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2 Gotham Shops Add 1 AI-Powered Fund, And ...
The folks at a four-year-old asset manager and a 16-year-old quant are rolling out one fund and prepping three more...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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A 24-Year-Old Brokerage Rebrands Its $100B-AUA KPA Aggregator
Word is that the rebranding will be a gradual one for the firm...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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Epic and GPS Team With an AL TX Duo
Folks at the four firms are powering a new pooled employer plan...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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ME Hires an ESG Startup, the DC I-O Gains More Distro Access, And ...
The DC I-O firm's team is also preparing to raise new funding, but not from institutions...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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Week In Preview, September 30 - October 6
This week, the teams at ASPPA, Broadridge, DCIIA, Paychex, PenChecks, PlanSponsor, PRP, Sheridan Road Charitable Foundation, SS&C, and WIPN will host events...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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Week In Preview, September 30 - October 6
This week, the teams at Expect Miracles Foundation, Fuse, MFDF, MMI, Nicsa, and WE will host events...
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Monday, September 30, 2024
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$14B, 18 ETFs, and 9 MFs In 3 Years
A team celebrates a big milestone and rolls out two more funds...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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With Two Allies, a 2,100-FA B-D Launches a 401k-In-a-Box
A recordkeeper and a TPA will help power a new small-market product for both startup plans and existing plan sponsors...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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A 34-Year-Old Shop Joins a 13-Firm Alliance
Updated | The group's members support more than 23,000 retirement plans, more than 720,000 participants, and more than $44 billion in AUA...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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14 Years In, a Galliard Principal Exits
There is no official word yet on how the departing executive's duties will be handled...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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Weekly Net Flows Take a $42B Hit
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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A 401k Fintech Wins After Teaming Up in the Small Market
Fintech Intel honors a British multinational that is making a push on this side of the pond...
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Friday, September 30, 2022
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A $7B-AUM Unit Adds an ETF Quartet
The four launches bring the two-year-old boutique's lineup to 12 ETFs in total...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Are You Ready For National Retirement Security Month 2021?
Recordkeepers are ready for the annual celebration, which begins tomorrow...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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OneDigital Buys a $350MM-AUA Cali Shop
More than two-thirds of the acquired firm's assets are in retirement plans...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Franklin Buys a $6.4B-AUM Shop
The deal is expected is closed next quarter...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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RPA Lands a Dimensional Vet
The new hire now serves as an investment consultant at the KPA shop...
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Thursday, September 30, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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Matthews and Polen Had a Big Virtual Afternoon
This afternoon eight firms won big awards from an industry trade group...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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A Trustodian Connects Giants' Models With 401ks
A quarter of big DC I-Os are part of the initial launch...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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What Does the Fifth Third Deal Mean For Empower?
An executive sheds more light on the deal, which is expected to close next quarter...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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A 401k Startup Steps Up With a Student Loan Benefits Ally
The partners are specifically aiming at the small business market...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Principal, T. Rowe, Columbia, and Matthews Win Big Online
A trade group takes its annual awards show online this week. The final awards will be revealed later today...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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A Lone Star TPA Hires an ERISA Legal Eagle
A veteran industry attorney will help the firm with the new PEP space...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $10B Fund Firm's Co-Founder Will Retire Soon
He is staying on in a senior advisory role until the end of the year at the 26-year-old firm...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
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Pence Swears Scalia In
President Trump gathered the new DoL chief's family in the White House for the ceremony...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
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A PA TPA Grows in the Northeast
After hiring a northeast sales director, a Pennsylvania-based TPA chief hopes to continue the firm's northeast expansion...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
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Week In Preview, September 30 - October 6
This week the teams at GRPAA, July, P&I, and WiPN are all hosting events...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
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Week In Preview, September 30 - October 6
This week the teams at the Denver Area 1940 Act Group, Fuse, ICI, MFDF, NAPFA, and Riskalyze are all hosting events...
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Monday, September 30, 2019
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This Week a 20-Year-Old Growth Fund Shut Down
A Mid-Atlantic institutional manager liquidates its original mutual fund...
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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People on the Move - September 30, 2016
Hirings, firings, and the like!..
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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State-Run Retirement Plan Now a Reality
California is leading the way ..
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Nathan Fisher's Framework For Tapping the 401k Small Biz Market
To help dive into the 401(k) small plan market, Fisher lays out six antidotes that will help business owners lead their employees to a successful retirement...
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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The City of LA to Implement Auto Enrollment
The city is working around the state's wage garnishment rule. ..
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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Pioneer Watchers, Tune In On December 13
The asset manager's Italian parent plans a big day in London...
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Friday, September 30, 2016
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ICI Tax and Accounting 2015 In Pictures
A look at the mutual fund industry trade group's annual tax and accounting conference...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Columbia Takes Over Its Own Four-Star Fund
In November the Ameriprise asset management arm will bring management of a $70.5-million mutual fund in-house...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Voya Wins With $6.4 Billion Mega Plan Merger
Two giants combine to form mega plan.....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3.75
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NAGDCA Conference: A New President and an Old King (of Pop)
NAGDCA announces its new leader during a blockbuster dinner.....
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Another TDF Series Becomes a Lame Duck
In December, another series of target date funds will shut down. Yet this one is a bit different other such series that have disappeared...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Indexed Isn't Always Passive. Wait, What?
M* guru John Rekenthaler urges fundsters to change and standardize their terminology around active and passive management...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015
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Gross Leaves Seven Fund Firms Up in the Air
The bond king had been listed as a PM for eight outside, open-ended mutual funds that Pimco subadvises...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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A KPA Shop Plans to Hook Participants with New Newsletter
A firm that wears many hats, providing actuarial, investment and benefits consulting for all types of employer sponsored retirement and pension plans in the marketplace is launching a new newsletter...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Advisor Tools and 401ks Are Next On This $4.5B Shop's Agenda
The new distro chief at a Chitown mutual fund and SMA shop shares some of his plans...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Reich Amps Up LPL's Participant Education Alliance
The giant B-D's new retirement partners chief unveils an expansion of the Worksite Financial Solutions platform...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Haderer Now Operates at a Higher Level at Mercer
Julio Portalatin promotes Haderer and another top exec at the consulting subsidiary of Marsh and McLennan...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Pentegra's Swisher Hires in SoCal
A DailyAccess and Newport Group alumnus joins the Empire State RKer's sales team...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Sales Exec Advances at Wheelhouse
Exec had also worked for Coates..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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A Century Capital Honcho Goes Into Consulting
Firm has big focus on research in advisor market and distribution...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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A OneAmerica Firm Launches a New TDF Option
American United Life Insurance Co. announced its new OnePath Portfolios asset allocation program, under which the firm will offer fiduciary support to plan sponsors and at no cost to them. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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BMO Now Serves 31 Fund Flavors
Asset firm has launched three new products. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Ramius' New Alt Takes on Corporate Changes
Ramius launches fund focusing on activism and event driven strategies.
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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A Laguna Beach Shop Hires a Boston Salesman
New hire will focus on sales of tactical ETFs...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Fido Focuses in on Pre-Retirees
Fidelity has a new service for pre-retiree participants that aims to help them transition smoothly into retirement. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Dreyfus Sets a New Fund Afloat
BNY Mellon arm introduces new debt product in expectation of rising rates...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Wisdom Tree Embraces the Emerging Consumer
Firm's new growth fund will derive at least 60 percent of revenue from emerging markets...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Vanguard Turns Down the Vol
Vanguard's new Global Minimum Volatility Fund is expected to evenly split its assets between U.S. and foreign companies. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Gotham Launches Third Alt
Gotham Asset Management unveils Gotham Neutral Fund, its third long/short product...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Large-Market Recordkeepers Welcome a New Big Fish
Plan provider MassMutual has joined an elite club of recordkeepers for the large 401(k) market. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.81
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BMO Hires Two
Asset manager hires a lender/trader and a portfolio manager...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Parametric Launches Two Alts
The Eaton Vance subsidiary expands its alt range with emerging markets and risk balanced products. ..
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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A Hancock Alum Will Handle Northeastern Sales for ING
New hire will be responsible for advisor sold 401ks...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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Sinquefield Pushes for Tax Reform in Missouri
Rex Sinquefield talks on radio about the state's income taxes, and how this impacted the decision for locating DFA's headquarters...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Boston Fed Honcho Questions Money Reform Plan
Beantown fed prez calls plan the step backward, according to Reuters...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Bond Boys Boogie to the "No Taper" Beat
Fed's commitment to QE vindicate the bond royalty...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Active ETFs Storm the Regulatory Ramparts
SEC is starting to give its blessing to proposals...
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Monday, September 30, 2013
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Vanguard Tweaks its Target Risk Funds
The bundled provider and DC I-O firm is shifting the investing strategy for four of its retirement-plan-friendly mutual funds...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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An Old Mutual Exec Departs
He's now at Manning & Napier...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Hancock Funds Revamps its Sales Team
Some familiar faces get new roles at Hancock Funds...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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DoubleLine Releases Fund Number Five
Jeff Gundlach and his team launch another no-load mutual fund...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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DailyAccess Nabs a Newport Wholesaler
Tommy Thomasson takes on a new wholesaler...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Vanguard Fires Mellon
The low-cost mutual fund giant removes the sub-advisor from two funds and reconfigures its target risk offerings...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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Schlichter Attacks a Fund Firm
A large mutual fund manager faces a lawsuit over its use of proprietary funds inside its own 401k...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3
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Participants Forge Ahead in Sluggish Market
They're not taking their retirement readiness laying down...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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403b Market To Reach $1T by 2016
Cerulli is feeling optimistic about the 403(b) market...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Fidelity Takes Over Nortel's Former Digs
It has 680,000 square feet...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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SSgA Flies in Three New SPDRs
The Beantown ETF shop in the U.S. unveils a trio of new offerings...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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An Ex-Grail Partner Goes to Greenwich
Greenwich Associates hires an alum of Grail Partners and NYLIM...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Frost Rolls Out a Natural Resources Fund
The Texas firm unveils its newest '40 Act product...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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Scout Offers a Go-Anywhere Bond Fund
It has an absolute return mandate...
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Friday, September 30, 2011
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A Van Eck Exec Dies
The exec passed away last night at the age of 46...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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Pimco's Retirement Chief Talks about the Hiring Spree
John Miller discusses the sales team that Pimco is building...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Natixis' US Chief Fields the Pioneer Question
John Hailer fields the Pioneer question...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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SPARK Releases Retirement Income Data-Sharing Standards
The research and advocay group aims to make lifetime income products portable via new data-sharing standards...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Vanguard, TIAA-CREF Would Make Mark Zuckerberg Proud
On the eve of the release of The Social Network come highlights from a Corporate Insight study on mutual fund companies' use of social media...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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ING to Host Roundtables
The plan provider looks to promote a customizable product via a series of roundtables...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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Robeco Has a New Beantown Home
Robeco Investment Management made the move earlier this month...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Genworth Switches Institutional Retirement Chiefs
Updated | The DC I-O arm of an asset manager adds a new marketing exec to its retirement plan business even as Genworth taps one of its own...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Paychex Names its New CEO
The payoll company taps a former telephone executive as its new chief.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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A $100M Great-West Plan Preps an RFP
A West Coast plan sponsor will put out a call to bid for RKing services within the next few months...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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RKer Offers Mutual Fund-Like Stable Option
A recordkeepers teams up with an insurance provider to offer participants a fixed interest option...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Fidelity Will Not Pursue 'Project F'
The Boston Behemoth nixes plans for a second data center in North Carolina...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Fundsters' Slip-ups May Matter Less to the Tax Man
A bill that would modernize tax rules affecting mutual funds steps closer to law...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Columbia Heads to Franklin
Columbia is moving to new offices next year...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Post-Columbia: Ameriprise Keeps its A as Lewis Leaves BofA
In the wake of a big deal, one chief departs and a ratings firm keeps the grade for the brokerage stable...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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PowerShares Hunts Globally for Private Equity
The Invesco shop modifies a niche ETF...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Cullen Prepares Its Third In-House Mutual Fund
The New York value shop will launch a new fund on Thursday...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Natixis Managers Woo Reporters
The global asset manager gathers members of the media together as managers share their thoughts on the future...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Columbia Sale Marries Two DC I-O Specialists
The billion-dollar deal could bring RiverSource deeper ties into the DC market...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Four RKing TPAs Plug Into ETFs Via SunGard
The software giant unveils four users of its new ETF solution...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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Bond Funds Still Dominate Flows Even as Markets Rally
More than 10 times as much money flowed into bond funds as into stock funds, through August...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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FRC Ponders Retirement Income
The fund research specialists unveil a new study in conjunction with RIIA...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Great-West Wins a 403b Mandate With a 457 Client
The recordkeeper lands one of three spots with a school district...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3
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Four More Active ETFs Hit the Market
An existing player launches four new sub-advised, active, exchanged-traded funds...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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How Has Fund Distribution Changed?
Speakers at the MFWire Influencers' Summit share their thoughts on how the events of 2008 have altered the distribution landscape...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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BofA Finally Sells Columbia
After months and months of speculation, a buyer snaps up the non-money market business of the asset manager...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Evergreen Parent to Buy Up Lehman Debt from its Funds
Wachovia Corporation is going a step beyond just supporting the debt...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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LPL Fills MacGregor's Shoes
Updated | A fund industry insider joins the indie BD as its retirement chief...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Wachovia: We Stand Behind Our Retirement Unit
The company tells the market that, slimmed down, it will be a strong competitor...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Wachovia Securities Parent Asserts New Business Model is Strong
The company tells the market that, slimmed down, it will be a strong competitor...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Super Regionals Take The Cake in Advisor Survey
Both firms provide the best services to employee and independent advisors...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Wachovia Asserts New Business Model is Strong
The company tells the market that, slimmed down, it will be a strong competitor...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Sentinel Chief Finds Himself in an Enviable Position
As other firms struggle, Sentinel is still hiring...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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COPA Adds ASPPA Brand
Despite a published report to the contrary, ASPPA will not be changing its name after the recent merger...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Johnson, Murphy Land on Power List Anew
The head of Fidelity's personal and workplace investing unit and the ING exec who led the CitiStreet acquisition once again made Fortune's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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The Industry Debates Evergreen's Future
The two units leftover under Wachovia's ticker may not stay independent in the future...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Paychex Sees Uptick in Loan, Withdrawal Requests
The Rochester, New York-based provider also saw a 160 percent leap in fund transfers...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Wants in on Money Fund Guarantee Program
Morgan Stanley says all its SEC-registered 2a-7 money market funds will apply to be insured...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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The Reserve Scraps its Primary Fund
The New York company is liquidating the fund whose losses set off panic in the markets...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Dodge & Cox, Fido Boosted their Wachovia Stakes in Q2
In Tuesday's WSJ Fund Track, Joseph Checkler and Craig Karmin notes that Wachovia's top two shareholders increased their Wachovia holdings by more than 60 million shares in the second quarter...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
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Atkins Questions Hedge Fund Registration
New rules that require hedge funds to register with the SEC risk sapping the SEC's ability to monitor the fund industry, one of the five commishes said Thursday. Commissioner Paul Atkins used a speaking slot at the Managed Funds Association meeting to warn that the rule risk stretching the Commissions resources too thin to properly watch the fund industry...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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SEC Sends Bank of Hawaii Wells Notice
Improper trades in its Pacific Capital Funds may cost the Bank of Hawaii. The bank notified shareholders on Friday that it received a Well Notice form the SEC stating that it faces possible action over trades in the funds...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Vanguard Grabs Gabinet from the SEC
Vanguard has lifted its new head of its securities law group from the SEC. Arthur "Ari" Gabinet will pack his move down the freeway from his office in the SEC's Philadelphia branch to Vanguard Group in the Malvern Hills suburbs, reported the Philadelphia Inquiror. He will start the new job in November...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Fayez Sarofim Adds Subadvisory Mandate
The institutional money manager Fayez Sarofim & Co. will be picking stocks for one of two new funds with tax themes being rolled out with Dreyfus this month. The Mellon unit tapped the subadvisor for its new tax-managed balanced fund designed to help investors diversify. The second is a junk bond muni fund and is managed by Dreyfus staff...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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MFS Sales Vet Jumps to 401kExchange
Florida-based 401kExchange has a new sales chief as it works on more services for plan providers and advisors...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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Hancock Signs in Name on the Bottom Line
The bundled plan provider says it will cover plan sponsors who face losses for failing to meet their fiduciary obligations if they follow its program...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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Matrix Adds ETFs to its Mix
The clearing firm has hit on a way to integrate ETF-based investments into daily-valued plans and cut trading costs...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4.64
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Advisor Offers ETF Portfolios
A Pennsylvania-based RIA has teamed up with BenefitStreet to offer ETF-based portfolios to the 401k market...
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Friday, September 30, 2005
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What Can Funds Learn From BD Marketing Strategies?
Unorthodox as it may seem, sometimes advisors should be bypassed...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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529s: Worse Than Mutual Funds, Says Senator
Fund providers may be facing another bout of regulatory scrutiny, but this time it may be over 529 savings plans...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Payroll Provider Teams with Principal
A Maryland payroll specialist signs creates ties with Principal Financial to offer integrated DC plans...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Doctors Provide High Balance Opps
Looking for a plan with high average account balances? A recent RFP by a US Bank client points the way...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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DoL Unveils Orphan Account Rules
Sponsors will be able to cash out more low balance accounts. Look for hard close rules by the end of the year...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Fund TA Specialist Eyes 401k Opps
A Southern California-based software shop is looking at opportunities in the defined contribution business...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Fair Weather Friends, Those Investment Bankers
Eliot Spitzer knows who his true friends are. During an event honoring Spitzer as an alumni of the elite Horace Mann School, Spitzer commented on the guests in attendance: apparently, investment bankers were among Spitzer’ "friends" who didn’t show, reports the NY Post. (The event, held at the Rainbow Room, coincided with the night of Hurricane Jeanne.) "I know that all my friends here are not ’fair weather’ friends — the only ones who didn't show are the investment bankers," said Spitzer...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Harbor Swaps Subadvisors
Harbor dumps Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co. for Chicago-based institutional money manager LSV Asset Management. LSV will subadvise Harbor’s $10 million Mid Cap Value fund...
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Attention Getting, or Just Too Much Trading?
Are fund managers trading too much? That is what Ian McDonald implies in his latest WSJ piece. He points out that even as price volatility on the stock market has come down, many fund managers continue to actively trade their portfolios. Seemingly, this effort would be for naught if share prices are relatively stable.
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Another North Carolina Bank will Woo Boston Brahmins
Wachovia jumps on the bandwagon of banks courting well-heeled clients with its purchase of Tanager Financial Services. The deal to purchase the Waltham-based money manager promises to open up New England to the bank and position it in Boston. It also brings in accounts with the average size of $11.4 million.
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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Fido Benchmarks its 401k Business
Fidelity provided mixed news about its 401k business Wednesday. The Boston Behemoth reported that the average balance in plans it administers jumped 25 percent, but that a lower share of eligible workers are in plans. While Fidelity is the largest plan administrator, its figures cannot necessarily be extrapolated for the entire industry.
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
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AMR Off the Block
The airline is not selling its investment unit after all...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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Alliance Suspends Two Executives
The Spitzer probe claims to more as another fund firm appears to be caught in his net...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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SEC Takes Step to Make Hedge Funds Register
Watch for the law of unintended consequences to kick in if the SEC gets its way with hedge funds...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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Feds TSP Getting Thriftier
The largest DC plan is mulling over changes to its loan policy...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Safeco Puts Unit Up for Sale
The Seattle-based insurer is selling its non-p/c lines to focus on profitability...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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Matchless in Texas?
Some local governments are now starting to rethink 401k matching. But they are safe in Arlington...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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DoL Goes After Lay
If the Department of Labor gets its way, Ken Lay will pay. Corporate chieftans may not be off the fiduciary hook after all.
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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CBIZ Hands off Recordkeeping
The HR specialist has outsourced its recordkeeping, but plans to keep selling plans under its name...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Fidelity to Cut 5.4%
Updated 8:34 PM: Fido to start laying off workers across its units, institutional retirement services to be affected...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Fidelity Employees Take a Hit
Updated 8:34 PM: The Boston Behemoth to cut 5.4%, those most directly tied to financial markets vulnerable...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Janus Names New COO
The fund firm promotes a manager at its global unit in London...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Matrix Picks Up New Client
A regional bank has tapped the Denver-based firm for its fund-clearing program...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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SEI Taps UNX for Trading
SEI Investments has tapped UNX to provide trade execution capabilities for its MarketLink brokerage services platform...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Columbia Hires New Manager for NY Area
New hire to oversee investment management for high-net worth clients...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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ABN AMRO Unit Names Wealth Head
John R. Irwin has joined Standard Federal Bank as group senior vice president and head of Wealth Management from Comerica Securities...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Reader Rating: 1
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ICI Pushes for Senate to Act on Pension Reform
The voice of the fund industry will likely be lost amid the partisan debate of war with Irag...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Strong Rolls Out Loaded Muni Fund
The fund is managed by a veteran of AAL new to Strong...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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GM to Up 401(k) Matching
The giant car-maker cites confidence in its performance for the move.
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Ameritrade Bolsters Stock Plan Product
The discount broker takes aim at E*Trade with a new alliance for brokerless stock option plans...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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PFPC Tries to Impress Europe
The back-office solution is ready for use in the European market.
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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State Street Names New CFO
Financial industry vet joins Boston firm.
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Truck Dealer Taps NYLIM for Its DC Plan
The plan sponsor cites employee education, open architecture for its choice...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Fidelity Says Web-based Education on the Rise
The Boston Behemoth finds a high percentage of participants are enrolling after on-line education...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Recordkeepers Get Another R Class
The new T. Rowe funds will pay recordkeepers up to 50 bps and are available through all but one of the major administrator platforms...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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New R Class Aims at DC Intermediaries
A Mid-Atlantic fund firm has added a 12b-1 fee and administrative fee to pay 401k recordkeepers...
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Monday, September 30, 2002
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Pru Introduces Target Funds
Prudential is introducing a series of six funds, based on wrap portfolios, managed by some of the leading institutional money managers...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Masters' Adds Fees, New Managers
Add two more funds to the growing list of those attempting to make life more difficult for those pesky timers...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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SVA September 16, 1999
The GIC rate was down nine basis points while the Treasury rate was down four basis points.
Weekly Bullet GIC/BIC Statistics from FCM
Rates as of September 16, 1999*
Compound
Rates |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
High |
6.95 |
7.12 |
7.45 |
7.40 |
Average |
6.62 |
6.86 |
7.02 |
7.16 |
Low |
6.24 |
6.46 |
6.60 |
6.90 |
Treasuries |
5.68 |
5.78 |
5.84 |
5.92 |
Spread |
1.27 |
1.34 |
1.61 |
1.48 |
Issuers |
20 |
20 |
17 |
9 |
Simple Rates |
3 Year |
5 Year |
7 Year |
10 Year |
High |
6.92 |
7.08 |
7.33 |
7.30 |
Average |
6.57 |
6.79 |
6.90 |
7.06 |
Low |
6.05 |
6.25 |
6.40 |
6.60 |
Treasuries |
5.68 |
5.78 |
5.84 |
5.92 |
Spread |
1.24 |
1.30 |
1.49 |
1.38 |
Issuers |
25 |
25 |
18 |
10 |
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*All rates are for non-benefit responsive, investment-only contracts with a value of $5 million. Rates are net of all expenses, with no commissions payable. Treasury quotes are for close of business Wednesday.
Source: Fiduciary Capital Management..
401kWire.com -
Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Pru Introduces Target Funds
Prudential is introducing a series of six funds, based on wrap portfolios, managed by some of the leading institutional money managers...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Dreyfus Looking To Replace Departed President
Dreyfus Retirement Services is conducting a search to replace its recently departed president, with another filling his shoes for now...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Spokesbeagle Continues Ad Run
Snoopy and Charlie Brown are at it again, this time shilling MetLife's whole array of financial services including mutual funds...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, September 30, 1999
Beating the index when the S&P ain't so hot ... Continued outflows...
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Thursday, September 30, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Financial Engines Refuels with Second Round Financing
Palo Alto-based Financial Engines has reached the second stage of the Silicon Valley startup. Today, the Internet-based advisory firm accounced new financing from four investors...
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Weinblatt Takes New Post
Countywide Investments has tapped Margaret D. Weinblatt to be the CIO of the Taxable Fixed Income Fund, according to a report in P&I Daily. She will be in charge of managing the 401(k) plans. She will also manage the core, intermediate, and short-term separate accounts for pensions plans, corporation and foundation endowments, and corporate cash and operating funds...
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Dreyfus Intros New Investment Only Service
Dreyfus Institutional Investors (DII) is introducing a new product to the 401(k) marketplace that will be investment-only and offered only to larger plans. The new unit will be headed by Philip A. Mercurio, formerly president of GE Investment Retirement Services...
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Use of Fidelity's Website Up
The Boston Behemoth reports that participant use of its Internet applications has been on the rise in recent months. More than 610,000 participants are now using the web to monitor their 401(k), 403(b), or 457 accounts with Fidelity. Numbers of those using the Internet has surpassed those for some of the company's phone services...
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Chart House Sails with Scudder
Chicago, Illinois-based Chart House Enterprises, Inc. has selected Scudder Kemper to be the bundled provider for the company 401(k) plan, Susan Morrison, director of compensation and benefits, told the 401kWire. The plan has approximately 950 participants and $10 million in assets...
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Wednesday, September 30, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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COMSTAT Names Director
Bethesda, MD-located COMSAT Corp. has hired Richard S. Lustig as director of compensation and benefits, according to a report in P&I Daily. In his new role Mr. Lustig will be responsible for evaluating investment options for COMSAT's 401(k) plan. Fidelity is currently the bundled provider for the plan...
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Tuesday, September 30, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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KLA-Tencor Launches Merged Plan
San Jose, CA-located KLA-Tencor has formed a new $130 million 401(k) from two successor plans with Wells Fargo acting as investment manager as well as custodian and Howard Johnson as record keeper, according to a report in P&I Daily. The new plan results from last year's merger of KLA Instruments and Tencor Instruments. ..
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Tuesday, September 30, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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