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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Bridge Builder Wins Again But Midsize Outflows Rise By $7.5B
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for April 2025 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Cote Brings a 17Y Voya Vet to JPMAM
The new hire is based in the Lone Star State...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Reader Rating: 1
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Voya, GPS, Alliant, and MGKS Team Up Twice
The teams at the four companies are preparing to roll out two PEPs next month...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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How Do Participants Take Higher Default Deferral Rates?
New provider research digs into how varying the default deferral rate affects participant behavior...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Hartford Will Shutter a $48MM-AUM Quartet
A publicly traded insurer's mutual fund team is preparing to shut down four ETFs...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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A BNY DC I-O Alum Joins a Consultant to Fintechs
The executive is based in the Philadelphia area...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
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Magoon Helps Investors Bet On the Weight-Loss Med Biz
The Midwestern fundster's team is rolling out a new index fund...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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RCM&D Teams Up to Launch a 403b PEP
The PEP is expected to launch on June 14, with help from Empower, FiduciaryXchange, and ADMIN Partners...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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In Healthcare, This Worker Group Ranks Ret Plans Above PTO
New research from a provider's think tank digs into how medical sector participants feel about retirement savings plans and other benefits...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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Crain Takes Over a Trade Group
The departing executive director held the role since 2021...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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These Conversions Typically Shrink Revenue By 63 Percent
New research offers some insight into what happens shortly after a particular type of product transformation...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
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A $1.4T-AUM AM's Chief Rises
The move comes three months after the asset manager acquired another fund firm...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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A 26-Year Am Cent and JPM Retirement Exec Shifts
The exec recently took on a leadership role in the fund firm's HR unit...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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Portman-Cardin 2.0 Returns, With Lots of DC Support
The two Senators are teaming up again on a broad retirement plan reform bill...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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An Oregon KPA RIA Adds an RPA
Updated | The new hire also joins the firm's vendor services committee...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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Slipping Inflows Are Spreading Out
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for April 2021 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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With 2 C-Suite Hires, a 403b RKer Hunts
The PE-backed firm's chief is looking for targets "in and around the custody and recordkeeping space...
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Friday, May 21, 2021
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Where Do KPAs Make the Biggest Difference?
New research from a DC I-O team highlights gaps between advised and unadvised retirement plan sponsors...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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An Arizona Startup Enters the MF Biz
The team is now trumpeting their first mutual fund, which debuted at the end of 2019...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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DC Leaders and ERISA Legal Eagles Laud EBSA's Latest Move
Trade group chiefs, an RKer, and defined contribution lawyers weigh in...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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A Midwestern RKer Goes Pro With Managed Accounts
A Southeastern shop powers the provider's latest offering, and a pair of KPA aggregators are building integration...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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From DoL Tips to a TDF Tool
A DC I-O team dials up its support for KPAs a year after making a key hire. And they're looking to add other providers' data...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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The Final Default Electronic Disclosure Reg Is Here
The exiting EBSA chief reveals the updated regulation, which is expected to be officially published next week and then take effect 60 days later...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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A Focused Growth Shop Wins
The M* team updates flows data for April 2020 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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A CT RIA Champions Three Participants
An advisor recognizes some participants for going above and beyond...
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
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Ascensus Buys In Arizona
The deal brings the recordkeeper's TPA arm its first office in the Grand Canyon State...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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A Chi-Town ERISA Vet Joins Jenner & Block
The law firm's ERISA litigation team welcomes a new partner...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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A Harbor SVP Departs, Again
The exec most recently spent 18 years at the Chi-Town fund firm...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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Four Execs Will Guide a Niche RKer's New Push
The new business line's chief hires two externally and one internally to fill out his leadership team for the effort...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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13 Years In, a Russell Vet Departs
The search is underway for his successor, a spokesman confirms...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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Will Pioneer's Parent Take Control of Another Multinational?
The publicly traded French firm is reportedly looking at buying a majority stake in a financial services giant's asset management arm. Yet the deal might run afoul of a familiar problem...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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After 15 Years, a KPA Moves to the Other Side of the Industry
A SWBC Wealth Management retirement plan consultant joins Capital Group...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
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BPAS Teams Up With a Giant Indie B-D
The bank-backed RKer makes a key distribution alliance...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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Donnelly Spells Out Nuveen's KPA Engagement Expansion
The DC I-O team at TIAA's asset manager takes their advisor support offerings up a notch...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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After Two Key Hires, a Liquid Alts Distro Expansion
A Gotham fundster entrepreneur expects to continue building out his sales team...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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Will This Stable Value Shop Launch Its Own Funds?
A $2.1-billion institutional fixed income asset manager has focused its DC efforts directly on big plan sponsors and on multi-manager firms, at least so far...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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Week In Preview, May 21-28
The teams at FINRA, the ICI, and the MFDF are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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Week In Preview, May 21-28
This week the NIPA team is hosting their big conference, and a new hire is taking over an insurer's retirement plan business...
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Monday, May 21, 2018
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The Top Five Places KPAs Want To Vacation
Memorial Day is just days away, and that means summer is just around the corner. My colleague Lande has the scoop on vacation destinations favored by your fellow KPAs...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Mesirow Financial Investment Strategies Hunts for a Senior Marketer
Attention senior marketing executives —- Mesirow Financial may be looking for you...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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Smaller Plans Are More Likely To Offer In-Plan Guarantees
...so says a study conducted by LIMRA LOMA Secure Retirement Institute.....
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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An Ex-RPS Chief Is Leaving New York Life
A retirement plan industry industry leader who rose to a broader asset management leadership role will retire from the mutual insurer at the end of 2015...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Reader Rating: 1
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Blunt Picks NYLIM's Next Chief As Lawton Retires
Stephen Fisher will continue to lead the insurer's MainStay Funds, even as a Morgan Stanley vet takes over all of NYLIM...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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The Commissioners Back White's Disclosure Vision For MFs and SMAs
If the proposal goes through, fundsters can expect to disclose more on derivatives holdings and more on separately managed accounts, while their mutual funds will disclose portfolio data more frequently to the public (and even more so to the SEC)...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Wells Fargo Continues Growth Strategy, New Positions Created
Joe Ready and John Papadopulos talk about new positions and hires to help drive Wells Fargo's overall organic growth strategy. ..
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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The Next Bond King Worries About Removing Shackles
Star PM Jeffrey Gundlach, unconstrained, warns FAs not to rush to take the shackles off their clients' fixed income investments...
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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A CA Shop Makes a New Partnership, Growing Their KPA Reach
Hewins Financial Advisors, LLC, a national CPA-oriented financial advisory firm based in San Mateo, California, has just made a new partnership!..
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
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Would Sponsors Benefit From 'Kay Mae'?
The subject of 401(k) loans is polarizing, to say the least. And depending on the plan, participants with outstanding loan balances have little option but default when they leave a company. But would a Sallie Mae-type loan administration agency for 401(k)s - call it Kay Mae - help?..
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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An Education Specialist Maps Out a Plan for Teaming Up With B-Ds and RKers
The shop already teams up with retirement plan advisors to get participants to use its online and app-based tools...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Gaffney and Co Woo Reporters in Manhattan
Alllianz hosted a three hour meet and greet with many investment professionals...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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ICI GMM: Fundster Top Brass Talk Alts, Risk and More
Top executives at money management firms talk globalization, alternative investing, regulation and risk...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $200MM RKing TPA Partners With a Wellness Guru
A TPA in Oklahoma City is offering an eight-part web series to participants for financial education. ..
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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ICI GMM: Larry Fink Says Fundsters Need to Get Louder, Move Beyond the Moment
During a discussion with ICI president and CEO Paul Schott Stevens, the head of Blackrock said that the industry needs to move beyond the moment, and focus on outcomes for retirees...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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J.P. Morgan Links In With a B-D
The provider gains access to more than 140 advisory firms...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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Aikin Plans a Sales and Service Expansion at fi360
The fiduciary training and tools specialists' chief spoke on the sidelines of his annual conference...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Legg Mason Buys a Quant Shop and Another Takes the Hit
62 employees are leaving the affected unit, while 12 are joining the acquired one...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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CUNA Mutual Takes CPI in a New Direction
The RKer launches a new advisor-sold platform...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A Virginia Shop Kicks Up Its Web Presence
Lynchburg firm, with ties to the Mason mutual fund dynasty, has hired an online consultant firm to help upgrade its website as it courts more advisors...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fee Disclosure Falls Flat With Participants ... But Not With Plan Sponsors
Mesirow releases the findings of its 2013 Retirement Plan Survey Report...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Former GM Chair Joins a Fund Shop's Board
Exec had 32-year career with automotive giant...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Harbor Changes a Subadvisor
Marsico is out, and Baillie Gifford is in...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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BlackRock Builds a $25B Real Estate Business With a Global Purchase
Asset giant acquires real estate IM with presence in Asia and Europe...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Lincoln Strengthens Its Ties With Merrill
The firms up the ante on their existing relationship...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A Freshly Hired American Funds Exec Departs
A 401k operations veteran leaves the mutual fund titan...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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PMs Weigh In as Investors Ignore the Bond Warnings
Prominent investing prognosticators ponder why the "great rotation" from bond funds to stock funds has not yet happened...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Could the Fido Case Pit Biz Against Obama?
Reporters look at ramifications of the Supremes taking the Fidelity whistleblower case...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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What Does an ETF Milestone Mean?
IndexUniverse looks at the ETF space...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Will Vanguard Keep Its A Grade?
M* stands by the low-cost mutual fund titan, at least for now...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A Bad Omen? ETF Leader BlackRock Does Something Different
What happens to investors when an ETF goes kerplunk?..
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A Principal Alum Joins Mutual of Omaha
The new hire, based in Ohio, is a senior channel manager for TPAs...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Weil and Co Create a Class-Less Janus Board, One Year at a Time
The Janus board of directors' structure is changing...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Alshefski Touts SEI's Turnkey Wins
The Keystone State company is adding two clients to its turnkey fund operations platform...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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A $165MM Plan Sponsor Auto-Escalates
A BofA Merill client adds another auto-feature to its 401k plan...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1
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Sarsynski's Team Boosts MassMutual's Sales to $1.8B
Updated | The bundled provider reveals Q1 figures...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Gabelli Will Retire Up to $50MM of Debt
The GAMCO chief is putting the firm's cash to good use by buying up subordinated debentures...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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The MStar Team Fights the SEC Over Target Date Funds
The Chitown mutual fund ratings shop's execs submit their comments on the regulatory agency's plan...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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Lewis Boosts State Street's Institutional Money Fund Platform
The institutional bank is augmenting up its money market fund trading capabilities...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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"Economic Concern is Bleeding In" For Participants
BofA Merrill's Kevin Crain discusses the bundled provider's 401(k) Contribution Activities Scorecard...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3
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Diamond Lets Go of BlackRock
Barclays will reportedly sell its entire $6.1-billion stake in the world's largest asset manager...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Total Return Outperforms Total Return
How do the ETF and traditional mutual fund versions of Bill Gross' giant fund compare to each other?..
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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iShares Execs File for a LatAm Bond Fund
BlackRock's ETF giant preps another new ETF...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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McNabb's Vanguard Sticks to its Knitting
The low-cost mutual fund shop avoids alternatives...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Cambiar's Barish Feels Frustrated But Not Lost at Sea
The PM talks about his fund's recent performance woes...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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A Fido Ex-PM May Dodge Insider Trading Penalties
Foreign prosecutors are not seeking penalties against a U.S. employee of the Boston Behemoth...
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Monday, May 21, 2012
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Miller Sneaks in 401k Fee Disclosure
Updated | Is Congress about to trump efforts by the DoL?..
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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Cerulli Readies Fundsters to Find B-D Shelf Space
In the fund marketplace, managers are competing for limited shelf space, according to Cerulli...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Heigh Ho, I-O: Two Fund Firms Think DC Growth
What's new in the 401k industry? One Boston fund company has added two investment-only team members, while a New York Banks searches for 10 new hires...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Could Regulators Attack a Mutual Fund For Posing a 'Systemic Risk'?
The ICI responds to the advance of the financial regulatory reform bill...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Morley Hires a Wrapper Liaison While Adding a Wrapper
The stable value firm aims to expand again soon...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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The IRS is Questioning Plan Sponsors
The tax agency is sending out a survey in the hopes of finding compliance issues...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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A $180 Million Sponsor Explains its Switch to TIAA-CREF
The church organization was not happy with its current recordkeeper's investing policies...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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AUL Wins Two Hometown Plans
The OneAmerica company wins business with a nearby healthcare organization...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Baron Trims One Fund's Fees
Baron will also cut fees at five basis point increments as managed assets increase...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Will Fido or JPMorgan Win DC Biz Thanks to a $1B Plan Sponsor Merger?
At least three 401k plans are involved in the merger...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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NICSA Anoints a New Chairman
The trade organization makes some additions to its board of directors at its annual meeting in Boston...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Waggoner Warns Against Mutual Fund Fads
The USA Today columnist also cites praises for two new funds...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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Symphony Conducts Nuveen's Latest Offering
Nuveen launches a new mutual fund and asks a familiar partner to sub-advise...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Bogle Invokes 'Consumer Protection' In His Latest Attack Against Fundsters
The Vanguard founder speaks in favor of adding mutual funds to the empire of a proposed new regulator...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Who Will Be the Next Bill Miller?
Legg Mason picks the next manager of Legg Mason Capital Management Value...
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Friday, May 21, 2010
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Fido Finally Finds its Top Asset Management Exec
Fidelity has found its new chief operating officer of asset management...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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An Ex-Schwab Sales Exec Lands a New Gig
The former sales manager for Schwab RT has joined up with a software firm north of the border...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Third Time Could Be the Charm for Proposed Fund Tax Changes
A bipartisan tax bill seeks to keep investors' money working...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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EBSA Puts the Advice Rule on Ice Again
EBSA decides it needs more time to consider comments on the rule...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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John Hancock Picks a New President
The company has tapped the head of its insurance division for the post...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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John Hancock Names New President
The new president will oversee the Retirement Plan Services division...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Broadridge Eyes Growth with a New Acquisition
Fund company tech provider Broadridge has expanded its reach with an acquisition...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Franklin Pulls Ahead of the Pack in AIG Unit Bidding
Franklin Resources is partnering with a private equity firm in a bid for AIG Investments...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Julius Baer Continues its Remake
The decision to restructure its Swiss units is not expected to change the schedule for Artio's IPO later this fall...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fund Flows Regaining Strength
There is good news for mutual funds distribution teams...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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GEAM Adds Two VA Wholesalers
The Stamford, Connecticut firm has hired two more wholesalers as part of its new sales initiative...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Veteran Consultant Rejoins a Bay Area TPA
A familiar face pops up at a former BenefitStreet subsidiary...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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UBS Unloads $15 Billion in Sub-Prime Junk to a BlackRock Fund
UBS has sold off a chunk of its sub-prime assets to a fund run by BlackRock...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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E*TRADE Simplifies the World of Bonds
E*TRADE Securities has redesigned its fixed-income platform in response to a consumer survey...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Study: Serious Advisors Continue to Gobble 401k Market Share
Brightwork Partners finds intermediary-driven retirement plan business further concentrating in the hands of specialists...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Excessive Fees Suits a Thing of the Past?
A decision has been handed down by the appeals court in the excessive fee case involving Harris Associates...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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SEC Sets a Date for XBRL
Now that fund companies know that XBRL has a permanent place in their future, the SEC has proposed the exact timing of said future...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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GEAM is in the Hunt for Wholesalers
The top mutual fund exec at GE Asset Management says he plans to hire wholesalers and expand the product line...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Eaton Vance Q2 Profit is in Line with Expectations
Net income is up for the quarter ended April 30...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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ShareBuilder Says 401k Sales More than Doubled in Q1
Executives at ShareBuilder Advisors, which was acquired by ING Direct last year, say just over half of Q1 sales were made to one-person businesses...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Nonprofit Electric Co. Activates a New 401k Provider
The New York-based nonprofit corporation has hired a provider for its $30 million, 460-participant 401(k) plan...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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SSgA Expands its Roster of Emerging Market ETFs
The Boston-based investment manager has launched its eighth emerging market ETF...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Dreyfus Plans to Add An Emerging Market Fund
The BNY Mellon subsidiary has filed plans to add to its lineup of emerging market funds...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Fund Biz Gains Press
But MSIM executives may feel that the attention is coming for all the wrong reasons as the WSJ focuses on lost assets rather than new strategies...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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McWhinney Makes a Sudden Exit from Schwab
Deborah D. McWhinney, president of Schwab Institutional, unexpectedly resigned as the head of Schwab Institutional Monday...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.9
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Tweedy Browne to Add New Fund
One of the oldest asset managers in the business is opening a new fund...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.36
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Invesco's McCarrell Has One Foot Out the Door
First they lost staff to DeAM, now Invesco is losing staff to retirement...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Media Watch: Reporters on the Move
This is the first of what will be a regular column detailing the activities of the journalists who cover the fund industry. See what the people who constantly call you for comment are up to this week...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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US Global Shares Surge on No News
Investors made quick money in U.S. Global Investors Monday. The biggest of those gains did not come from rising share prices in the San Antonio, Texas-based fund firms mutual funds, but in its own stock...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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TPA Pleads Not Guilty to 78 Counts
A grand jury handed down an indictment alleging that a TPA owner embezzled more than 15 million dollars from at least 1,092 retirement plan participants.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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NPH President and CEO Retires
Shawn Dreffein, president of National Planning Corporation and CEO of the NPH network is retiring...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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S&P 500 Nears Record
The adage is seven years of famine followed by seven years of feast. The U.S. stock market's core index is closing in on a seven year high...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Rydex's Futures Fund Crosses $100-Million Mark
Rydex officials said the two-month old product now has more than $100 million in assets...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.79
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SEC Nabs Two for Fraud Scheme
The SEC has taken action against Felix Strashnov, a.k.a. Felix Straton, and Michael Ayngorn, and three entities they controlled, in an effort to stop an ongoing fraudulent investment scheme...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Advisor Software Debuts New Version of Rebalancing Solution
Advisor Software has debuted a new version of its ASI Portfolio Rebalancing Solution(SM)...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Darfur Activists Find New Fund Shop to Target
Now that Fidelity has divested from PetroChina, another fund firm is giving them a reason to hold their picket signs high...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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SunGard Adds Reconciliation Service to IMpower
SunGard has rolled out IMpower Reconciliation...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.71
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Payroll Provider Is Sure About 401k
A Prairie State firm is about to get into the DC business.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Vanguard Adds International ETF
Vanguard is continuing to add to its lineup of ETFs. This time the new ETF will focus on MSCI's international indices...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Southern State Dumps 529 Manager
The freshly opened RFP could be good news for TIAA-CREF and Vanguard.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Putnam's CEO Is Reportedly OK with Passing the Baton
Putnam's chief says he's got no problem with giving up the reins should the asset management firm's new owner decide to replace him...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Security Benefit Goes Shopping
The insurer is not just in Kansas anymore as it picks up an asset manager to add to its $11 billion AUM Security Global Investors business...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.17
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Life After Patel
The WSJ reports that Andy Feltus sees Pioneer Global High Yield with more issues and more lower rated holdings...
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fido Surveys Small Biz on 401(k) Plans
The Fidelity survey of small businesses shows that retirement plans are effective in attracting and retaining employees. Cost and perceived difficulty are still barriers for a significant group that thinks plans are too much trouble...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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Redefining Independent Directors
The Gray Lady wants to know more about fund directors, including how much independent directors earn for their services...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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Equity Funds Bleed for a Third Week
Stock funds reported outflows during the past week, though not as severe as those in the previous week...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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Former Emplanet CEO Takes on New Post
The former Emplanet CEO leaves T.D. Waterhouse to head up retirement resources at RSM McGladrey...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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Denver Advisor Firms Merge
The number six Denver-headquartered investment manager by assets managed is merging into number one...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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SunGard Offers Paperless 5500
With the new Relius web client, everyone involved in preparing annual 5500 forms can share information on the SunGard secure server...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3
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RFPs Reported This Week
Midwest firms switching, Fidelity and Vanguard added, RFPs for consultants...
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Friday, May 21, 2004
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The Hartford Expands Core 401(k) Program
The one-stop program and education solution is now available to brokers and sponsors...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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New Broker-dealer Adds a Pair of Key Execs
This new San Diego-based concern is busy building out is executive team...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2
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UMB Bank Sells its Employee Benefits Biz
The Mid-west bank has inked an agreement to unload its defined contribution, DB, Taft-Hartley and Flexible Spending accounts...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3.67
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New Mexico Searching For Consultant, Selects TPA
The state is winding down its 457 provider search and is currently reviewing investment advisory firms...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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SEI Adds Diagnostic Tool to Line-up
The new product is designed to allow MF firms to identify competitive strengths and market opportunities...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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American Funds Added to a 529 Plan
Manulife USA has also enhanced the investment lineup to include four new individual portfolios...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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NJ Transit Reviews Investment Options
The regional transport group is looking to change or add to its current line-up, which includes options from AIM, Janus and Franklin Templeton...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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KPMG Debuts Advisor-focused Service
The new program targets advisors and offers a comprehensive portfolio of outsourced resources...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pozen is Gone from Fido
Changes at Fidelity ... New research head at Citizens...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Change at Citizens
New research head at Citizens...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Pozen Gone From Fido
Robert Pozen is gone at Fidelity. Taking his place is Abigail P. Johnson...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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S&P Dances With mPower
The rumors turn out to be true as the two firms announce a deal...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Victory for Victory
The Cleveland provider has won a new 401k client...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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SoGen Picks Up TCW
The French firm will purchase a seventy percent stake in the US manager over the next five years...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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News Ads to Hit the Waves
ING Americas is about to rollout a campaign blitz for print and TV...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Hands Off
Northern Trust on the brink of unleashing its wireless capabilities to the world...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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The Impact of Account Aggregation: Customer Loyalty and Asset Retention
In this third article of a three part series from Business Logic, a look at account aggregation and strategies for maintaining customer loyalty...
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Monday, May 21, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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US Competitors in the European DC Marketplace
This article is the third of a continuing series of reports on the state of the global defined contribution marketplace...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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RFP Roundup
Week of May 21, 1999
The Weekly Roundup is a regular column examining the RFPs that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications this week...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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New Education Firm for Sponsors on the Horizon
Mark A. Davis, mostly recently the head of retirement distribution for REITs at Security Capital Real Estate Mutual Funds, is forming his own investment education and advisory consulting firm for sponsors. The Thousand Oaks, California-based firm will be called Mark Davis Consulting...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Citizen Funds and Hospital Agree on PVC
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania-based Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYCE: UHS), the country's third largest hospital company, and Citizen Funds have agreed that the hospital will eliminate the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic. Located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Citizen Funds offers a wide array of what it contends to be socially and environmentally responsible no-load funds...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Nationwide Outsources Admin for Own Plan
Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Nationwide Insurance Group (NYSE: NFS) has selected the 401(k) Company for recordkeeping services for its 401(k) plan, Bob Puccio, human resources planning and operations officer, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has $1.5 billion in assets and 27,000 participants...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, May 21, 1999
Feds OK BT-Deutsche merge ... Lynch keynotes ICI ... Pilgrim Baxter should give up fight with McColl...
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Friday, May 21, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Connecticut Company Considers Changes
Greenwich, CT-located UST, Inc. (NYSE: UST) is in the preliminary stages of deciding whether or not to make changes to its 401(k) plan, Nora DiVico, benefits specialist, told the 401kWire. The plan has over 2,000 participants with approximately $138 million in assets...
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Thursday, May 21, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Will Sponsors Use Low Cost Funds?
One of the predictions often made on the future of investment management in the defined contribution, participant-directed market, is that sooner or later lower cost institutional funds or separate accounts will win out. Still, the change may not happen anytime soon...
401kWire.com -
Thursday, May 21, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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