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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve!
401kWire will be closed tomorrow in observance of the Christmas Day market holiday...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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Crane Hires In MI and PA
The two hires come in from OneAmerica and Transamerica...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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Merry Christmas Eve Eve Eve!
MFWire will be closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas Day market holiday...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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After New Funding, an RKer's Board Restructures
A smaller group of representatives will now oversee the recordkeeper unicorn on behalf of its various backers...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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Stock MF Outflows Jump Fivefold to $27B
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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Ameritas Hires a TPA Alum In CO
The new hire also previously worked with Empower...
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Friday, December 22, 2023
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Thoughts On Helping DC Clients Navigate a Bear
My colleague Andrew talks to an executive a West Coast DC titan...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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The Average Fund Suffers $1.2MM In Outflows
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for November 2022 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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Where Will Millennium Trust Invest Under Its New Chief?
The trustodian's freshly elevated CEO talks about what's next...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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"There's a More General Need For Guidance"
Panelists weigh in on young participants' troubles...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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Vote ASAP! Today's Six New Nominees Are ...
We need your help! The 401kWire team is once again working on a list of the Most Influential People In Defined Contribution...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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For Partner Nine, an AM Network Bets On a 36-Year-Old Shop
An ally to asset managers is buying a minority stake in a $3.96B-AUA firm that specializes in equity SMAs...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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Four Units, 6MM Participants, $120B In Assets, and One Brand On Top
A retirement plan industry acquirer consolidates several arms, including its recordkeeping and trustodian arms, under a new, overarching brand...
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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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Proportional Inflows Fall 28 Percent
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for November 2021 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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ESG, the DoL and a New World For 401ks
With new DOL rules, ESG investing is coming to 401(k)s, an industry consultant argues, adding that it promises to be complicated...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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Two Decade-Plus Fido Vets Join Fiducient
The new hires both have more than 20 years of DC consulting experience...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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For Deal 33, a TPA Buys Near Philly
A Midwestern acquirer snaps up a 16-year-old shop, its fifth purchase of 2021...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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At the SEC, An Outspoken Prof Takes Over IM
Gensler reveals the regulatory agency's new director of the division of investment management...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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An Acquiring RKer Wins Two More SARPs
The startup's team is doubling down on this space...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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A $143B-AUM AM Adds a Channel Chief
A publicly traded asset manager now has a chief for its direct investor business...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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A Boutique I-Bank Offers KPAs Valuation Support
The team at this firm is getting ready to launch a consulting service for advisors in the retirement plan and wealth spaces...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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An RKer Combos Up to Four DC Types
A Midwestern provider is ramping up and streamlining its efforts with non-profit plan sponsors...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Schaus Passes the EBRI Board Reins
The think tank has new board leadership...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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A 19-Year-Old Shop Debuts Its Sixth Mutual Fund
The mostly employee-owned firm had $38.5 billion in AUM as of September 30...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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NTSA's Ex-Chief Lands
The former executive director of the trade group joins a retirement plan-focused shop...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2020
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Meet Dow Jones' First Wealth and Asset Management Chief
Alma Latour creates a brand new unit, led by a Barron's veteran who should be familiar to many fundsters...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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401kWire Will Be Closed On Monday
Our offices will be closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas market holiday. Happy holidays to you and yours!..
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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MFWire Will Be Closed On Monday
Our offices will be closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas market holiday. Happy holidays to you and yours!..
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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Wuelfing Returns, Leading a Software Shop
The Spark founders joins a Big Apple firm with a mandate for helping 401(k) recordkeepers offload part of their administration...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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An NYC TPA Geographically Expands With Two New Hires
One new hire is based in Alabama, and the other is in Colorado...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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URPC's Bachu Hunts For a Key Hire After Adding Two Wholesalers
The national TPA's chief hires sales executives in the Midwest and Florida. Meanwhile, watch for her to make a big hire in the next month or so...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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Gundlach Brings One of His Favorite Asset Classes In-House
DoubleLine is starting up a firm to originate purchase a specific kind of debt...
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Friday, December 22, 2017
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Three New Year's Resolutions For KPAs
Every year around this time, many Americans ponder what their New Year's resolution will be.....
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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Aylward's Transformational Deal
The Virtus chief just unveiled an acquisition that will nearly double the size of his company. He talked with MFWire about what's next...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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This Kansas KPA Shop Now Uses InHub's eRFP Tool
This 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) shop now uses an InHub eRFP tool to make the RFP process easy and seamless...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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LFG's Four Simple Steps To Retirement
Lincoln Financial Group advises on realistic goals to set over the next year. ..
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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The New Fund Fuss - December 22, 2016
The newest mutual funds about to make their debut!..
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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Pioneers, Meet the Exec Who Will Decide Your Fate
The buyer of the international asset manager hires an exec to oversee the merger...
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Thursday, December 22, 2016
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BNY Mellon Touts the Positive Impact of Automated Features
In its latest magazine issue, BNY Mellon addresses reversing inertia within the retirement industry...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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The J.P. Morgan Whistleblower Will Receive How Much?
The money center bank just settled with regulators over its client disclosures related to how it uses its own proprietary mutual funds and hedges. It looks like the whistleblower involved in the investigation will take home eight figures for their trouble...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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The ERISA Advisory Council Welcomes New Members
ERISA Advisory Council poised to further advance usefulness of employee benefits policy..
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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Munnell Offers New Numbers in the DB-Vs-DC Debate
A new study by Boston College's Center for Retirement Research surveys results from DC and DB plans...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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Participants' Use of Advisors is Changing
Spectrem Group finds that participants are more autonomous, but still desire guidance...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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Is This the End For Third Avenue and Its Triple-C Cowboys?
Barron's ponders what's next for the beleaguered value asset manager that Marty Whitman built as the media continues to react to the collapse of Third Avenue's now-infamous Focused Credit Fund...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015
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These BioTech Experts Just Entered the ETF Biz
A Gotham shop created its own indexes to power its first two ETFs...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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An OC KPA Switches B-Ds
The move took place over the summer...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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Mercer Preps Its Latest Plan Sponsor Tool For 2015
The New York-based open architecture recordkeeper just unveiled a new digital tool.....
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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Principal's New Tool Goes Digital
The new tool unveiled by Principal aims at helping users visualize a plan for their retirement saving goals...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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F-Squared Settles; Present Doesn't
The SEC unveils a $35MM settlement agreement with F-Squared. But what about it's ex-chief?..
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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65 Percent of Boomers Like the Sound of Working Past Age 65
..according to a new report conducted by TCRS...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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Case Not Closed: Judge Keeps the Eastman Kodak 401k Case Going
David Larimer, U.S. District Court Judge of the Western District of New York in Rochester, refused the company's motion to dismiss.....
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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Two Dems Want Active Funds in the TSP
A bill proposed in Congress earlier this month might be renamed the "Fink Hate Over Bogle Love" bill...
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Monday, December 22, 2014
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An Ex-Pru Broker is Found Negligent in Mutual Fund Market Timing Case
The case is one of the last from last decade's mutual fund scandals...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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A PM Leaves Oakmark's Biggest Fund
The Chitown mutual fund firm says goodbye to a 16-year company veteran...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Arnerich Massena Looks to Grow
The investment consulting shop is boosting its sales and consulting teams in 2012...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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A TPA Switches to Consulting for TPAs
A DC industry vet sells his book but stays in the business...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania Beckon an RKing TPA
A Michigan firm plans an expansion of its sales force...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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MassMutual Promotes Retirement Execs
The firm unveiled a pair of retirement-related promotions today...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Astor Opens Two ETFs
The Knight Capital subsidiary increases its mutual fund count to three...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Zacks Likes Five Government Mutual Funds
Five mutual funds focused on government bonds get a boost from Zacks Investment Research...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Gingrich is AllianceBernstein's New COO
Kraus gets a new sales chief for Christmas...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Vanguard Denies It's a Buyer
Look toward India...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Morningstar Founder Among Sun-Times Buyers
A familiar name to fundsters backs the bid for the newspaper...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Global X Funds Walked Among ETF Zombies
The ETF space is crowded with zombie ETFs and some are being culled...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
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Top Distribution Job Opens Up at Fidelity
Peter Cieszko is leaving at the end of next month...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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Evaluation Associates Hires a Capital Research Veteran
The Milliman subsidiary names its new hire...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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A Portion of ABG Kansas City Changes Hands
Financial terms of the deal were not made public...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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ProManage Picks a New CIO
The Chicago-based managed accounts provider taps a UBS alum as its new chief investment officer...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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Marsico Battles an MSSB Advisor Over an Accident
Tom Marsico is at odds with an MSSB advisor over an accident in which Mariso's son-in-law was injured after being hit by a Mercedes...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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For $4.3 Million, A Fund CEO Buys Basketball Rules
The amount is the highest ever for an article of sports memorabilia, according to reports...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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What is Tom Bailey Up to These Days?
A recent WSJ article provides a glimpse into Tom Bailey's life post-Janus...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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Franklin's Holiday Shopping Yields a $30 Million Real Estate Deal
Franklin Resources is spending $30 million to purchase a building in South Florida...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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MainStay's Sales Head Moves On
The exec departed New York Life in early December after five years at the firm...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Vanguard Plans the Launch of an Actively Managed Value Fund
The Pennsylvania-based firm taps three sub-advisors for the fund...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Matrix Expands its Relationship with an RKer and IRA Provider
A freshly reborn firm turns to the Bluff Point subsidiary for more support...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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MetWest Hits a Milestone
The Los Angeles-based fixed income manager, which is the process of being purchased by TCW, says assets in its mutual funds have surpassed $10 billion...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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ING Trumpets its New and Repeat DC Business
Executives at the Connecticut-based providers reveal some figures...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Retirement Plan Advisors, Watch Out: Retail Reps Want In On the Action
An industry consulting firm takes a look at the business of retirement plan advisors and retail advisors...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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TCW Names its New Mutual Fund Chief
The Los Angeles-based mutual fund firm plugs another hole that opened up in the wake of the departure of Jeff Gundlach...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Nick Calamos Moves Up
Nick Calamos is one of two key executives with new titles at the Naperville, Illinois-based asset manager...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Oppenheimer Settles Another 529 Suit
Updated | The New York City-based investment firm reached a settlement with the state of Illinois on Tuesday involving its management of the state's 529 college savings plan...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Principal Faces a Fee Suit
A class action law firm targets an asset allocation from the insurer...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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TEAM Enters the '40 Act Race
The Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based separate account manager tosses its hat into the mutual fund ring.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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Some Bond ETFs to Pass Out Capital Gains
In the Tuesday edition of the WSJ Fund Track, Ian Salisbury takes note of the ETFs that will pass out capital gains...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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An IT Firm Hires a State Streeter to Run its Asset Management Unit
The company tapped a former State Street exec to head up its global asset management unit...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Pioneer Fills a Year-Old Opening with an Ex-Evergreen Exec
Pioneer Investments has found a new leader for its relationship management and strategic alliances group...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Judge Approves the Neuberger Sale
The transaction is worth $922 million after adjustments, according to a Lehman Brothers attorney...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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An Insurer Turns Off the GIC Juice
UPDATED| One stable value backer steps out of the investment-only institutional GIC market for a while. The insurer, however, will continue to make GICs available to 401k plans it serves...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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A Second Plan Reports Madoff Loss
Bernie made off with funds from at least two 401(k) plans, raising the question of whether their are more "k" shoes to drop...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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The Role of Company Stock in 401ks Continues to Diminish
Research released by the DoL shows that the role played by company stock in 401k plans has been shrinking since the 1980s...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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The Gray Lady Gives the Front-Page Treatment to Disappearing Matches
The New York Times devotes no less than front-page space to the match suspension trend...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Big Distributions from Two Rydex ETFs Draw WSJ's Notice
In Monday's WSJ Fund Track column, Ian Salisbury turns his attention toward ETFs paying out capital gains distributions. Rydex receives special mention in the article for the unusually large distribution on a handful of its funds...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Fidelity, Putnam, Miller Among 'Coal' Awardees
MarketWatch's Chuck Jaffe releases the second half of his 13th Annual Lump of Coal Awardees...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Bent Puts his NYC Apartment on the Block
Bruce Bent II, an top executive at The Reserve, is looking to sell his New York apartment for $16.5 million...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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AllianceBernstein Names Sanders' Successor
The New York investment manager taps a new chairman and CEO...
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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After a Decade, Schwab is Back in the Buyer's Seat
Jim McCool explains some of the thinking that led the San Francisco brokerage firm to make its first 401k deal since snapping up The Hampton Company in 1995...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
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Schwab Wins Bidding for 401k Company
Nationwide sells its Texas-based retirement recordkeeping arm to Charles Schwab for a nine-figure sum...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
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Janney Names Head of Retirement Plans Unit
The Philadelphia-based firm has tapped a 23-year industry veteran to oversee its retirement business...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
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Fidelity Nixing Soft Dollars
For the second time Fidelity Investments has reworked a deal to sever its stock trading from a brokerage's research. This week the Boston Behemoth said it will purchase stock research from Deutsche Bank Securities using its own funds. In October, Fidelity reached a similar arrangement to cease using soft dollars with Lehman Brothers...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Seeger: "I Did Nothing Wrong"
The Security Trust founder sits down with the local paper to tell his side of the late-trading case brought by Eliot Spitzer...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Visteon Restores 401k Match
One of the first employers to cut its match during the recession is bringing it back, but only partway...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Americans Resolve to Save More
Retirement savings is high on Americans New Year's resolution lists. That may not necessarily be good news for DC plan providers...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Diebold Sued Over 401k Losses
The ATM and voting machine maker is the latest plan sponsor to find itself in court because of losses in its 401(k) company stock fund...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Michigan Trustee Faces Prison for 401k Lawbreaking
A trustee is found guilty of using a plan for money laundering and embezzlement. Must repay $650,000 in assets to the plan and go to prison...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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More Hedge Funds Settle Trading Charges
Veras will pay more than $35 million to settle charges that it siphoned mutual fund assets through improper trades...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Two Former Hedge Fund Managers Face Fraud Charges
The SEC has accused two former San Francisco hedge fund managers of making late trades in more than 400 mutual funds. Trades siphoned $49 million...
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Al Frank Plans Branding Push
Al Frank Asset Management is planning a branding campaign as part of efforts to broaden its reach in the market.
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Thursday, December 22, 2005
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Janus Wins Spot on Privatized Dutch Pension System
The mandate win is a vote of confidence for the embattled fund firm and will open the door to more than 3 million investors...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Commishes Punt on Advisor Registration for Brokers
Seventeen hundred comments were not enough. The five SEC commissioners will take up the issue again next April after hearing more comments...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Edward Jones Settlement with NYSE, NASD and SEC is Final
Now it can turn its attention to negotiations with Lockyer in California. Settlement details illegal sales contests for brokers...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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SDBA Provider Hires West Coast Rep
The brokerage account provider adds to its presence with a hire in California...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Cake Maker Takes Away 401k Icing
The Winston-Salem client of Smith Barney has taken away its match...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Seattle Paper Suspends Match
If you thought the economy was back and matches were being restored, think again. On the other hand, it may be the industry and not the economy.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Get Those Votes in Says BlackRock
Shareholders are proving to be a bump in the road as BlackRock schemes to eliminate the State Street Research & Management fund business. The New York-based BlackRock is planning to complete its takeover of SSRM by the end of January, but to have the SSRM funds merged by the deadline it needs shareholder approval, and that is not coming easily...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Fund Lawyers Rake in Cash from Embattled Fund Firms
Retainers paid by fund firms are helping drive up bonuses at Beantown law firms. Ropes & Gray is paying out bonuses of $25,000 to first year associates. That is up from $10,000 last year and the cash is hitting the accounts today. Second year associates are getting a cool $30,000 each...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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SEC Opens Morningstar Exams
SEC examiners showed up at the door of two Morningstar units the day after the fund tracker received a subpoena from Eliot Spitzer seeking information about its retirement business. Dow Jones Newswires reported that the Midwest regional office of the SEC started exams of both Morningstar Associates and Morningstar Investment Services last Friday...
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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Primecap Continues Odyssey
It has been five months since the institutional manager filed for its own series of funds, but is it any clearer what the firm has in mind?..
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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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401kSearches Reported This Week
Two large plans find new managers...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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TPA Intros New Administration Tool
New tool to improve speed of administration...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Eleven Steps to Fix the Fund Industry
Two elder statement and fund directors suggest steps funds can take to restore investor confidence...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Vanguard Readies four Cash Funds
The vehicles are not for general consumption and will be open only to Vanguard and its affiliates...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Fund Adoption by Strong is Delayed
The scandals have put a deal on hold for up to another year...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Hedge Fund Creates Reserve, Was Linked to Alger and Federated
The Texas-based hedge fund may have set aside as much as $200 million in order to settle its fund trading troubles with the SEC...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Bonuses Still Good At Putnam
The firm says end of the year benefits are still in place. Others speculate what the company many do next...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Franklin Templeton Disciplines Three
The fund co. takes action against employees for improper trading practices...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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New Tool To Help Fiduciaires Pick Funds
Prompted by the fund probes, research firm develops analysis tool of its own...
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Monday, December 22, 2003
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Software Firm Signs for Distribution
SunGard and Pyramid Digital Solutions have formalized their partnership...
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Stable Value Rates for December 22, 2000
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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December 22, 2000
Is Boring BAck?..
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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December 22, 2000
Is Boring Back?..
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Twelve Funds of Christmas
Your true love's year-end asset allocation. ..
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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The Grinch Visits Morningstar
The research firm ejects editor Robert Clark from MorningstarAdvisor before the mistletoe is down...
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Wiesenberger, Value Line Join Forces
Changes on the horizon for fund data and analytics providers.
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Fund Firm Tries Out K Shares
Invesco is trying to leverage its way onto third party platforms with a new share class developed with DC plans in mind...
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Special K
Better than Wheaties: Invesco's new share class eases entry into the 401(k) market...
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Friday, December 22, 2000
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Lord, Abbett Welcomes Cox
Candace Cox has joined Lord, Abbett & Company as director of institutional investments, a spokesperson with the firm told the 401kWire.com. Prior to this move, Cox served at Emerald Capital Advisors LLC as a principal...
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Wednesday, December 22, 1999
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Terry Balding, Terry Balding & Associates
Back by popular demand, our Advisor Profiles will become a regular feature in the year 2000; December's profile looks at how high-tech tools let a small-town advisor not only manage his clients accounts efficiently, but also gives him time to do some fishing...
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Wednesday, December 22, 1999
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Amerindo Adds Level-Load Shares To Hot Fund
Amerindo Investment Advisors has added a level-load share class to its soaring Technology Fund in order to increase distribution to brokers...
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Wednesday, December 22, 1999
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TAG On: ADP and ACP Testing
The Technical Answer Group, Inc. is a weekly guest on the 401kWire.com site. TAG
provides technical answers and supporting research for professional firms and individuals that administer, sell or sponsor qualified employee benefit plans...
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Wednesday, December 22, 1999
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Odd Lots, December 22, 1999
Most top funds beat the index ... Fidelity rotates managers ... A cent of returns in the new century...
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Wednesday, December 22, 1999
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Ohio Taps New Vendor
The State of Ohio's Public Employees Deferred Compensation Program has chosen the Public Employees Benefit Service Corporation (PEBSCO), a subsidiary of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Financial Services, for education, enrollment, and customer-suppport services. The plan has 678,000 participants and, according to The Money Market Directory, $2.5 billion in assets...
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Tuesday, December 22, 1998
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Sentinel Benefits Buys Griffin Pension Services
The benefits consulting firm Sentinel Benefits Group, Inc. of Wakefield Massachusetts has acquired the assets of Griffin Pension Services of nearby Hamilton, Massachusetts. Griffen, along with Fidelity Investments, pioneered the daily-valuation system in 1993...
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Tuesday, December 22, 1998
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TAG On: Paperless Technologies and Federal Regulation
In July of 1998, The Internal Revenue Service issued Announcement 98-62 stating that it was developing guidance on the use of paperless technologies in communications between retirement plans and their participants. Part of that announcement included an invitation to comment on a number of specific issues related to that guidance as well as general issues related to paperless technologies...
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Tuesday, December 22, 1998
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Interpublic Restructures Plan
The Coscombe, New York-based Interpublic Group has terminated its Frank Russell-managed balanced fund as a part of an overall restructuring program for its defined contribution plan, writes Pensions & Investments. The $300 million plan will also be increasing the number of investment options as of February 1, 1998. ..
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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Integrated Management Systems To Add Funds
Beaverton, Oregon-located Integrated Management Systems Inc. will provide an additional five funds to the four already exisiting through its $5 million 401(k) plan, according to Pensions and Investments. ..
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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Sony Considers New Options
New York City-based Sony Entertainment is considering adding new investment funds to its $227 million 401(k) plan by the end of January, according to Pensions & Investments. The plan currently offers funds from Bankers Trust, Fidelity Investments, and the Vanguard Group...
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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San Jose Re-taps ICMA & Aetna
The City of San Jose (CA) is retaining both Aetna and ICMA to provide investments and administration for its $230 million deferred compensation plan, according to a report in Pensions and Investments. The plan is currently reviewing its 30 investment options to decide if any need to be added or changed. Any changes should be decided upon by the end of January...
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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Minnesota Seeks Provider
In St. Paul, Minnesota, the state government will be seeking investment providers for its deferred compensation plan during the first six months of 1998, according to Pensions & Investments. Present contracts to provide investments options for the $38 billion Minnesota State Board of Investment will expire in June, 1999...
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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KLH Bundles with Principal
Clinton, Mississippi-based KLH Industries, Inc. bundled its 401(k) plan with Principal Financial, according to Pensions & Investments. Principal will offer all nine of the plan's investment options...
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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LILCO Hires Smith Barney
The Hicksville, New York Long Island Lighting Co. has chosen Smith Barney over SEI to promulgate an asset allocation review of its $100 million VEBA trust and $840 million defined benefit plan after Columbus Circle, which managed $50 million of the plans fixed-income assets, disbanded its bond management unit, reports Pensions and Investments. Smith Barney should complete its study in the next few months.
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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Unisys Corp. Workers Appeal Ruling
Counsel for Unisys employees appealed the recent decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania which held that Unisys did not violate its pecuniary responsibilites in acquiring GICs from Executive Life to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, reports Pensions & Investments. ..
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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Unisys Not Liable for ELIC GICs
In what is likely to be a precedent setting decision, a federal district court has ruled that Unisys Corp. did not breach its fiduciary liability by purchasing GICs from Executive Life.
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Monday, December 22, 1997
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