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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Gómez and Wu Unveil a 40-Stock U.S. ETF That Focuses On Europe
The team at a $1.25-trillion-AUM, publicly traded, multinational, European fund firm is expanding their exchange-traded fund arm on this side of the pond...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Morabito Picks a 6Y Empower Vet As an LMN Exec Retires
The newly appointed executive first joined the recordkeeper in 2019, and the exiting one started at the firm in 2021...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Mandel Rises At Vestwell And Hires an Ascensus Vet
A pooled plan leader's role expands as he brings in a VP...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Standard Goes National With an Aggregator Teamup, Surpassing $600MM
The retirement plan product first debuted on the PEP industry's birthday...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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4 Firms Netted Upwards of $20B Each In 2025 TDF Inflows
New research offers an overview of the off-the-shelf target-date fund space last year...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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401k Menu Sizes Held Steady In 2023
A trade group teams up to analyze the most recent publicly available form 5500 data on 401(k) plans...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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115 Fund Firms Win Big For Consistent Return
An institutional investment research firm's team hosts their 23rd U.S. fund awards ceremony, this time at a gala in lower Manhattan...
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
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Hougan Helps Investors Bet On Bitcoin-Friendly Companies
The folks at an eight-year-old, crypto-focused asset manager are rolling out another index fund...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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10 Years In, a Top Corebridge Leader Exits, And ...
The veteran recordkeeping executive is joining a Beantown firm...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Portnoy Calls For Humanizing Retirement Through BeFi
The Shaping Wealth CEO spoke yesterday at the EBRI-Milken symposium in D.C...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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In the Silver State, a PEO Enters the PEP Biz
The new PPP's 1st pooled employer plan is expected to debut next month...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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FAs Love These Marketing Materials Most, But ...
New research from an asset management industry consulting firm offers insights into how advisors view different types of marketing materials...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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Ed Murphy Hopes Cooler Heads Prevail In D.C.
The Empower chief spoke yesterday at a DMV conference...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025
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A 13-Year-Old Texas Shop Enters the ETF Biz
The move comes less than four years after the firm's mutual fund debuted...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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At Principal and Schwab, Three Senior Leaders Are On the Move
As a Principal veteran retires, one Schwab veteran takes her place and another shifts...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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PE Buys an 11,000-Client TPA
One private equity backer exits as another takes over...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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One of 2024's Most Sustainable RKers
Only the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies qualified for consideration on the list, which is powered by a mutual fund firm's ESG arm...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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Five of 2024's Most Sustainable Fund Firms
Only the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies qualified for consideration on the list, which is powered by a mutual fund firm's ESG arm...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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How a Six-Year FuturePlan Team Updated Their HQ
A Garden State team moves a quarter of a mile...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
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100 Fund Firms Win Big, With Morgan Stanley Leading the Pack
An industry research organization's team reveals the winners of their 2021 fund awards...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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An Ex-Lincoln Leader Will Help With the AIG Split
Zaffino hires an EVP to oversee separation initiatives for the giant insurer's life and retirement business, which includes its retirement plan provider unit...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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LPL Connects With a Colorado RKer
The giant indie B-D adds another open architecture provider to its SMS platform...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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An RKer Adds 367K Participants
The provider's participant count is up more than 21 percent year-over-year...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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The Pandemic Hasn't Dispelled Mister Market's Love of Fund Firms
Only two out of 18 publicly traded U.S. mutual fund firms have seen their share prices drop since the end of 2019. And 11 have outpaced the market's broader gains...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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A New Coalition's Chief Focuses On Education
The group is coming together behind new default solutions that combine TDFs with retirement income...
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Friday, March 12, 2021
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Weathering the COVID-19 Storm
Here are a few ideas for KPAs wrestling with market volatility and coronavirus panic...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Most Plan Sponsors Know Fin Wellness Is an Issue
A provider's new research digs into employers' takes on their employees' wellbeing...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Measuring Brand Power Against Market Uncertainty
An ETF-powering startup's team stopped by the NYSE last Friday...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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ERISA and Fiduciary Process Have Evolved ... Have You?
An ERISA legal eagle ponders how KPAs and other DC industry insiders can reach "Fiduciary 3.0."..
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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GRPF and LPL Land a Memphis KPA
The advisor's team works with about $500MM in plan assets and 85 plans, plus wealth management...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Two Big Firms Go Partly Remote
Like other businesses, some asset managers are encouraging some employees to work from home in light of the coronavirus pandemic...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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A Wirehouse KPA Vet Switches to an RIA On the Other Coast
He now leads the firm's 401(k) division after nearly 30 years in the other business model...
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Thursday, March 12, 2020
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Who Will Fill This Top M* 401k Role?
A 14-year company veteran is moving on from the investment research giant...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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Passive Inflows Drive February Growth
M* updates flows data for February 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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An Insurer Ties 401k Matching To Student Loan Repayment
The plan sponsor's new program will begin in January 2020...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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20 Years, $66B For the Qs
A publicly traded asset manager celebrates the anniversary of a big fund...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
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The Power Behind Delaware Buys a $4.49B-AUM Shop
The Australian multinational's asset management arm acquires a value investing shop in continental Europe...
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Monday, March 12, 2018
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As Pensionmark Hires, a Transamerica Vet Rises
An internal wholesaler at an RKer takes over an external's spot, as that external takes a role at a home office role at a big KPA shop...
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Monday, March 12, 2018
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Week In Preview, March 12-18
Crain, the ICI, Informa, and Irish Funds are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, March 12, 2018
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Pru Weighs In On the 401k Annuities Debate
An executive at Prudential opens up in an exclusive interview about the past, and future, of annuities in defined contribution plans...
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Monday, March 12, 2018
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McNabb Reorgs Vanguard's Channel Chiefs
The reorg puts new leadership above the low-cost mutual fund titan's retail, advisor-sold, and institutional efforts...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Making the Case for Custom TDFs
If off-the-shelf QDIAs aren't your cup of tea, a DC I-O has a new white paper to help you show your clients and prospects an alternative...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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An NYC Shop Leaves the Mutual Fund Biz
A liquidity-focused asset manager in the Big Apple is leaving this side of the business after four decades...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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An Empire State Advisory Firm Hires an RKing Vet
Bob Judd, managing partner of Rochester, New York-based investment and advisory brokerage firm Beltz Ianni & Associates hires.....
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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McNabb Anoints the Next McIsaac
A Vanguard veteran takes over the unit that includes the mutual fund giant's bundled retirement plan and DC I-O businesses...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Davey Benchmarks the Hartford's Fund Branding
The insurer's mutual fund arm kicks off a significant advertising campaign, complete with a new tagline and focus. It's all targeted at advisors...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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This DC Real Estate Group Picks Two For Top Posts
A pair of PMs join a trade group dedicated to the use of real estate investments inside 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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A TAMP Hires a 401k Chief
A CEO of a San Rafael, California-based asset management and financial technology company recently chose his 401(k) chief!..
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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KPAs, Want Some Help With 403b RFPs?
The Retirement Advisor Council releases a free template to help advisors...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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One Retirement Trade Group to Rule Them All
ASPPA and its sister organizations are now all under a single parent brand...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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A VA School Systems Looks For a Bundled Provider
A pair of DC plans, a 403b and a 457, could be on the move...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015
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Are 401k Sponsors Standoffish on In-Plan Annuities?
401kWire polled plan sponsors to find out what they think about offering guaranteed retirement income products in their plans. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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A Texas Benefits Shop's New 401k Chief Shares His Expansion Plans
A former wirehouse retirement plan advisor joins one of his clients to create a new 401k practice...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Perez Appoints Five to the ERISA Advisory Council
... and five others depart after serving their three-year terms. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Arnott Puts His B.I.G. Hancock Plan In Motion
CEO Andrew Arnott and his team have developed a business intelligence group that crunches Big Data to find wholesaling opportunities...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Kelly Michel Joins a $2.2B RIA
The Aegon and Transamerica vet joins a shop in Irvine, California. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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A TPA Hires ING, For His Own 401k
Rick Mason's team wins over a Northeastern shop's plan...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Schlichter Attacks a $1.2B 401k Plan Sponsor
The lawyer known for 401k fee lawsuits files a new one against a jumbo plan sponsor...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Advisor RFP Woes Begone, Says CapTrust
The advisory shop published a position paper on best practices for sponsors to follow when conducting an advisor search. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Participants Trust NYL, Schwab and JPM the Most
...according to a report published by a new trade group representing retirement plan participants. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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DC Participants Want Higher Contribution Limits
...according to Wells Fargo's latest investor optimism survey. ..
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Is Bill Grossly Overpaid?
The public zinging of Gross continues, with a Pimco trustee now questioning whether the bond king deserves his royal salary...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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If You Like the Big Ten, Wholesale Here
Fund salesperson sought for Michigan and Indiana...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Tom Johnson Returns
The industry vet is back in the retirement game...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Forbes Checks in on Fee Disclosure
The story continues to live on in the mainstream press...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Cartoon Series Brings Out the Fun in Alternatives
An asset firm has launched an animated series designed to educate investors about alts...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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A SoCal LPL Shop Wins Over a Morgan Stanley Advisor
A team of retirement plan specialists welcomes another to their ranks...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Do Trustees Play Fund Favorites?
An academic paper says they do...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Fundsters Are Arming Themselves with Big Data
kasina research shows that more distribution and marketing executives are turning to Big Data to target their initiatives...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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A Global Fund Closes One Month After Launch
Fund was firm's first in U.S. in 15-years...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Gross Moves Out of MBS, Treasuries
PIMCO CIO adds junk debt though...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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Where Are Allocators Going This Year?
Morningstar took a look at where they are placing their bets...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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These Were the Most Researched Funds of 2012
Was your fund on this Morningstar list?..
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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The Influencers' 2012 Summit in Pictures
See highlights from the fourth annual Influencers' Summit..
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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The Top DC Advisor Summit 2012 in Pictures
Scenes from 401kWire's inaugural Top DC Advisor Summit...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Meet the New Wilmington Funds
M&T Bank finishes merging two mutual fund families...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Vanguard and the 5x Phenomenon
Vanguard will sell coffee at one-fifth the price as part of a campaign that spotlights the role costs play in investment portfolios...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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A Local D.A. Accuses an Exec of Swiping $278K in 401k Cash
The accused ran a now-bankrupt medical company...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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A Law Firm Tackles Retirement Income
A national firm brings together a new interdisciplinary group of attorneys...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Say Goodbye to Another Stable Value Fund
This summer another pooled stable value fund will disappear...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Donahue Might Take Federated Private
The money market mutual fund giant's chief talks contingency plans...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Jaffe Predicts a Short Life for a Proposed iShares ETF
A columnist attacks an unborn ETF coming soon from iShares...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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Perkins CEO on Politics: I Wouldn't Rule Anything Out
The Chicago Tribune does a feature on the top executive of Perkins Investment Management...
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Monday, March 12, 2012
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A New York Fund Firm Plans to Increase its Sales Force
The Manhattan-based asset manager, which underwent a rebranding recently, plans to add to its sales ranks...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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BlackRock Hires a Legg Mason Alum
BlackRock tapped the Legg Mason alum for a sales post...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Strategic Insight Goes to London
The Big Apple-based fund research and consulting firm has opened its first overseas office...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Top 40 Advisor: Paul Powell
This Alabama-based Merrill alum lands in the top 40 DC advisors of 2009 as one of the ten finalists in the mid-market...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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DST Retirement Lures a Pru Alum for a C-Level Role
The new hire started at DST Retirement Solutions on March 1...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Participants Prefer the Basics
A report from Cogent shows that many retirees aren't comfortable with new retirement investment vehicles...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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A Startup Conducts 'Rekon' for Advisors, Participants and Sponsors
A new company creates a database of provider research and offers it free of charge...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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ING Pairs Research Group and Advisors
An upcoming tool from ING Retirement Services caters to advisors looking for market data...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Pershing Grows its NTF Fund Platform
Two fund families got on two weeks ago, one will go live on the platform next week and six others are in the pipeline, says Natalie Wolfsen...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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The Reilly Brothers Bid Goodbye to AllianceBernstein
Jim and Mike Reilly are leaving AllianceBernstein in June...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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Reserve Asks for a Jury Trial
Reserve Management is seeking a jury trial in the fraud case that the SEC has filed against it...
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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A P&I Sister Pub Shutters its Doors
A Crain Communications publication aimed at finance executives has shut down...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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A New Tool from Principal Aims to Gauge Retirement Readiness
The Des Moines, Iowa-based plan provider rolls out a new tool for advisors.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Class Action Attorneys Drag 401ks into the OppFunds Controversy
As lawsuits swirl around a fixed income fund, a law firm looks for an ERISA angle...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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A New York Life Wholesaler Jumps to Diversified
UPDATED| The wholesaler moves on after nearly five years at New York Life...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Advice Specialists Retire a Second Brand
A web-based firm launches a new website and a new name...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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AdvisorShares Taps a Sub-Advisor for its Active ETF-of-ETFs
The Bethesda-based firm files with the SEC to roll out an active ETF-of-ETFs and pulls its registration for two other active ETFs...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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A Senior Legg Mason Exec Departs
Updated | The East Coast-based asset manager bids adieu to a member of its executive leadership team...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Reynolds to Obama: Fend Off the Zombies!
In a Boston speech, the Putnam chief calls on the government to do more in combatting the crisis...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Keane and WMSI Make Their Partnership Official
The two firms officially announce a new offering...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Abby Johnson Lost $5 Billion in the Past Year
Despite the decline in her net worth, Abby Johnson moves up in Forbes' list of the world's billionaires...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Power Writes Down Almost $1 Billion Because of Putnam
The parent of the fund firm now run by Bob Reynolds releases its 2008 results...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Online Education Specialists Hook Up With Schwab RT
A West Coast-based startup gains ties to one DC software program and works on another...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Three Fundsters Land on the 2009 Billionaire List
Three mutual fund bigwigs are on Forbes' 2009 list of billionaires...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Another Class Action Suit Targets OppFunds' Champion
A California law firm follows in the footsteps of at least three others as it goes after the Manhattan fund over a fixed income offering...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Funds Want to Facebook You
The WSJ sees asset managers diving into Web 2.0...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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Vanguard Crafts a Socially-Responsible Investment Screening Process
The Pennsylvania-based fund firm has laid down a process for determining whether investments meet human-rights standards...
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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A Beary Good Time for an Active ETF
Bear Stearns has beat out others to be the first to put an actively managed ETF on the market...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Alum to Head DMFG Private Client Group
The Boston-based B-D has tapped a 17-year Morgan Stanley vet to lead its private client group...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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ClearBridge CEO Heads Out
The chief of the Legg Mason subsidiary departs...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Lord Abbett Dispatches Wholesalers to the Field
Twenty regional sales managers will be dispatched into the field from the company's Jersey City headquarters...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Former Thatcher Adviser Joins a Connecticut B-D
A former member of the British Parliament and adviser to Margaret Thatcher has joined a Connecticut broker-dealer as senior market strategist...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Are Non-Proprietary QDIAs Gaining Traction?
A new survey from a large plan consulting firm reveals who sponsors are turning to for default investments...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Four Small Market Sponsors Tap Michigan Advisors
A consulting firm wins a plethora of new DC plans.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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A New Fund Site Stacks Management with Sell-Side Execs
Fund.com, a freshly launched website that provides information on mutual funds, ETFs and other investment vehicles, has named a president...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Rising Hardship Withdrawals Hit the Mainstream Press
The trend that became visible in late summer has been picked up by USA Today, which reported on numbers from three plan providers...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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New York Life Settlement Receives Court Blessing
The resolution of the proprietary fund use class action suit has been approved.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Seligman Expands its Retirement Sales Team
The New York City firm now has six external wholesalers focusing on the retirement space...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Ex-Morningstar Exec Joins Janus Board
Tim Armour, who recently retired from Morningstar, is one of three new directors at Janus...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Bogle Defends Spitzer
The fund icon tells the WSJ that Spitzer had an "enormously positive impact" on the securities industry and the governor's downfall saddened him...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Fund Shareholders to Weigh in on Sudan Investments
In Wednesday's WSJ Fund Track column, Jennifer Levitz notes that resolutions on Sudan investments will be included in the proxies of 12 Fidelity funds and at least four other investment managers.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
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Charges Filed in Connection with Annuities Fraud
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the state of Massachusetts is filing a complaint against four individuals in the wake of scheme to use high-priced annuities to take advantage of elderly investors...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Schwab Introduces 15 Minute IRA
In response to survey results that show investors aged 25-40 are looking for simple ways to save for retirement, Charles Schwab has introduced IRA application that only takes 15 minutes to complete...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Women and Retirement With Wachovia
The Tar Heel State provider takes aim at the gender that lives longer...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Compulsory K?
A national business group argues for mandatory DC plans.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Wachovia Takes PPA Teaching Online
The Tarheel State bank provider creates a new web-based service to help plan sponsors understand last year's retirement legislation.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Merrill Dumps 12b-1s in DBs
The wirehouse giant will no longer keep 12b-1s to offset its consulting fees.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Schwab Releases Results of New Advisor Sentiment Study
Advisors are neutral to slightly optimistic about future stability of investments despite political and economic instability...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Tarheel Firm Develops Bad DC Habit
The DoL smites a sponsor for failing to remit contributions.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Bank of New York Enhances Lending Tool
An advanced version of LoanAdvance enables clients and customers to increase their current borrowing power by
pledging assets held in separately managed accounts as collateral for their loans...
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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Barrons Ranks Trade King in Top Five
Value Leader Recognized for Top-Notch Tools and Overall Trading Experience..
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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WSJ Wakes Up to QDIA Debate
The paper highlights the clash that began in September.
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Monday, March 12, 2007
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PBHG: Barbarians of the Fund Industry?
If a reporter wrote a story twice would you read it again? PBHG has the ill-fortune to be subject to a Fortune profile quite similar to one run in 1999...
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Friday, March 12, 2004
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Participants Crave Customized Advice
The annual Prudential survey reveals what participants expect from their plan sponsors and the advice they get...
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Friday, March 12, 2004
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Fund Timer Wants Case Tossed
Daniel Calugar has asked the court hearing his case to throw out the civil charges brought by the SEC...
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Friday, March 12, 2004
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Putnam Said to Raise Estimate of Shareholder Loss
Putnam Investments has upped their internal estimate of shareholder losses by a factor of ten, the Wall Street Journal reports today...
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Friday, March 12, 2004
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Ford Restarts 401k Matches
The carmaker is revving up employee retirement engines...
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Friday, March 12, 2004
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W&R Details Ivy Fund Mergers
Waddell & Reed is creating 18 new Ivy Funds with $1.5 billion in assets to be sold by advisors...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Gabelli Promotes Social Investing Head
Demarais becomes the youngest SVP at the money manager...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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SDBA Vendor Offers Managed Account Friendly Solution
The brokerage provider is wooing advisors seeking to integrate managed accounts into their offering for participants...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Statement Specialist Seeks Platform Vendor
Boston-based Art Plus Technology is now in talks to close another remarketing partnership, as it looks to boost distribution...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Nations Funds Trimming Lineup
Five funds will be merged or liquated from the bank fund family roster...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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401kExchange Allies with NY Broker-dealer
The Florida-based broker of record expands its marketing reach with this new partnership...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Fidelity Airs Views to SEC
The Boston Behemoth wants the SEC to require funds to observe a minimum delay when they release portfolio data...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Hancock Lands Distribution Head for Annuities
The former Met Life exec is assigned the task of growing sales and distribution through third-party channels...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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B/Ds Will Refund Excess Commissions
The NASD vice chairman says fund shareholders who paid too high a fee will get their money back. The GAO says fees in funds are up 11 percent...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2003
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Bisys Cuts a Deal
The firm is extending its business with its latest acquisition.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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Bank Readies Solo K Plan
The bundled vendor has high hopes for the sole proprietor plan.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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GoldK Seals Advice Deal
The e401k specialist has selected a dark horse as its partner.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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State Street Creates Strategy ...
Raises at State Street ... Pyramid Promotes Pair ... Franklin Assets Grew 18% ... Amex VAs Win Sibling Distribution.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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State Street Creates Strategy
Raises at State Street ... Pyramid Promotes Pair ... Franklin Assets Grew 18% ... Amex VAs Win Sibling Distribution.
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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CFO Switch at State Street
The chief financial officer at the firm is stepping down...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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SAs Distinguish Themselves from MFs
The separate account industry is taking stock of its appeal to investors and points to the differences between it and the mutual fund business...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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Managers Taps Subadvisor
The Connecticut firm has named a subadvisor for its international equity fund...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2002
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HighMark Ties the Knot With Two Sub-Advisors
The proprietary bank fund family brings on new talent for something old and something new...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Fund Family Gets Makeover
Badger state firm makes marketing shift in response to unforseen blemishes...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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What's the Outlook for Portman-Cardin?
The retirement bill went halfway last year, but its backers hope for more this time around...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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401Konnect Signs Up Another Client
Georgia-based broker to log on for plan sales support...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Munder Turns Up the Juice
Munder Turns Up the Juice
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Munder Turns Up the Juice
Munder Turns Up the Juice..
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Emplanet Sets Out to Convert the Masses
The e-plan provider anoints new clients with its ability to ease transition between plans...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Delaware Launches Sector Fund
Philly firm takes a newbie out of the incubator...
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Monday, March 12, 2001
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Week of March 5, 1999
The Week in Searches
The 401kWire.com's weekly review of reported searches for 401k vendors...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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SchwabFunds' Head to Retire
SchwabFunds has an opening for a new head as Klipp announces his retirement to spend more time with his family...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Pan-American Taps Rational Investors For Advice Engine
Another bundled vendor is taking a step closer to offering participants investment advice on their 401k...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Boomer Fund Seeks the Boomer Bankrolls
1-800 Mutuals will launch its first proprietary funds. One will focus specifically on the baby boomers, concentrating its investments in the boomer-related sectors...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Emergent Advisors Fills Out Team to Pursue Alliances
The parent company to 401k Forum has added three executives to its business development team to pursue distribution alliances...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Gateway Expands to East Coast and Hires New Head
Gateway Investment Advisers has opened a new east coast office and hired Dr. Harry Merriken to run the new operation...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Mellon PSFS to Boost Funds Sales In Its Retail Branches
Mellon streamlines staffing in order to increase mutual fund and variable annuity sales in its retail branches...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Odd Lots, March 12, 1999
Snoopy gets the boot as Met Life prepares to go public ... Schwab settles claims with 300 customers ... Fleet Financial is considering selling the SureTrade on-line brokerage ... Citigroup to increase services in its banks ... Investors should not forget actively managed funds, says Schwab...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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Despite Criticism, Fidelity Sticks Behind Portfolio Planner
The Boston fund company responds to competitors by rolling out new features and a cleaner look-and-feel for its Portfolio Planner...
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Friday, March 12, 1999
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