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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Tom Hancock and Klar Bet On the "Backbone of American Industrial Strength"
A pair of PMs will power a Beantown fund firm's newest active ETF...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Alera Enters Kansas Via a $200MM-AUA Acquisition
The deal, unveiled this week, closed over the summer and brings the aggregator to the Kansas City area...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Check It Out: A Guideline Alum Switches to a Payroll Firm
The new hire previously focused on strategic partnerships for the roborecordkeeper...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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How Big Was a July Breach of an Insurer and DC Income Provider?
A new regulatory filing reveals that about 1.5 million people were potentially affected...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Daybright Rebrands Two 2025 Launches
Both PEPs were officially scheduled to debut at the beginning of the year...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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Thanks to ETFs, Inflows Jump By $18B
A mutual fund industry trade group's team shares their most recent weekly flows data for long-term mutual funds and ETFs...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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A $35B-AUMS AM and a Midwestern Ally Ladder Up 4 ETFs
The two firm's teams are rolling out a new fund built out of several others...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Southeastern DC Insiders Endure Helene and Its Aftermath
401kWire checks in with firms in the areas hit by the big storm...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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After 16 Years Atop a Public Giant, an Ex-401k Entrepreneur Will Retire, But ...
Though he is preparing to pass the CEO reins, this publicly traded firm's chief will stick around in another role as he approaches 65...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Two-Years Post-Sale, a Cali TPA Buys a 30-Year-Old Shop
This is the PE-backed parent company's 8th acquisition...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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A $2.6B-AUM AM Settles, Accused of Failing Its Own Religious Standards
A national regulatory agency smites a Gem State firm, which has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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Finway, LeafHouse, and Voya Craft Another New Offering
The planned PEP's launch date is slated for a year after a prior debut from the same trio...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2024
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In CT, a Startup Debuts Its 2nd ETF
The new fund is passively managed, tracking an index of high dividend REITs...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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Teaming Up, a $3B-AUA TAMP Launches a Group 401k Exchange
Transamerica, TAG Resources, and FlexPath will all help power the new product...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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A Four-Office TPA Celebrates 30 Years
The Nashville-area firm launched on October 1, 1991...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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The U.S. Senate Celebrates Retirement This Month
October is once again National Retirement Security Month...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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Inflows Fall 50 Percent to $26B
The Refinitiv Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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The Two Best RKers For Women
They're among the 75 large companies on a new list of best workplaces...
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Friday, October 1, 2021
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Could Biden, Or Trump, Catalyze a Roth 401k Shift?
A DC I-O exec talks to my colleague Lauren Corradi about what might lurk around the corner, perhaps regardless of who wins the election next month...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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MMI Partners With a University
The trade group's team unveils an 18-month certification program for senior leaders in the industry...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Here's the Blueprint For CapTrust's Latest Managed Account Partnership
The giant KPA aggregator is one of the first RIAs to tie AMAs in with this recordkeeper...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Half of Participants Think They Need Advice
New research sheds light on participant spending and saving...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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VCs Seed a Silicon Alley 401k Rollover Startup
The firm closed its $2-million seed round...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Two Discount Brokerage Deals Near Their Finish Lines
Both have now cleared final regulatory approvals. Expect both to wrap up in less than week...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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A New York RKer Connects With an Online Payroll Provider
The robo-recordkeeper's team describes the move as a 360-degree integration...
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two Schiff Hardin Fund Lawyers Join Sullivan
The duo joined the latter law firm's investment management group and its NYC office...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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A OneAmerica Sales Vet Retires After 30 Years
The exec joined the provider four years ago as part of the BMO acquisition...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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After Four Years, an Industry Vet Leaves TIAA
She served as senior director of product management...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Reader Rating: 3
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An ARA Org's Chief Passes the Reins to Focus On Research
An ARA exec will take over one of its trade groups, while his predecessor will shift into a newly created role. The changes will take effect at the beginning of 2020...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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The 11 Best Fund Firms For Working Mothers
11 firms in the asset management business land on a magazine's annual list recognizing 100 companies in the U.S...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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WiPN Turns Ten
The team at the networking group is rallying members to celebrate via social media...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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One Year In, a Top Sales Vet Rises at Eaton Vance
The exec previously led retail sales for another fund firm...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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Case of the Week: SIMPLE IRA Establishment Deadline
ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs, qualified retirement plans and other types of retirement savings plans, including nonqualified plans. We bring Case of the Week to you to highlight the most relevant topics affecting your business...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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How Do LGBTQ Participants Differ?
A bundled provider compares DC participants who are pre-retirees and retirees in the general population with those specifically from the LGBTQ community...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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Two P&I Editors Rise as a Vet Retires
Amy Resnick promotes a pair of her own as a 36-year company veteran prepares to depart...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4
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Week In Preview, October 1-7
This week the teams at the FPA, Fund Intelligence, Fuse, and the ICI are all hosting events...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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Week In Preview, October 1-7
This week the teams at Envestnet Retirement Solutions, GRPAA and FIS are hosting events...
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Monday, October 1, 2018
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Are You a Leader In Workforce Management?
You have a month and a half to throw your hat in the ring for one of the industry's biggest awards for KPAs...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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A $1.9 Billion Plan Chooses OneAmerica
OneAmerica holds onto this mega plan.... ..
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Rogers Speaks: Where Is Gemini Hunting Next?
MFWire sat down with the Gemini Fund Services CEO on the sidelines of his recent conference in Music City...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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OneAmerica Wraps Up An RKer Acquisition
Bye bye BMO (retirement services).....
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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Reynolds Sports Another Key Partnership
Putnam Investments is expanding its "Performance In Motion" strategy with a big marketing deal...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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A Fiduciary Rule Frenzy in Washington
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Lots of Plan Sponsors Are Seeing Participants Delay Retirement
Today, Fidelity announced its recent results from its 6th annual Plan Sponsors Attitudes study..
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.6
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NAGDCA Conference: End Notes
The last day in Indy.....
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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With Two Deals, the Growing 401k Biz Shrinks By One Size
A pair of defined contribution retirement plan recordkeepers are selling, one to new PE and the other to a competitor...
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Thursday, October 1, 2015
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An Allianz Think Tank Bigwig Prepares to Retire
The German multinational's US asset management team is about to say goodbye to a 15-year company veteran...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Two KPAs in Oregon Start a New Shop
The duo affiliate with Commonwealth as their B-D...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 1
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Amboian and Deckbar Remain as TIAA-CREF's Leary Keeps Nuveen Intact
The $6.25-billion deal closes, and Nuveen will hold on to its brand as a separate subsidiary...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Two Million 401k Debtors and Counting
401k advisors who take out loans from their retirement plans could have sobering consequences..
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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TRA's Schoneman Unveils His Take On the Retirement Readiness Problem
The TPA introduces plan design solutions...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 1
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As Gross Departs, BOND's Pain is iShares' Gain
The bond king jumped from Pimco to Janus on Friday, and it looks like some ETF money followed him out the door...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Client Relationship Duo Join Lincoln Retirement
Jim Ghormley and Jeffrey Marwitz joined Lincoln Financial Group's Plan Sponsor Experience team as client relationship managers. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Chetney is Far From Done at Focusing LPL's 401k Vision
Three years after the sale to LPL, 401kWire sat down with the former NRP chief to talk about what comes next...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Dilsaver Lands a New Gig
Exec had stepped down from role as chief of Charles Schwab Investment Management in 2007. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Idzorek Brings On an Ex-Ibbotson Pro For a Top M* Post
The new hire has 17 years experience in the industry and will serve as managing director for North America...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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An Indiana School District Picks VALIC
...after consolidating from a group of six for its three DC plans. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Wavelength Capital Surfs into Mutual Fund Waters
Manhattan-based asset manager launches a global fixed income fund. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Pru Wins the Hearts of Two Mid-Sized Firms
Prudential Retirement is now providing services to two more mid-sized companies: Fairfield County Bank and Waldemar S. Nelson and Co...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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Aspire Touts Its Ceridian Partnership
As previously reported by 401kWire, the open-architecture recordkeeper is teaming up with the payroll provider...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 3
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Alt Shop Launches a Currency Fund
Product will long/short 19 different currencies...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Founder of Artisan's Value Team Is Set to Retire
PM gave three-year notice. Another team member is promoted...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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BMO Puts on a New Face, Online
McInerney brings asset management, mutual funds, retirement services, and trust and custody services all under one online roof. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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SEC Staff Goes Home: No New Funds
A number of other SEC functions are in hiatus. Exactly how many people are working at the SEC today...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Mercer's Haderer Hires a COO
Mercer hired Steve Maxwell as the new COO for its US Benefits Administration Business. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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RevenueShares Cruises Steadily on the ETF Highway
Firm, which markets many of its products in regions along I-95, has launches a new fund...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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RPAG Wins Over a $500MM Florida RIA
A retirement plan advisory shop in South Florida aligns with the Southern California-based retirement plan advisor network and tools provider...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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UPDATED | TCW Buys a Socially Responsible L.A. Private Equity Firm
Acquisition will boost TCW's alt operations and follows three-pronged alt push in December.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Loeb King Enters '40 Act Country
The New York-based alt shop is the latest to go the way of the mutual...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Hatteras is Being Bought
Fund firm is being acquired by a broker-dealer...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Wellington, Fidelity and TIAA-CREF Are Some of the Most Generous Plan Sponsors
Wellington, Credit Suisse, Fidelity and TIAA-CREF figured among the highest-ranked retirement plans, doling out the most cash to their participants. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Neuberger Forecasts Sunny Skies for Emerging Markets with New Fund
Firm launches Emerging Markets Income Fund...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Invesco Goes Big in Alts
Eight new products will reportedly offer Invesco clients tools to manage risk. ..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Seen & Heard at LPL's 2013 Retirement Partners Conference
Over the weekend in Colorado Springs the indie B-D giant gathered its elite 401k advisors and their home office and provider supporters...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 2.33
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Reuters Peers at Osterweis
Newswires notes its strategic investment fund is pummeling its peers...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Jaffe Says Mutual Funds Are Mis-Priced
Debate continues on yet another old chestnut...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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Bloomberg Looks at ETFs' Biggest Losers
Is you fund on the list?..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Johnson Gives Giant Gift to Yale
Donation from retired Franklin chair will go to build two residential colleges...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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What Did You Do To Make the Treasury So Mad?
Treasury study says asset managers are risky, among other things. Study makes note of biggest asset managers, and all the things that you do...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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Supreme Court Could Hear Yet Another Mutual Fund Case
A federal appeals court permits an investor lawsuit against a hedge fund shop allegedly short-swing-selling a mutual fund shop to go forward...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Cohen Fund Audit Moves to Downtown Cleveland
The mutual fund CPA relocates HQ to Playhouse Square District..
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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BMO's Mantra for The US Is "Grow, Grow, Grow."
The U.S.-Canadian firm will increase fund offerings by 30% and is looking at acquisition targets...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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BlackRock Goes All-In on K
The DC I-O player has made changes to its Prepared Portfolios target-date fund series...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Governor Brown Makes the California 401k Official
The Governor of the Golden State takes a step towards creating a state-run retirement plan system for private employers...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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ASPPA Opens a Portal to Advisors
The trade group's new sister organization launches an online offering for retirement plan advisors...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Big Four Firm Hungers for Fund Talent
Company is aggressively growing mutual fund advice unit...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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New Fund Family is Taylor-Made
An intermediary-focused asset manager is now trying its hand at mutual funds...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Two 401k Trustees Head to the Clink
Two trustees for a Kentucky company were sentenced to jail as part of an embezzlement scandal...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3
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Thirty One and Counting at Centurion
A Pennsylvania retirement plan advisory firm and LPL affiliate doubles its advisor ranks...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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Legg Mason Sees Trian as Still Devoted
Friday's 13D filing does not mean that Nelson Peltz and Legg Mason are parting ways anytime soon...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Vanguard Waves a Red Flag as Fido and Schwab Charge
A Beantown paper highlights the rising popularity of dividend and high yield mutual funds...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Are Money Funds in for a Shakeup?
The WSJ discusses the true implications of FSOC involvement in money-fund regulations, and surmises on the near future of flows. ..
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Six Reasons to Leave Your Janus Lover
MarketWatch writer skewers at investor rationalizations for sticking with a dying fund...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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ETF Fee Cuts Keep Reporters Rapt
Still more financial press coverage of ETF fees...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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M* Looks at Lord Abbett under Daria
Sunday was the official last day for Bob Dow. Noting the anniversary, Morningstar's Fund Spy takes a look at how Daria Foster has performed. ..
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Winters and His Trains Make Barron's
The former Franklin Resources PM tells the paper exactly how he started investing. ..
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Nygren Likes Stocks; Of Course
The Harris Associates PM sits down for a chat with Barron's...
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Monday, October 1, 2012
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Ritter Prepares to Bid American Century Adieu
The PM who launched the firm's large cap value strategy will retire at yearend...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Frontegra Crosses the Atlantic for a Emerging Markets Subadvisor
The Illinois-based fund shop has tapped a top manager out of London for its new emerging markets fund...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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ASPPA Pleads For More 5500 Time
The industry group says an extension will encourage compliance for employers struggling to meet deadline...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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PSCA Offers Raffle Goodies and Fire in the Sky
iPads, Bose sound systems, free Vegas tickets and hula girls made their way to this year's PSCA conference...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Berkowitz Makes a Promise to AIG
The Fairholme star makes a deal even as the U.S. government prepares to restructure its holdings in the giant insurer...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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A Software Firm Helps Fundsters Envision a New Compliance Issue's Impact
A California firm unveils a new white paper...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Nationwide Boosts Northeast Sales Team
The insurer adds an RKing TPA alum to its retirement plan sales team. ..
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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A NextStep Alum Places His Chips Strategically
After leaving the RKer, Bill Cummings takes a new post...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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There's a New Boss Atop Pioneer's Parent
UniCredit names a replacement for Profumo Alessandro...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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WSJ Chats with a JPMorgan PM
Today's WSJ Fund Track features JPMorgan PM Jonathan Simon...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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CFTC and SEC Will Blame Unnamed Waddell for Flash Crash
The two regulatory agencies have reportedly finished their examination into the causes of that dark day in the market...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Abby, Sue and Kathy Wield Plenty of Power
Three women from the mutual fund industry made Fortune's power list...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Putnam Offers an Absolutely New Take on College Savings
Bob Reynolds and his team unveil a new 529 plan, featuring their favorite flavor...
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Friday, October 1, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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Legg Mason Mulls Active ETFs
At the MFWire Influencers' Summit on Thursday, Legg Mason's Matt Schiffman says the Baltimore fund firm is looking at offering active ETFs...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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More Analysts Join ASPPA's RKing Certification Program
The two-year-old program, powered by CEFEX, now boasts four firms capable of performing its assessments...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4.81
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Beacon Hill Lands Another Distribution Client
Eight mutual funds tap the Midwestern fund service firm as principal underwriter and distributor...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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A TPA Boasts That 81 Percent of its Advisor Partners See the Advantage
A Midwestern firm touts an advisor satisfaction survey...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Distributors Don't See ETFs as a Threat to Mutual Funds
While some mutual fund firms may feel threatened by the growing popularity of ETFs, but in the eyes of distributors, ETFs do not pose a threat to mutual funds...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Small Fund Firms Share Tips for Success
Panelists at the MFWire Influencers Summit stress the importance of differentiation as a key to success...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Political Contributions Draw Attention to Fidelity
Questions about donations from firms involved with the Massachusetts pension fund land several financial services firms in the limelight...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Communications Specialists Reboot Their Enrollment Kit
The new offering includes a streamlined education section...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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American Century Summarizes Prospectuses
The Midwestern mutual fund firm unveils a new, condensed disclosure for investors...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Reynolds Calls For a New Retirement Investment Mix
The Putnam chief continues to push the industry in his public appearances...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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A Merrill Alum Takes Over Qualified Plans at an Open Architecture Provider
Dennis Sain takes a brand new post leading qualified plans at a recordkeeper...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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A Jumbo JPMorgan Client Kills a DB and Launches Another 401k
Under a new contract, the new USW DC plan will include both matching and automatic employer contributions...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Vanguard Powers Up Its Board With a New Director
The low-cost fund titan adds a veteran manufacturing exec to its board...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Investment Manager Valuations are Down Nearly Half, Says I-Banker
Dan Seivert talks about valuation at the MFWire Influencers' Summit in Boston on Thursday...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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OppFunds Puts Plans on Sale Again
The provider waives installation fees for plans above a certain size...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Manulife Buys Another Canadian Fund Firm
Asset managers up north continue to attract the parent of John Hancock...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Gross Won't Close Total Return Yet
The Pimco star reportedly wants to keep the best-selling bond fund open...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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T. Rowe Buys Into the Sub-Continent
The mutual fund firm reportedly buys a stake in an Indian asset manager...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Regulators Force Changes at Two Commodities ETFs
Deutsche Bank and Invesco adjust two funds...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Columbia Sells: A Day Later
The WSJ highlights the billion-dollar deal...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
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Mercer Provides a Glimpse into Participant Behavior on Black Monday
As the stock market was making history on Monday, phones, unsurprisingly, were ringing off the hook at Mercer's call center...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Nationwide Intros a New Small Plan Product
The Columbus, Ohio-based plan provider last month started pitching a new offering for plans in the $1 million to $10 million range...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4
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GEAM Parent Gets the Omaha Seal of Approval
It looks like GE Asset Management's parent has an influential new friend...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Barclays Digests Lehman
Barclays has completed its integration of Lehman Brothers' US equity trading and research unit...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Lord Abbett Expands Partner List
The Jersey City-based fund firm has named 17 new partners, raising the total to 62...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Sunstar Unveils List of Lipper Leader Qualifiers
Fund firms on the list qualify to attend a press briefing...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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GM Slams the Brakes on Stock Purchases by Plan Participants
Faced with an unexpected surge in employee demand for company stock, General Motors imposed a moratorium on stock purchases by participants in its two DC plans...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Today Marks the End of BenefitStreet's Divesting
Updated | The California recordkeeper says goodbye to its final non-core unit...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Mercer Links Up with a Retirement Guru
Mercer enhances education efforts by teaming up with an independent expert...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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A Boston Fund Firm Accepts Guarantee Offer
Another company has accepted the government's money-fund guarantee offer...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Some Bad Financial Bets Cost Magellan
Fidelity's flagship fund has seen a significant decline this year due to some bad investments...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Virtus Rises from the Ashes of Phoenix
Phoenix Investment Partners has decided to re-brand on schedule even if its spin-off is not...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Delaware Hands Out $350 Million Subadvisory Mandate
Delaware Management Company has picked an asset manager to join two other subadvisors to a large cap growth fund...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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Pru Retirement Slaps Suit Against State Street
UPDATE| The New Jersey-based provider has launched a lawsuit against State Street Global Advisors over fund losses...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Sponsor's Old Stable Value Mandate Snaps, Crackles and Pops
A Wolverine State plan sponsor switches managers for its conservative option.
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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The Hartford's 401k Home Base to Stay in Simsbury
The Hartford's 401k operations -- and the other businesses in the Hartford Life umbrella -- will continue to be based out of Simsbury, Connecticut...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Dimensional Does DC
The Santa Monica-based fund shop is planning to roll out two Retirement share classes...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Fund Shop To Add Another Dimension to its Share Classes
Dimensional Fund Advisors plans to roll out two Retirement share classes...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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AIG VALIC Unveils New 403b Platform
The new offering features more than 30 no-load funds...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Fido Racks Up $660K Lobbying Tab for the First Half of 2007
Fidelity must have a lot of things on its lawmaker wish list...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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BofA Gives its Wealthy Clients a New Way to Unify Accounts
The Bank of America introduced today a Unified Managed Account offering that designed for its wealthy and ultra-wealthy clients...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.29
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NRP Raises $20 Million in Round Two
The California-based network of retirement-focused advisors has wrapped up its second round of financing...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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JPMorgan Fund Services Head Talks Expansion
JPMorgan Fund services is a name you'll be hearing a lot more often when talking about back-office providers if Mark Kelley, head of JPMorgan U.S. Fund Services, gets his way...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Abby's Power Pulls Through
Abby Johnson has made yet another power list...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Abby Slips, ING's Murphy Debuts in Fortune's Most Powerful Women Ranking
Fortune's annual list of the 50 most powerful businesswomen is out, and two from the 401k world are on it...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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M&I Makes I-O Sales Hire
M&I's investment management arm has appointed a director of institutional sales...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Midwest Provider Taps VP of Retirement Services
The provider has brought in a Lincoln vet to fill the post vacated by Matt Abraham...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Integrity Introduces Total Return Fund
The Minot, North Dakota fund firm has added a new offering to its lineup...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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American Century Moves All Back-Office Operations to JPMorgan
The Kansas City fund firm has chosen JPMorgan as its back-office service provider...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Transamerica Adds To Sales Team
UPDATE| The Los Angeles-based provider is adding an extra layer of support for advisors with the expansion of its sales team...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Lord Abbett Files for Floating Rate Fund
Lord Abbett has filed with the SEC to establish a floating rate fund...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Fidelity Plans to Match Vanguard's Income Funds
In today's WSJ FundTrack, Daisey Maxey reports on Vanguard's new retirement income mutual funds...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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What's Behind the High-Level Turnover at American Century?
The Journal's Diya Gullapalli takes a look at the factors behind the slew of changes in American Century's upper ranks...
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Monday, October 1, 2007
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Missouri on the Hunt for TPA
The Show Me state’s deferred compensation plan directors will issue an RFP in January 2005. Plan directors are also looking to add additional investment options...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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Three American Century Funds Go Advisor-Only
The Kansas City, Missouri-based manager adds A and B class shares to its Strategic Allocation group of funds. The funds will now be available only through advisors...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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Transamerica Focuses on Recruiting
The new sales hire at Transamerica explains his game plan...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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New Fund Offers International Diversification
International investments should be just as diversified as domestic ones, says MFS...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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Lawyers Investigate Merck 401(k) Plan
Lawyers at an ERISA-specialist firm investigate the plan’s purchase of company stock...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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It is Partner, to You
Milton Ezrati, senior economic & market strategist; Gerard Heffernan, Jr., portfolio manager; Jerald Lanzotti, portfolio manager; Richard Larsen, research analyst; and Michael Radziemski, chief information officer, have been named partners at private money manager Lord Abbett. The five join the 45 other partners of the Jersey City, New Jersey-based firm...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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The New Face of the SEC
Is the SEC’s latest action against Raymond James a sign of what’s to come?..
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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The New Face of the SEC
Is the SEC’s latest action against Raymond James a sign of what’s to come?..
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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Some B/Ds Start Revenue Sharing Disclosure
The age of transparency is here. While the SEC has not yet created new disclosure rules, many major B/Ds are already providing more information on how they are compensated by funds. The WSJ examines the deals cut by broker-dealers for distribution of fund shares this morning.
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Friday, October 1, 2004
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Ex-Dreyfus EVP Joins Black Diamond
Florida-based Black Diamond Funds lands an experienced fund hand to oversee its sales and marketing...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Lord Abbett Closes Fund
The firm closes its third fund to new investors...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Integrity Moves Closer to NYC
The North Dakota fund complex opens a new office outside near New York City...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Public Plan Provider Offers Planning
The full-service provider is readying a team of planners to meet with participants...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Educator Taps Marketing Expertise
A North Carolina entrant in the participant education market has sign on Metric Partners...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Changes Continue at Mellon
The firm rolls out an ad campaign for its new ID. An SVP is gone...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Pru Sacks Brokers in Boston, NY
The Wachovia unit asked for the resignation of at least six workers Monday night. Sackings relate to fund timing probe...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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Janus CEO Shares Details of Timing Arrangements
The Denver fund firm had as many as 12 market-timing deals in place admits Whiston...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2003
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US Trust Names New CEO
A former Aetna executive jumps over to the Schwab unit...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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Top Exec Promises to Make Participants Whole
Updated 10/02/02 9:12 AM
The top dog of a failed plan sponsor promises to kick in $25 million of his own funds to make the plan whole. Can he do it?..
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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ProFunds Launches New Large-Cap Funds
The firm makes the move to augment its investment-style choices...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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JPMorgan Fleming Names New CIO
The firms creates new position for US mutual funds...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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BGI Shutters Three iShares
The firm makes first move to close ETFs as investors seek broader exposure to some market segments.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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FRC Will List the 50 Best Places in America
No not the fifty best places to live ... the fifty best places to find registered investment advisors...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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UBOC Takes Manhattan
The West Coast bank hears the call of Madison Avenue. Will support 401k clients from new office...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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Stilwell Assets Fell in September
September was not a month to remember as Janus dropped another $21 billion in its forced diet...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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Another Sponsor Hires Fiduciary
A second airline has hired an outside fiduciary to act as the investment advisor to its 401k company stock option...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2002
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Vote Scheduled for Wednesday
The workforce committee prepares to vote on retirement security advice act...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Stilwell Assets Drop by $25 Billion
The incredible shrinking continues as the parent of Janus and Berger Funds is lost more than 12 percent of its assets last month.
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Principal Buys Spectrum
Connecticut Match ... W&R Launches 529 Plan ... AIM opens conservative fund ... New Signature for Hancock Fund ... Stock Baskets from E*Trade...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Principal Buys Spectrum
Connecticut Match ... W&R Launches 529 Plan ... AIM Opens Conservative Fund ... New Signature for Hancock Fund ... Stock Baskets from E*Trade...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Alger Loses Another Mandate
Mutual of Omaha is the second insurer to move assets away from Alger in wake of the September 11 attack...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Is the World Ready for a Cancer Fund?
Little known TNI thinks that it is. It will also use the Web to offer the fund initially. ..
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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AXP Adds New International Funds
American Century, Liberty and Sanford Bernstein pick up subadvisory mandates from American Express.
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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New CFO for Sponsor
There is a new top dog at Southern Union...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Feds Remove Restrictions for Funds
The government has eased upon some regulatory restrictions for vendors...
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Monday, October 1, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Goldman Bundles the Internet's Tollkeepers
Goldman Sachs is launching an Internet fund -- who isn't? The company says it's drilling down a little deeper and focusing on the Internet's so-called "tollkeepers," but will it end up looking much different?..
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Net Startup Debuts Deferred Comp Sales Tool
Insurance company, bank and mutual fund sales reps now have an Net-based deferred savings tool to help participants squirrel away extra retirement savings...
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Week of October 1, 1999
RFP Roundup
The 401kWire.com takes its Friday look at the week in searches. ..
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Improvement Calls
Ma Bell is adding investment options, completing the change-over of recordkeepers and reviewing an portfolio allocation tool...
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Net Startup Debuts Deferred Comp Sales Tool
Insurance company, bank and mutual fund sales reps now have an Net-based deferred savings tool to help participants squirrel away extra retirement savings...
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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New Marketing MD at Liberty
Liberty's distribution arm has hired a new managing director of marketing from Sun Life...
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Odd Lots, October 1, 1999
Wiping away the tears ... Receiving cheers ... Institutions and individuals disagree about emerging markets ... Renaming the what?...
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Friday, October 1, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Stable Value Alert: Non-qualified Sales Drive GIC Growth
Sales of stable value to non-qualified entities are skyrocketing even as sales to the qualified plan market dropped 9% in the first half of 1998. Is it time to refocus on the qualified market?..
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Thursday, October 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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NYLBSI Intros New DB Website
New York Life Benefit Services, Inc. (NYLBSI) is introducing a new Internet application, Participant Access(sm), that will allow participants in defined benefit plans to access their accounts. It will be a part of NYLBSI's DB Complete(R) and will work hand-in-hand with its voice-response system and service centers...
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Thursday, October 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Thomson Acquires Chase Global Data
Thomson Financial Services, a part of The Thomson Corporation (Toronto: TOC.TO) today announced that it had acquired Chase Global Data and Research. Boston, Massachusetts-headquartered Chase serves investment professionals with financial publications, charts, and software...
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Thursday, October 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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Superior Graphite Chooses Provider
Chicago, Illinois-headquartered Superior Graphite Co. chose Fidelity to be the bundled provider for the company 401(k) plan last spring, Michael McCammon, staff accountant and administrator for 401(k)'s, told the 401kWire. The plan has 320 participants and approximately $8 million in assets...
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Thursday, October 1, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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NYC Taps Educator
The New York City Deferred Compensation Plan chose ICMA to replace FASCorp as its plan educator, according to a report in P&I Daily. Mercer assisted in the search. FASCorp will continue to provide recordkeeping for the $2.5 billion plan, according to the report...
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Wednesday, October 1, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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Coltec Indexes with BT
New York City-based Coltec Industries, Inc. has picked Bankers Trust to manage an S&P 500 index component to its $305 million 401(k), according to a report in P&I Daily. ..
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Wednesday, October 1, 1997
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