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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Personalized Content Is King
My colleague Andrew talks to a leader at a managed account shop about how advisors can help improve communications with participants...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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Three ETFs In Less Than Four Months
A West Coast ETF startup's team debuts their third fund...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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Via Acquisition, a $15B-AUM RIA Builds a KPA Biz
The deal brings over $568 million in retirement plan AUA, about $230 million in wealth management AUM, and about a dozen people...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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A Cali TPA Sells a Unit to a KPA Aggregator
The deal involves the seller's insurance brokerage and investment advisory team...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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Reader Rating: 5
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After Ian, DC Teams In Florida and the Carolinas Look Ahead
Defined contribution industry insiders talk to 401kWire about the big storm's impact...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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403 Participation and Deferrals Climbed In 2021
A trade group releases findings from its latest annual survey of the 403(b) space...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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2022's Seven Most Powerful Women In Asset Management
Fundsters make up more than a quarter of a trade pub's new list of the most powerful women in finance...
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Thursday, October 06, 2022
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Wood Sails Ark South
The active ETF entrepreneur is moving her shop's headquarters to a different state...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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An AM Titan Talks Ret Income, Wins Five Big Plans
The offering combines TDFs with retirement income...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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A $992B-AUM Asset Manager Bets On an RKer
The multinational, PEP-focused recordkeeper recently raised $228 million in series D funding...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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A $630B-AUA Aggregator Hires a CFO, And ...
The move comes after PE bought a minority stake in the firm last year...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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500 Fundster Volunteers, 35 Committees
A 59-year-old industry trade group kicks off its virtual annual conference...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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Reader Rating: 5
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vWise Connects With a Managed Account Shop
The SoCal shop teams up with a Volunteer State firm...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2021
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An ETF Tech Ally Preps a Universe Expansion
The startup is one of the firms helping active asset managers discreetly fit their strategies into ETFs...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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A Texas TPA Hits 20
Today's a big day for the team at this Lone Star State shop...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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Transamerica Teams With a Trio On Student Debt
Kent Callahan and his team will offer plan sponsors three options when it comes to student loan repayment providers...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Three Funds, 20 Years, $63B
An asset managers' team celebrates a big three-way anniversary...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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Americans' Stress Over Retirement Savings Jumps
New research shows a bigger four-month climb in stress over retirement savings than for college costs, helping out aging parents, paying for health care in retirement, or saving for other goals...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2020
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Filings For Fundsters 10-6-2017
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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An MFS RKing and Insti Vet Will Take Over DC I-O
Ryan Mullen is passing the reins and taking a new position at SunLife's U.S. asset manager...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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Roberge Consolidates MFS Distro Under a Single Chief
Meanwhile, a 30-year company veteran is stepping back at the Beantown mutual fund shop owned by SunLife...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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AXA Hires a Tech Entrepreneur to Head RPS
An AB veteran turned tech entrepreneur restarts his career at AXA as head of retirement plan services...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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FBi Tests Two New Tools and Preps an APP
The benchmarking specialists are beta-testing a pair of new offerings for KPAs, TPAs, and providers...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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Vestwell Gains a Key Distro Ally
The Gotham, roboadvisor-esque 401(k) startup is a teaming up with an advisor tools provider...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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How Does Invesco-Guggenheim Change the ETF Landscape?
The move solidifies Marty Flanagan's shop's fourth place spot in the ETF business, at least for now...
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Friday, October 06, 2017
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Florida KPA Shop Aligns With UBS
This retirement plan advisory shop moved wirehouses.....
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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In Gotham, a Startup Plants the Seeds of a New Kind of Active ETF
A duo from opposite sides of the Atlantic is working on their own take on how to fit actively-managed strategies inside an ETF shell without giving away the PMs' secret sauce...
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4
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Americans Are Looking For Answers on Retirement Planning
Growing uncertainty is leading to consumer education... ..
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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People on the Move - October 6, 2016
Hirings, firings, and the like!..
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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Study Reveals Trend for Growing DC Plan Assets
Boutique consultants are getting noticed
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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John Hancock Wins Award For Excellence
Patrick Murphy, president, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, confirms that.....
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4
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Bathon Gathers Fundsters For His Third FUSE Forum
The industry consulting shop's third annual client conference takes place today in Beantown...
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Thursday, October 06, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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Butch Makes Three Key Appointments at Ivy
The moves come after the departure of Ivy's key accounts chief earlier this year...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Is Calamos Still On the Hunt?
The Prairie State mutual fund shop is about to make its second acquisition ever. There may be more down the line...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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This Retail Group Has Two RKers And One Decision To Make
Mum's the word on these plans with a combined $337 million... ..
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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MassMutual Is All About the People With Its New Tool
MassMutual has introduced its latest tool to integrate employee benefits and retirement savings through its new exchange portal...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.8
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Stadion Revamps Its 401(k) Product
Everybody has their own StoryLine... ..
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Reader Rating: 1
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The World's Biggest Asset Manager Hires a Key 401k Exec
It's been a year since BlackRock named a new DC I-O chief in the U.S. and Canada...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015
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Keith Sloane is Dramatically Growing USAA's Fund Distribution Force
The third-party distro chief for the military-focused financial services firm's mutual fund arm is expanding his team...
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Monday, October 06, 2014
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Cody Closes One GATE and Opens Another
The veteran 401k tech expert allies with a Midwestern provider...
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Monday, October 06, 2014
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RayJay Welcomes a Florida KPA Duo
A West-Central Florida pair launch a Raymond James-aligned practice...
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Monday, October 06, 2014
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The Bond Dream Team That Almost Was
Gundlach speaks up about his one-on-one with Gross. And Gross shares his post-Pimco vision...
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Monday, October 06, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Plan Providers Give Fundsters Sage Advice
Target-date funds are en vogue but there is just no demand yet for ETFs...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Learn from Steve Jobs, Says OppFunds Exec
Spaking at NICSA's General Membership Meeting in Boston this morning, Marty Willis tells fellow fundsters to learn from the example put forth by Steve Jobs...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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NICSA Aims to Bolster its Brand
The organization plans to invest in its Web site and brand, according to NICSA's outgoing chairman Thursday morning at the General Membership Meeting & Best Practices Sympsium...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Hancock and Legg Mason Bag Novas
Fund firms are honored this morning at the Money Management Executive Award presentation at the NICSA General Membership Meeting & Best Practices Symposium Thursday morning...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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ProShares Gasses Up Two New ETFs
The Old Line State mutual fund firm launches its latest offerings...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Three Lord Abbett PMs Rise to Partner
The Garden State mutual fund elevates five of its own...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Mercer's Chief Spearheads a New Thinktank
Marsh and McLennan throws its weight behind 'increasing national awareness'
about retirement issues...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Legg Mason Adds More DC I-O Sales Personnel and Territories
The firm is making a concerted effort to increase its presence in the DC I-O space...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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The WSJ Cautions Against Futures Offerings
Are investors getting a little to far ahead of themselves in this mutual fund niche?..
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Goldman Tells You to 'Sell' This Fund Firm
One mutual fund firm may not be happy with Goldman Sachs' analysts right now...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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A Vanguard Fund Tops Pimco and TCW Offerings
A Vanguard index fund is beating the Pimco Total Return Fund and others...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Bloomberg Ponders Latham's Plans for iShares
The wire service examines the ETF giant and its parent...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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Gundlach Headlines a Multi-Strat Offering
The new fund employs four strategies...
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Thursday, October 06, 2011
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iShares Hires One of NRP's Former Top Brass
An industry veteran joins the DC I-O arm of the ETF titan...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Industry Insiders Took Their Eyes Off the Stable Value Ball
A New York Life exec discusses how the niche capital preservation asset class has weathered the last several years...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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An AUL Wholesaler Joins The Standard
The Standard is bringing an AUL wholesaler into its fold...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Putnam Signs on For a Downhill Ride ... And Likes It
Bob Reynolds unveiled Putnam Investments' first national sponsorship at the firm's headquarters in Boston Wednesday morning...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2
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T. Rowe Delivers 'Ripped From Headlines' Research to DC Advisors
The firm is helping DC advisors with their homework...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ahmed Realigns Franklin's I-O Sales Force
The San Mateo, California-based fund shop is reshuffling and refocusing its sales team.
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Saxon Wants to Create a 'Long-Term National Retirement Policy'
The industry legal eagle gives a Washington update to attendees of the CFDD conference...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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Simple Alternatives Offers Not-So-Simple Fund
The rookie mutual fund shop goes to the dark side...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Neuberger Berman Nabs Goldman Sachs Vet
A Goldman alum is filling a new role at Neuberger Berman...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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Morningstar Unveils New Class Structure for Global Equities
The research firm's new classification structure will have less groups and sectors. ..
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Wednesday, October 06, 2010
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A Schroders Exec Moves On
The exec jumps to Convergent Wealth Advisors...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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How Much Does Retirement Plan Advice Cost?
An industry consultant takes a hard look at the business models, successes and shortcomings of DC intermediaries...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.83
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Invesco Taps an SSgA Vet for a Client Service Post
The new hire will work with large institutional client relationships...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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ING Bags Best Ad Award for the Second Straight Year
ING again wins the 401kWire-Retirement Income Industry Association Award for Best Advertising...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Weldon Becomes a Partner at Lord Abbett
The marketing pro is one of three newly minted partners at the Jersey City-based fund firm...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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401k Balances Slid 24.3 Percent in '08
Report details exactly how painful last year was for retirement plans...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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US Bancorp Fund Services Hops on the Buyer's Seat for the First Time in Eight Years
US Bancorp Fund Services president Joe Redwine talks to The MFWire about the deal...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Bond ETFs Are Different Than Equity ETFs
Industry insiders may shrug their shoulders upon hearing that ETF products carry different risks. Retail shareholders may find the lesson to be more distressing...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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Obama Eyes a T. Rowe Exec for a Treasury Job
The president intends to nominate a T. Rowe Price veteran as the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial markets...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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International Funds Post Large Gains in Q3
In Tuesday's WSJ Fund Track, Sam Mamudi picks up on Morningstar data that show that two out of the four best-performing fund categories were those that pursue international stocks...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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A Plan Provider Files for an IPO, Again
A year after withdrawing its registration statement with the SEC, the Warren Buffett-backed is back on the IPO trail...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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Citi, Wachovia and Wells Fargo Declare Ceasefire
The three parties agreed to stop litigation until noon on Wednesday to work on a solution to their dispute...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Stable Value Team Changes Hands Again
Banking turmoil puts an asset manager under a new parent...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Gates Buys Further into Gabelli
Bill Gates' investment company raised its stake in Mario Gabelli's GAMCO Investors...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Abrams: Many Buyers Will Eye AIG Retirement
In the wake of the announced divestment program by the giant insurer, its retirement chief reassures clients about the future of the provider...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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Citi Suit Aims to Extract $60 billion from Wells Fargo
The suit claims an eye-popping figure is owed to the bank for interference with an exclusivity agreement...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Dick Fuld Reappears
Fuld tells Congress that outside forces felled Lehman...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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PPA-Focused Program Gains Reish Seal of Approval
An advisor-centric DC provider unveils support from the industry legal eagle...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Natixis Partners with Reich & Tang for a New Fund
Natixis Global Associates is launching a new fund...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Hartford's Fund Arm Picks a New President
Hartford Investment Management has named a new president to deal with the current market conditions...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Security Benefit Expands Fund Menu
Security Benefit is making five funds from a California-based fund giant available through its retirement platform...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Stevens Highlight's the ICI's Role in Money Market Program
The ICI's chief talks about the organization's impact...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Communications Specialists: Create IPS, Plus More
Updated | A DC vendor and its subsidiary unveil a new web-based tool for retirement plan advisors...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Pimco's Parent Pours $2.5 Billion into The Hartford
Allianz SE is investing in the Connecticut-based insurer...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Providers Saw $500 Billion of Potential Distributions in '07
That number is expected to expand by an average of 8 to 10 percent per year, according to Retirement Research Inc...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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FUSE Hires Another FRC Vet
The new company has added another new face...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Rep. Miller to Explore Wall St. Crisis' Impact on 401ks
The witness list comes to light for the House E&L Committee hearing scheduled for Tuesday afternoon to
learn more about how the credit crunch and its fall out will hit DC plan
participants...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Fed Moves to Broker Peace Between Wachovia's Warring Suitors
The Feds were pushing for a compromise between Wells Fargo and Citi and the plan discussed Sunday involves both suitors each getting a piece of Wachovia...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Fido, Vanguard Ponder Participation in Guarantee Program
Since the Treasury unveiled the program, a stream of press releases flowed from fund firms about their participation, but none so far come from Fidelity and Vanguard...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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WSJ: ETF Bid-Ask Spreads Rise
The Journal takes a look a yet another affect of the volatile markets, while highlighting some good news on the money market side...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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Citi, Wells Fargo May Each End Up Getting a Slice of Wachovia
The Feds are pushing for a resolution to the tug-of-war over
Wachovia, and the plan discussed Sunday night reportedly involves both suitors getting a piece of their target...
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Monday, October 06, 2008
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PlanSponsor's Parent Firm To Launch Advisor Mag
The magazine will come out within the next few months...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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State Dept. Federal Credit Union Taps New Provider
The Virginia-based credit union has hired a new provider for its DC and DB plans...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Sentinel Benefits Hires ERISA Compliance Officer
The Wakefield, Massachusetts-based firm has brought on board a former Ernst & Young senior manager...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Vanguard Plots Entry to Taiwan, South Korea
Vanguard may have been late to the party in Europe, but don't expect the Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-headquartered fund giant to be a latecomer in newer emerging markets in Asia...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Hancock Bulks Up Fund Offerings
John Hancock Financial Services continues to grow its roster of mutual funds. By the close of October, the Boston-based firm will have rolled out a total of 27 new funds over the past twelve months, expanding its lineup by 75 percent...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Former Putnam Exec Is ICI's New COO
The Investment Company Institute has tapped a former Putnam Investments executive as its new chief operating officer...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Morningstar Rolls Out Investor Return Data
Morningstar said Wednesday it is supplying new data for mutual funds and exchange traded funds to show how the average investor have fared in a fund over a period of time.
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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NASD Smites Uncooperative Oppenheimer
The regulatory agency fines the New York BD for failures to respond, report and retain.
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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At Morgan Stanley, One Stu Replaces Another
After its old chief moved on to the company's alternative investments division earlier this year, the prime brokerage unit at the wirehouse lures its new chief back from a hedge fund.
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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BD Founder's Congressional Campaign Gets a Scandalous Boost
After a Republican Congressman from Florida resigns, a BD owner in Boca Raton may no longer be an underdog...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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RBC Officially Swallows AG&T
The Canadian parent of RBC Dain Rauscher completes a previously announced deal to purchase its first American trust company...
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Friday, October 06, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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Magellan Now No. 2 at Fidelity
A fund industry era has come to an end. Sometime during the past month Fidelity's Magellan Fund became the second largest fund offered by the Boston Behemoth...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Sequoia Fund Founder is Dead
William J. Ruane, founder of the Sequoia Fund has died. He was 79 years old and died of complications from lung cancer at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on October 4, according to the Washington Post. The fund's Web site carried no word of his death as of Thursday afternoon...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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TIAA-CREF Mulls Over Another Fee Hike Vote
Herbert Allison, CEO of TIAA-CREF, is contemplating a second attempt to gain shareholder approval for a fee increase in its family of actively managed funds for institutions, reported the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The non-profit fund sponsor last tried to win an increase from fund shareholders in August. It lost that vote for nine funds (and won it for three others) with the boards of 529 college savings plan clients providing much of the opposition...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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SEC Hits Mellon's T/A Unit with Wells Notice
The Securities and Exchange Commission has apparently been investigating how transfer agents collect fees and disclose them. The probe has caught up Mellon Investor Services, it was revealed Thursday...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Circle Trust Fails
Connecticut banking regulators have put the 401(k) custodian into receivership. Banking Commissioner promises business as usual until a buyer is found...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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Judge Tosses $700 Million ELIC Award
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi will not be getting a payment from Artemis after all...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Lockheed Shifting to DC Only
The defense contractor becomes the latest employer to cease offering a DB plan to new hires. Also loosens company stock restrictions...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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Westar Suit Moves Forward
Plan participants win a victory as a judge allows their claim under ERISA...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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Judge: Former Workers Not Participant
Former employees of TXU Corp. suffer a setback in their quest to sue the plan sponsor for fiduciary breaches...
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Thursday, October 06, 2005
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The Other State Street and MetLife Strike a Deal
State Street Research & Management may no longer be part of MetLife, but that does not mean State Street Corporation can’t forge its own ties with the insurer. State Street reported on Monday that it will provide accounting, valuation and reporting for approximately $75 billion in separately managed account assets for MetLife...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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SEI Adds One to Institutional Biz
SEI Investments has hired Anthony Moore for a newly created role as client service account director, reports Reuters. Moore will work within SEI's institutional team. He was formerly a sales and marketing associate within the Russell Investment Group’s institutional investment unit...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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BenefitStreet Inks Education Deal
The San Ramon, California-based recordkeeper will aggressively market new educational materials...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Reader Rating: 1.6
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Workers are Interested in More than 401ks
The majority of workers express an interest in non-retirement financial products offered at the office...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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San Fran Money Manager Settles for $25 MM
RS Investment Management and two company executives have finally reached an agreement with the SEC...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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New Exec at Fido RIA Group
Fidelity Investments has named Scott Dell'Orfano for a newly created positon as executive vice president and national sales manager of its Registered Investment Advisor Group. Dell'Orfano reports to Jay Lanigan, president of the RIA group at Fidelity...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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DoL Seeks Fiduciary for Abandoned Ohio Plan
Regulators seek to free $3.1 million in plan assets...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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A Sixty Bps Shortfall Costs $1 Billion
Is the momentum in the fund industry shifting? The reason to ask was provided by the Massachusetts pension fund. Not only has the giant defined benefit plan rehired Putnam Investments just a year after it fired the Boston money manager, it has also dumped the advisor to American Funds from its roster of managers...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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MassMutual Adds Tools to Plan Admin
The retirement provider aims to simplify the lives of its plan sponsors...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3
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Lawyer: CCO Requirement a Goldmine
This is the news that you do not want to hear (but knew that you would). The Boston Herald reported Wednesday that the cost of complying with new SEC governance rules is outstripping the revenues as some small fund firms. For executive recruiters and lawyers, the new requirements are a gold mine.
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Survey: 401k Participation Falls
Another survey shows that 401(k) participation is dropping. Last week Fidelity reported that participation in plans it administers slipped last year. Now the PSCA annual survey shows a similar trend. For fund managers this news means that they may not see retirement assets build as quickly as they hoped.
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Survey: 401k Participation Falls
The annual PSCA survey highlights stagnant enrollment in 401k plans...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Commonwealth Prepares for Growth with TA Swap
Commonwealth Group is optimistic about the future. In anticipation of growing their Worlds Funds business, Commonwealth has swapped its fund transfer agent system from Phoenix to Tustin, California-based Envision Financial Systems’ PowerAgent product...
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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ABN AMRO Selects Outsourcer for New Product
The asset manager selects an outsourced provider to run its planned new platform...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Publisher Wins $20 Million from Legg Mason
Jury decides the asset manager had been illegally distributing copies to 1,300 workers after only buying one subscription...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Russell Buys FT Interactive Unit
The deal brings it capabilities to distribute benchmark info...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Intermediaries Cut Both Ways
When involved they keep plans sponsors more satisfied but those sponsors are more likely to leave...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Is it Time to Reap?
More sponsors are willing to change administrators than at any time since the end of the Nineties bull market...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Bands Play on at Baron Meeting
Both the headliners and Baron fund shareholders showed at the annual gathering Friday...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Recordkeeper Role Not Fiduciary in Enron Case
While Northern Trust is still on the hook as an Enron fiduciary, the judge clarified it was safe as plan recordkeeper...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Spitzer Most Popular Pol in NY
Everything else aside, New York voters say NYAG Eliot Spitzer is doing a good job...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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Weddle Declines Mass Pension Post
Pulls name from consideration after paper questions nomination process...
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Monday, October 06, 2003
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October 6, 2000
Countrywide to Return to Fund Biz ... Fund Cos Eye Investments in NetFolio ... Janus Parent Takes Beating ... Wasacht Plans Tech Fund ... Freedom's Gambacorta on Tech's Decimation...
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Friday, October 06, 2000
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October 6, 2000
Countrywide to Return to Fund Biz ... Fund Cos Eye Investments in NetFolio ... Janus Parent Takes Beating ... Wasacht Plans Tech Fund ... Freedom's Gambacorta on Tech's Decimation...
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Friday, October 06, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Friends to Launch Friendly Funds
An European asset manager is launching two funds in the U.S. one of which will be the country's first European SRI...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Bundled Vendor Swaps SDBA Platform
American Century is migrating its clients to an in-house self-directed brokerage option (SBDA) from a non-proprietary platform...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fidelity Closes Total Benefits Deal
Fidelity has been hired to provide comprehensive servicing...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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TAG On: Making Participants Pick Up the Tab
Can participants be charged for the self-directed feature in their plan?..
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, October 6, 1999
Janus' spat with parent hits page one ... Pimco's merger talks confirmed...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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PIMCo Confirms Talks With Allianz
The holding company of PIMCo Funds has confirmed that it is discussing selling to Germany's Allianz...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Buyers Get New Web Site
How is AIM taking advantage of e-business? By allowing its current customers to execute transactions on-line...
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Wednesday, October 06, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Avatar Taps New Provider
Miami, Florida-based Avatar Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVTR) has selected Prudential to be the bundled vendor for the company 401(k) plan, Durett Burnett, benefits manager, told the 401kWire. The plan has approximately $7 million in assets and 400 participants...
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Tuesday, October 06, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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CDA/Weisenberger Joins with Pyramid Digital to Develop Tool
Rockville, Maryland-based CDA/Wiesenberger is developing an Internet-based retirement education, planning, and monitoring tool with the help of Pyramid Digital Solutions. CDA/Wiesenberger, division of Thomson Financial Services, tracks mutual fund information...
401kWire.com -
Tuesday, October 06, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Tag On: 401k's Safe Harbor
Will a plan that meets the 1999 safe harbor automatically meet the top heavy rules?..
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Tuesday, October 06, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Gordon Food Service to Alter 401(k)
Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Gordon Food Service may make changes to its $150 million combined 401(k) and money purchase plan, according to a report published in P&I Daily. ..
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Monday, October 06, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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Central Louisiana Electric Hires American Century
Pineville, LA-based Central Louisiana Electric Company has bundled its $80 million 401(k) plan with American Century Investments, according to a report published in P&I Daily. The plan will offer eight investment choices and a self-directed brokerage option. Merrill Lynch is the former record keeper of the plan and State Street Trust the former Trustee.
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Monday, October 06, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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