its $33MM Plans
TIAA-CREF wins the consolidated 401k-403b mandate for an institution that is 136 years old...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Fund Flows Fizzled? Phooey! Eaton Crushes Q3
Thomas Faust and company faced flummoxing bank loan fund flows, interesting allocation decisions by a fund platform, but also witnessed good performance amongst their specialists...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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OneAmerica's Citron Hires a Principal Vet
The new hire fills a newly created regional VP of retirement sales role at the bundled provider...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Cornelio Offers Lincoln's Plan Sponsors Three Flavors of Investing Menus
The bundled provider updates its Ibbotson-powered investment platforms for DC plans...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Bedbugs, Lost Crowns, Heir Issues and Equities: Pimco's Week Had All of These
This was the week that was for Pimco. It was busy...
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Jania Stout is Starting a New KPA Shop
The elite retirement plan advisor formerly running a unit PSA Financial is moving on..
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
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IUniverse Writes Ode to the Six New Schwab ETFs
IndexUniverse covered the appeal of the Schwab ETFs, both emotional and practical...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Investors Are Turning to High Yield Bond Funds
Investors are showing an appetite for junk bonds. Morningstar explains why...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Pimco's El Erian Advises: Reposition Now
Pimco CIO Mohamed El Erian advises that investors don't wait until fall to reposition their portfolios. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Schwab's Rebalancing Platform Is Fully Integrated
Charles Schwab's partnership with Advent Software has resulted in a fully integrated platform, InvestmentNews reports. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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The State of America's Retirement Readiness: Industry Obstacles and Opportunities
A top retirement exec at a large broker-dealer breaks down core issues underlying the retirement readiness problem...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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BMO Teams With Trust Company, Software Powerhouse
BMO and FIS have formed an alliance to cater to the California-Based company Farmers and Merchants Trust Company..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Sterling Renames and Changes a Fund's Investment Objective
Sterling Capital Funds [profile] has amended its Sterling Capital Select Equity Fund. First, effective September 3, 2013, the Sterling Capital Select Equity Fund will be renamed the Sterling Capital Large Cap Value Diversified Fund.Second, there have also been changes to the fund's investment strategies and risks. Third, effective September 3, 2013, the benchmark index of the fund will be changed. [SEC Filing]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Calamos Fund Acquires a New PM
Calamos Asset Management [profile] has replaced the PM information of the Calamos Family of Funds with a chart detailing their information. As of August 20, 2013, Matthew Dveirin serves as PM to their funds. [SEC Filing]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Permal Changes A Fund's Management Information
Permal Asset Management [profile] has revised the fund prospectus for its Permal Hedge Strategies Fund. The sections titled “Management of the Fund – The Sub-Adviser” and “Portfolio Managers” have been edited. [SEC Filing I]. [SEC Filing II]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Transamerica Reorganizes Management for Funds
Transamerica Asset Management [profile] has reorganized their management for its Transamerica Tactical Allocation, Transamerica Tactical Income, Transamerica Tactical Rotation, Transamerica AEGON Active Asset Allocation, Transamerica AEGON Active Asset Allocation, Transamerica AEGON Active Asset Allocation, Transamerica Vanguard ETF Portfolio, Transamerica Vanguard ETF Portfolio, Transamerica Vanguard ETF Portfolio, and Transamerica Vanguard ETF Portfolio. [SEC Filing I]. [SEC Filing II]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Fontegra Closes a Fund
Fontegra Funds [profile] will liquidate the Frontegra HEXAM Emerging Markets Fund. This decision, based upon the recommendation of Frontegra Asset Management, Inc., was made by the board of fund on August 20, 2013. [SEC Filing]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Nuveen Plans for Fund Reorganization
Nuveen Investments [profile] has filed a brief recommendation to for the shareholders of the Nuveen Quantitative Enhanced Core Equity Fund to review the fund prospectus. The company is planning to take votes on the reorganization of Nuveen Quantitative Enhanced Core Equity Fund into the Nuveen Symphony Low Volatility Equity Fund. [SEC Filing].
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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A Victory Portfolio Fund Has a New Advisory Agreement
Victory Portfolios has filed an update on the new investment advisory agreement between the adviser and the trust. On May 17, 2013, at a meeting of shareholders of the Special Value Fund, shareholders had approved of this agreement. On August 15, 2013, the previous investment advisory agreement for this fund was terminated and the new agreement became effective. [SEC Filing]...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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OpFunds, Putnam Win Industry Awards
Which other firms were honored?..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Newport Just Made a Multi-Million Dollar Technology Investment: What's Next?
Two top executives at the Sunshine State RKer and TPA talk about their revamped
participant website and their next online overhaul...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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LPL Teams up with Two RKers
Vanguard and Ascensus make a deal with the firm...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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American Century is Hiring in the DC-IO Space
Rich Luchinsky isn't disclosing much, but says there's a fresh opening in the DC-IO area of American Century that he is looking to fill internally. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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Better Study! The SEC Has a New Exam Head
SEC names head of examination program...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Rising Interest Rates Could Help Legg Mason
There isn't always a downside to rising interest rates. In this case, it may help Legg's valuation, Seeking Alpha writes...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Barrons Profiles a Natixis PM, and Hunter
Barrons conducted a Q&A with a Natixis PM and discussed his shrewd stock picking. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Financial Advisors See Upside of Active Funds
Financial advisors are starting to see the advantage to active funds in a volatile rising rate environment. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Saint Jack: Don't Let Rising Rates Spook You Yet
Jack Bogle went on CNBC to talk about portfolio allocations in a rising rate environment. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Rekenthaler: Pay Attention to Jeremy Siegel
Morningstar's John Rekenthaler writes his thoughts on Jeremy Siegel's Financial Times piece...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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BlackRock Stock Guru Plays Fortune Teller
BlackRock's Rick Reider guesses interest rates how high interest rates will go in the near future. ..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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As Rates Rise, Shorter-Duration GNMA Funds Do
GNMA funds have become problematic in the rising rate environment, but two funds specializing in shorter durations have done alright. Will flows follow?..
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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EIG Files a TCW Complaint
EIG is saying the Carlyle deal violates their rights...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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An Open-Architecture Shop Has a New Partner
An investment management firm joins SCI...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1.67
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Stork and Reaper for August 21, 2012
The MFWire's daily report on mutual fund births, deaths, and changes.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Aetna-Coventry Merger May Mean a $4.6B Megaplan
The Aetna-Coventry merger, announced yesterday, would result in a company with $4.6 billion in DC assets, may require a choice on consolidating TPAs. ..
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Money Manager Brings in New Blood
CLS has got new representation on both coasts...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Broadridge Makes a 408b2 Alliance
Gerry Scavelli and Tim Slavin team up with a familiar Bluff Point veteran...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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There's New Leadership at the FPA
The Financial Planning Association's longtime executive director, Marv Tuttle, is retiring ahead of schedule. ..
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Curian Debuts Two New Alternatives Strategies
Two new strategies help investors harness market volatility...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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BofA Survey Shows Robust Participation Despite Economy
The latest 401(k) Wellness Scorecare shows increases in automatic plan features and the use of advice services. ..
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Angel Oak Launches Its I-Share Class
The new share class is already available on three platforms...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Fido Launches a Participant Program
New program from Boston firm designed to help participants in their retirement planning...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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INTECH Expands Its Executive Team
The Janus investment management arm hires a Hartford vet as head of global client development...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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American Funds Stays "Copacetic"
Morningstar visits American Funds' HQ and finds a surprisingly even-keel take on crisis management...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Nine Mayors Oppose the SEC
A group, which includes nine big-city mayors, is against the new rules for money market mutual funds...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Donahue Stands Up For Money Funds
The Federated chairman says he wll continue to fight in the regulation battle...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Benzinga Hypes Three Bond Funds
Three ETFs are feeling the love from Benzinga...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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The Most Influential People in Fund Distribution
The MFWire is taking your input and feedback for our inaugeral list of the Forty Most Influential People in Fund Distribution. See our initial list of 175 nominees...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fidelity Brings Back an Alum to Run Retirement Sales
The executive heads back to Fidelity next month and will report directly to Scott David...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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A DC TPA's Parent Weighs Strategic Options
Will a flexible benefits specialist leave the 401k business?..
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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MassMutual Bids Adieu to a Key Account Exec
The executive is moving on after two-and-a-half years at the Springfield, Massachusetts-based plan provider...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Fund Managers Part Ways with JPMorgan
A replacement possessing 'star power' will be revealed next week, Dow Jones reports...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Two More Law Firms Target Leveraged ETFs
Attorneys at Stanley, Mandel & lola LLP and Wolf Haldenstein Alder Freeman are the latest to target leveraged ETFs...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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Fund Track Sends Mutual Shares a Birthday Greeting
The WSJ Fund Track gives a fund family its due for picking up cigar butts as it marks its sixtieth birthday...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Do SRI and Funds Mix? Asks Forbes
Forbes as a panel of mutual fund and investing experts how to do good by investing in funds...
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Friday, August 21, 2009
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Miller Bites Back at DoL Over Advice
The Congressman from California issues a strongly worded condemnation of the newly released proposed regs from the DoL.
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Just How Big is the Target-Date Industry?
The analysts at Cerulli say the actual size of the industry may be larger than you think...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Forward and Accessor to Integrate Sales Teams
Forward's new president says the company is considering several factors in the integration...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Pimco Raises Expense Ratios on Four Funds
Pimco is upping the expense ratio on institutional shares of four of its funds...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Lincoln Wants to Boost its Ohio Presence
Lincoln Financial Advisors has named a managing director for its North Central Ohio Regional Planning Group...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Campbell Clarifies Participant Advice Rules
The EBSA chief discusses new proposals on advice computer models and level-fee arrangements, for DC plans and IRAs alike...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Vanguard Puts 'Happy Days' on Hold
The fund giant has postponed plans to develop a tract of land it bought in 2000 into a campus that will house 10,000 crew members...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Regulators Plan Door-to-Door Inspections of Brokerages
The auction rate mess has triggered a full-scale investigation...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Engineers Hire a Provider for their $200 Million DC Plan
UPDATED | The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 3 has tapped a provider for its $200-million DC plan...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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TD Could Tap Branch Offices For DC Leads
In the wake of the various Fiserv conversions, a top corporate services exec lays out his plans for the intermediary-sold marketplace...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Will Merrill Sway BlackRock and Pimco?
Merrill brokers are nudging Pimco and BlackRock to buy back auction-rate securities...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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SSgA is Sued Again over Bond Fund
SSgA finds itself in the hot seat once again over its Yield Plus Fund...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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SRIs Get the Fund Track Spotlight
A portfolio manager gets coverage...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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Is Fidelity Entering a New Era?
Turnover in the Boston Behemoth's top ranks is catching the attention of mutual fund industry insiders -- but the changes may do more than bring in new faces...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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Kim to Leave Pru Retirement
Update | A key force behind the integration of the Cigna and Pru retirement business is planning to step down at the end of August...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Centennial State Firm Unveils New Plan Report
A platform provider that specializes in TPA work releases a new tool for its partners.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Survey Says: Spitzer is Still the One Wall Street Loves to Hate
Eliot Spitzer is the the most despised public figure among traders, according to a new survey by Trader Monthly Magazine...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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T. Rowe, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton Want You to Know Their Name
The Nielsen Monitor-Plus figures for mutual fund advertising spending in the first five months of the year are in...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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RSM McGladrey To Hire Two For Sales Team
The provider's new national sales director is looking to make a pair of hires...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Focus Financial Hires Two
The New York-based firm has made two new hires...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2
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Dreyfus to Merge Three Muni-Bond Funds
The New York-based BNY Mellon subsidiary plans to fold three of its municipal bond funds into three others...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Marsico Helps Out KKR Affiliate
Tom Marsico is helping out a friend that goes by the name Kohlberg Kravis Roberts...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Money Market Fund Creator Slams 'Abuse' Of Concept
The man who created the world's first money market fund is unhappy over what he views as an "abuse" of the concept...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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WSJ: Global REITs, Friend or Foe to the Investor
As the residential housing market in the U.S. heads down, consumers may be turning to global REITs as a way to continue to invest in the real estate market...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.25
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Asset Manager Stock Performance Tied to Overall Marketplace
Investment company stocks are tied to market performance perhaps more so than any other stock out there...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Abby's Unit Sees a String of High-Level Departures
Fidelity Employer Services Co., the unit that Abby Johnson heads, has witnessed a string of high-level departures since last year...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Many Leveraged, Narrow Focus ETFs Seeing Big Declines
Leveraged ETFs that magnify market movements and bet on the wrong swing of the market are not too surprisingly having some problems of late...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.29
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Oppenheimer Dangles 401k Discounts
The New York-based firm will waive set-up costs for plans with at least $1 million in assets...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Freddie Mac To Settle ERISA Suit For $4.65M
The McLean, Virginia-headquartered mortgage finance company has reached a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit relating to its 401(k) plan...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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The Inside Story on UBS' Piper Deal
Martin Hoekstra brought a key Piper manager out of retirement and racked up the miles in the UBS plane in order to keep Piper reps on board. The efforts worked in Minnesota...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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For Profits, Size Matters Not
Bigger is better, or so everyone in the fund industry tends to assume, but a recent research report suggest that conventional wisdom may be wrong on this count. According to a report released last month by specialized consulting firm Casey Quirk & Associates, the relationship between fund company size and profitability is weak. However, firm focus and "long-term incentive alignment" both improve operating margins...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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DailyAccess Hires Retirement Consultant
The Mobile, Alabama-based outsourced recordkeeper has named a retirement consultant for the northeast region...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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CNBC: See Bogle Fight
The war between traditional and fundamental indexing continues, spilling last week onto cable television. The Wall Street Journal, Vanguard founder Jack Bogle and Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel fired up CNBC Wednesday with the fight over index funds...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Waddell Forced to Fork out $7.4 million
It's always ugly to watch parents fight with their children, especially when the fight gets into court, and Thursday offered a case in point. According to a release, an arbitration panel ordered Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. to pay insurance holding company Torchmark Corporation $7.4 million to resolve a tax dispute...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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OES Lands Merrill Veteran
The technology firm's newest managing director will spearhead strategic development in wake of Reg NMS...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Merrill, E*Trade Make Moves in India
The two US brokerage firms shakeup their Indian ventures. Merrill also taps a prime brokerage chief in Japan...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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UBS Loses Two to Smith Barney
Two Southern California reps jump with $2.6 million in production jump from one wirehouse to another...
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Monday, August 21, 2006
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Invesco Merges Units
The firm combines two groups into and promotes a new CEO and distribution head...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Franklin Templeton Opens Funds of Funds
The two new funds are targeted at advisors seeking one-stop solutions...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Iowa Selects Principal for Workplace Plan
The new college savings plan will be sold only through employers...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Schwab Awards Fund Accounting Contract
The deal covers fund accounting and administration for Schwab equity funds...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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BGI Plans Two More Bond ETFs
The new offerings will bring the total number of bond iShares to six...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Harris Takes Expanded Role at Invesco
Herky Harris takes a new assignment at Invesco and Amvescap Retirement has a new CEO...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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MetLife Ed Tool Promotes Annuities
Americans are not saving enough for retirement and the insurer sees the opportunity to push income annuities...
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Senate Committee Asks TSP Board for Records
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee is looking into the systems work performed by American Management Systems for the Federal DC plan...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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New York 401k Investors Hit Hard by Scandals
The Empire State claims scandals cost its citizens as much as $10,000 each. Older savers suffer steepest losses...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Advice Wars Veteran Joins Advisory Firm
A veep from the 401k advice battles has joined a Livingston, New Jersey-based investment advisory firm...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Oregon House Passes DC Bill
Whether state workers get a defined contribution plan is now up how the Senate and House compromise...
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Thursday, August 21, 2003
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Joining 401Konnect
The firm has a new partner...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Trustar Exits
The unit of Principal will no longer offer full-service recordkeeping to TPAs...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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New GoldK Guy
The firm has hired a new exec in a new position...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Head Above Water
Despite the volatile market, some funds are managing to keep an even keel...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Spreading the 529 Word
Pennsylvania residents are getting a new college savings ad campaign...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Bye Bye State Street
The Boston firm loses another top exec...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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New Admiral of the Fleet
The firm has a new president...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Another American Century Exec Says Goodbye
To misquote Oscar Wilde, to lose one chief investment officer is a tragedy, to lose two is just plain carelessness...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2002
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Forward Lands Sales Exec
The San Francisco firm has landed a new sales head from the managed account industry. ..
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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UNX Raises the Dough
The provider of trading platforms has raised $4.4 million in its series C financing...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Bank Adds Fund
An Oklahoma bank has added a fund to its plan...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Lipper Notes
Bonds In, Stocks Out ... Shapiro at Satellite...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Lipper Notes
Bonds In, Stocks Out ... Shapiro at Satellite...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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SunGard En Garde
The IT firm is launching a new online system for sponsors...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Morningstar Rises
The firm is launching a new service for financial advisors...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Radio Free Franklin Templeton
The firm is holding a live webcast to help registered reps understand the new retirement legislation...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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Another Notch for CitiStreet
The firm welcomes a new client into the fold...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2001
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August 21, 2000
Vanguard sales off 75% ... Fund companies beat funds ... Pictet & Cie targets U.S. advisors ... Why doesn't Asia index?..
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Monday, August 21, 2000
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August 21, 2000
Vanguard sales off 75% ... Fund companies beat funds ... Pictet & Cie targets U.S. advisors ... Why doesn't Asia index?..
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Week of August 16, 1998: The Week in Searches
The Weekly Roundup is a regular Friday afternoon column examining the week's RFPs, both those that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications. Looking to the Future reports on possible future searches not covered during the week...
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Friday, August 21, 1998
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Its Official! Berg Joins Financial Engines Board
As first reported on July 31, Olena Berg, former assistant secretary of Labor, is joining the Financial Engines board. The news was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Palo Alto-based investment advisory firm.
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Friday, August 21, 1998
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