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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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VanEck Adds Another ETF NODE
The new, active fund focuses on the "onchain economy."..
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Watch For This Aggregator to Add Alts and Ret Income
A PE-backed insurance brokerage's KPA aggregator's new CIO talks about his plans for the national firm...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Ed Murphy Adds Alts, From 7 Asset Managers
The second largest recordkeeper's chief unveils a new offering to make private market investments available through DC plans...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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This RKer Grew By 4.5 Percent In 12 Months
A publicly traded firm with a retirement plan recordkeeping arm offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines, including DC...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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$1B In 188 Days
An active ETF crosses into 10-figure territory in about six months...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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A Gator State Franklin Vet Joins PGIM
The new hire spent 17 years at Franklin Templeton over two stints and served on the fund firm's DC I-O team...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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April Breaks Funds' Five-Month, $279B Inflows Streak
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for April 2024 for ETFs and long-tem, open-end mutual funds...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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18 DC I-Os and 3 321s Plug Into a New Product
The new small-plan offering is geared towards "the $1 million to $7 million segment." The investment menu includes more than 5,000 CUSIPs...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Reader Rating: 2
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On the West Coast, a Cuna Mutual Alum Joins TRA
The new hire will serve on the Midwestern TPA's wholesaling team...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Reader Rating: 4
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After 12 Months, This RKer Serves 8.5 Percent More Accounts
A retirement plan recordkeeper's publicly traded parent offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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These ETFs Netted $9.4B, Their Best Week In 5 Years
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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An RKer and Its Parent Ally With an MIT Arm
They are launching a "five-year, multimillion-dollar collaboration" with a program at the university...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
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Long-Term Inflows Fall By 19 Percent
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 14, 2021
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Five Months of Participant Increases, and Counting ...
An RKer adds about 420,000 participants in a year, boosting its participant count by nearly 25 percent...
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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ESG As Deferral Booster?
New research sheds light onto how participants feel about ESG options in plan lineups...
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Rob Goldman Brings Back an Eight-Year Transamerica Vet
The new hire most recently worked on the DC I-O side of the business...
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Reader Rating: 3
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D&I Leaders Call For Resources, Not Just Initiatives
Two senior fundsters at the online conference talk diversity and inclusion in the asset management industry...
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Time to Convert, Round Four
A provider is preparing for the home stretch of integrating a big recordkeeping business acquisition...
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Friday, May 14, 2021
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Helping Plan Sponsors Manage Cash Flow
A DC I-O and retirement plan training expect team up to offer KPAs ways to support clients during the continuing coronavirus crisis...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Moran Hires a Top Russell Alum
The distro veteran brings on a right hand at his new TPM shop...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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A DC I-O Vet Rises at Blockchain-Powered Startup
The exec now serves as COO at the Big Apple firm...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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A Federal Court Smites an Ohio Plan Sponsor
After an EBSA investigation, the court orders two fiduciaries to terminate their company's 401(k) and not serve as ERISA fiduciaries again...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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A Humongous DC Plan Slows Its Roll On a Lineup Tweak
In the face of political backlash and the ongoing coronavirus crisis, this defined contribution is holding up a planned changed to some of its bespoke investment options...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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A KPA Ally and a Fin Wellness Shop Team Up Faster
In light of the ongoing coronavirus crisis, these firms are speeding up their planned partnership...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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The Five Biggest ETF Shops Team Up
The ETF titans call for a new classification system. An entrepreneur fires back...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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Three KPA Shops Win "Best Places to Work" Praise
A trio of familiar firms are among those recently recognized by an FA trade pub...
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
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ICMA-RC Revamps Its Mobile App
The updated app includes facial and touch recognition to make account management easier for plan participants. ..
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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An Ex-Allianz MD Joins AmCentury
Allianz’s former head of retirement strategy joins American Century as senior retirement strategist...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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TRA Buys In Southern VA
The acquisitive midwestern TPA now has more than 8,500 clients and more than $8.5 billion in AUA...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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So Much For That $1.6T Asset Management Merger
Two multinational titans reportedly can't agree on who would control their asset management business post-merger...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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After More Than 30 Years, a Boutique RIA Chair Retires
She is based in Lubbock, Texas...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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Welsh Unveils One DB-esque DC Platform
OneAmerica launches a new plan alongside its existing traditional DC, DB, and cash balance plan offerings...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4
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With New Hires, a VC-Backed Robo-Planner Targets 401k
The Gotham startup already has one RKer ally and is hunting for more...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4.83
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Redell Restructures DoubleLine's Distro Team
He's on the hunt for several new hires...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Schwab Adds 5K Participants
The publicly traded brokerage giant release its monthly update for April 2018...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Week In Preview, May 14-20
Updated | The teams at AIG and NIPA are both hosting events this week...
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Reader Rating: 2
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Week In Preview, May 14-20
The teams at Capital Link, Capital Market Strategies, Envestnet, ETFGI, Fund Intelligence, Irish Funds, the MFEA, and the NYSE are all hosting events. ..
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Monday, May 14, 2018
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Six Tips For KPA M&A
Mergers and acquisitions are a big deal for any business, and KPAs are no exception. A top exec at an indie B-D shares some keys to dealmaking...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 3
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CapTrust's Fielding Miller Adds a KPA to a New Program
The founder of a retirement-focused advisory firm just welcomed a 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) to the practice. The new hire is part of a new effort at the shop...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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SEC Smites Nationwide Over Mutual Funds, Sort Of
The insurance giant agrees to an $8MM settlement over charges that it purposefully delayed receipt of orders for its variable annuity and variable life insurance products and their underlying mutual funds...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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Here's How Manning Looks Post-Research Shakeup
The Empire State mutual fund shop makes its first earnings report after big changes in March...
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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Verizon to Acquire AOL, RFP in the Works?
Yesterday Verizon announced it would acquire AOL. So, what's going to happen to Verizon's $18.5 billion and AOL's $609 million defined contribution plans? ..
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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A Colorado KPA Shop Aligns With Pensionmark
Troy Hammond and his crew just welcomed a new affiliation, becoming the first office in Denver, Colorado for Pensionmark!..
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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36 Senate Republicans Wants the DoL to Extend Comment Period on Fiduciary Rule
36 Republicans want more time for the comment period on the proposed fiduciary rule.....
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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With F-Squared, What Are You Really Buying?
The beleaguered ETF strategist is reportedly on the block, yet its key distribution deal just ended. What does that mean for bidders?..
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Voya Becomes Sole Recordkeeper of $568MM Plan
The Nevada Public Employees' deferred compensation program chooses Voya as its sole recordkeeper. ..
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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Borzi's 408b2 Guide: Boon or Bust?
Following last week's look at the DoL's wish to include lifetime income illustrations in participant statements, 401kWire asks large plan sponsors what they think of the regulatory body's proposed 408b2 guide for DC fiduciaries. ..
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 4
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John Hancock's Slotwinski Teams Up for Another TPA Value-Add
The small-market provider's TPA allies and their clients can get better terms with an insurance carrier specializing in ERISA bonds and fiduciary liability insurance...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3
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Bandon's Co-Chief Joins an SMA Platform
Exec hired four years ago to build up the alts shop's distribution now handles investor relations for a long/short platform...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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TDFs Have Participants' Love, But Other 'Help' Solutions Have Their Assets
Aon Hewitt and Financial Engines published the third wave of a study looking at TDFs, managed accounts and online advice. ..
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Schroders' Sims Preps for the Next Wave
The U.S. asset manager has been making some decent strides in ramping up its U.S. business and plans to continue to grow...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Women, More Than Men, Are Gravitating Toward TDFs
MassMutual's data shows that there are differences in the acceptance of asset allocation strategies by gender and generation...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Invesco's Hemker Looks to Demystify Stable Value
...and give advisors in the small- to mid-market a means to rank their differences...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Mingo Brings an Ex-Reliance Trust Exec to vWise
The new hire, who will lead mid-market sales, is also an alum of Matrix...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Reader Rating: 2
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Fundsters, People Still Don't Get You
,..and whose fault is that? Another article looks at the perceptions of fund managers living lavishly...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
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Asset Managers Aren't Embracing Predictive Analytics
kasina research says that those firms that do are gaining significant advantages..
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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The Big Three Still Dominate As Target Date Funds Crush More Records
Morningstar's Ibbotson releases its Q1 2013 target date fund report...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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A Minnesota 401k Advisor Expands
A Twin Cities retirement plan expert brings two more people into her team...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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Three Things to Know from the Earnings of U.S. Global Investors
Management outlines plans for rebounding from the perfect storm..
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Kirtland Hires a Chief Marketer
ASPire has a new marketing exec...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Will ETFs Rescue Closet Indexers?
M* tells a trade pub that a new type of product could help PMs who are only aiming for modest alpha...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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M* Clips Clipper
The Chitown mutual fund raters downgrade five funds...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Janus Loses Three Managers
Reuters reports that two were top performers...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Rochte On! SEC OKs Fido
Boston Behemoth receives regulatory blessing to launch actively-managed ETFs..
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Blogger Lists Friends, Enemies and Frenemies for Investors
Which are you?..
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Connolly Adds Six External Wholesalers
The Putnam distribution chief also promotes two...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Jacobs Leaves Hatteras
A familiar face takes the CEO reins at the mutual fund shop...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Coming Soon to an Inbox Near You: Borzi's thoughts
The EBSA chief speaks online, on a biweekly basis...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Climate Change Fighters Attack AmFunds, Fido and Vanguard
The same group lauds TIAA-CREF and Wells Fargo...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Mercer Participants Access a New Workshop
The open architecture unveils new online tools...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2
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Wray Won't Stray Far From 401k
The retiring PSCA chief talks about his plans...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Mrozek Reorgs BofA's Mid-Market 401k Biz
The Merrill vet anoints three top sales execs...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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MStar Grades Target Date Funds' Stability
The mutual fund ratings firm takes a new look at the popular default options...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Jury Checkmates "The Bishop"
The convicted bomber will be sentenced in August...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Younger Oelschlager May Not Be "Chief Banana"
Barron's profiles a father-son duo at the Buckeye State mutual fund firm...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Seeking Alpha Adds 20 ETFs to Death Watch
VelocityShares and Russell have the most ETFs wheeled into the news sites hospice ward...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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BlackRock's Fink Throws His Hat into Obama's Ring
Larry Fink says give Obama four more years...
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Monday, May 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Republicans' 401k Conspiracy Theory May Benefit Fund Firms Over Insurers
What's new in the 401k industry? A growing political and media fight over an alleged plot to nationalize 401k may give an edge to mutual fund firms over insurance as they struggle to retain assets from retiring baby boomers...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Waddell Says 'I Didn't Do It'
Update | The parent of Ivy Funds insists that its e-mini index futures trading on May 6 is not to blame for the sudden market plunge...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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TD Ameritrade Moves to Appoint a New Fund Supermarket Chief
The online broker is in the process of filling the post vacated by Sandy Motusesky, who is now at Pershing...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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A Private Equity Alum Makes DC I-O Connections
A new player strives to help bring niche asset managers into the defined contribution business...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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The SSgA-Nuveen Alliance Bears ETF Fruit
SSgA and Nuveen Investments unveil their first jointly developed ETF...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Yet Another Paper Wonders If the Dems Are 'After Your 401k'
The media coverage of the supposed plot to nationalize DC plans continues...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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An NRP Firm Creates a Network Within the Network
An advisor adds three branches utilizing his existing infrastructure...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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A Decade-Long Client Parts Ways with Putnam
The client is going with BlackRock as the exclusive program manager for its 529 advisor plan...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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SEC Accuses Former Schroders Muni Bond Chief of Insider Trading
David Baldt allegedly gave his family a little too much investment advice...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Money Market Outflows More Than Double Long-Term Inflows
Morningstar releases its latest monthly fund flow report...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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Job Cuts at Legg Mason Could Go Deeper than 350
Legg Mason's Joseph Sullivan says the firm may make further cuts...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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Sun Life Returns to the Canadian Mutual Fund Business
The WSJ covers the decision by the MFS parent to launch a new mutual fund arm up north...
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Friday, May 14, 2010
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How Do You Make Rollover IRAs Appealing?
A rollover specialist slashes fees to encourage participants to keep their money invested after they leave the plan...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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An Independent Recordkeeper Trims its Staff
Another provider conducts a round of layoffs...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Leveraged ETFs Capture More Media Attention
A fundster talks about a niche in the marketplace...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Pension Administrators Applaud a Consultant and an ING Exec
An industry trade group hands out several awards at a conference in Sin City...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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How Much Prison Time Will a TPA Serve?
A federal court pushes back the sentencing date for a convicted TPA fraudster...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Schwab Added 5,000 Participants Last Month
The brokerage giant provides a look at its April business...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Another Fund Company Bets on Active ETFs
Fund companies may re-consider the opportunity that comes with launching actively managed ETFs...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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A Fund Giant Throws its Weight Around With a New DC Share Class
Another retirement-specific mutual fund product comes to market...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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iShares Throws the Switch on Two Active ETFs
The new ETF era is entering full swing as Barclays Global Investors iShares unit launches two actively managed ETFs...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Real Estate-Focused Fund Chief Squawks
A top fundster exec talks commercial real estate on cable...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Virtus Reports its First Post-Phoenix P&L
Virtus Investment Partners, formerly Phoenix investment Partners, reported earnings for its first quarter independent of its parent Wednesday...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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To Guaranty or Not Guaranty, Fund Sponsors Face the Question
Money fund sponsors are facing a strategic decision on whether to stick with the government guaranty even as yields remain at rock bottom levels...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009
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TPA Outsourcing Specialists Pass Plan 8,000
A company executive predicts that the firm will more than double its US customer base in the new fiscal year.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Industry Insiders Wait For the Fee Walls to Come Tumbling Down
Fee disclosure of all shapes and sizes dominated the fi360 conference last week in Charlotte...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Seen and Heard at the ICI GMM
The 50th ICI GMM has come and gone and left many with fond memories of surf and sand, courtesy of the entertainment...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Ladenburg Swings to a Q1 Loss
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services released its earnings report for Q1 of 2008 and the news is not good...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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ASNI-II Completes Zealous Acquisition
ASNI-II has completed its purchase of Zealous Trading Group...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Bill Kline Resurfaces, Returns to the Wholesaling Fold
The CapTrust alum takes over sales in the Southeast for a bundled provider.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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Schwab Gives Update on Participant Count
Schwab execs released their monthly business update Wednesday morning.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Gabelli Takes SEC Fight to the Press
Marc Gabelli vows clear his name and to fight SEC allegations that he knew of market timing in Gabelli funds and failed to take action...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Another Reopening Gets Fund Track Space
The WSJ picks up yet another fund reopening -- this time it is a small cap offering...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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Nationwide Makes Spangler Hire Official
Nationwide confirmed the MFWire's report that it has hired a new fund chief from Morgan Stanley...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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Fund Timer Sentenced to One Year After Guilty Plea
A former Fiserv Securities employee has been sentenced to a year and a day in jail for helping a hedge fund make market timing trades in mutual funds...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
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DC RIA Buys Into Non-Qual
A Prairie State advisory shop makes an acquisition to round its benefits offering.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Chip Roame: Mutual funds have Nothing to Fear from Alternative Investments
"The mutual fund industry is alive and well and does not have anything to fear from ETFs, SMA's or hedge funds." At least that is what Chip Roame of Tiburon Strategic Advisors, told attendees at a ICI GMM session...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.57
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Schwab's One Source Platform Adds Four Funds
Charles Schwab has expanded its OneSource platform to include four no-load Turner stock mutual funds.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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New ETF offering is All Wet
Claymore Securities has introduced an ETF designed to track the performance of the S&P Global Water Index...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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ACLI Asks Bush to Support Stable Value
The ACLI is making sure that stable value options be added to the DOL's list of default investments in DC plans. Will the DOL listen?..
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Tweedy, Browne Value Fund is Open Once More
The Tweedy, Browne Value Fund is scheduled to re-open on May 15, 2007, after being closed for two years...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.28
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New Subadvisors Spice Up Hancock's Lifestyle
The Manulife subsidiary diversifies its risk-based portfolios' investments.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Execs Should Care About Retirement Income, Here's Why
The phrase "retirement income" could be heard all around the ICI's GMM on Friday, but few fund executives seemed to care. They should, and here is why...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.12
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Lost in the Headlines: Putnam's Profits
In reporting on Power Financial's annual meeting, industry media have ignored some key figures regarding its newly-acquired Putnam Investments.
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Phoenix Gets Hostile Advisory Bid
Charles Jaffe thinks that it is too bad that there are no hostile takeovers in mutual funds. What got the columnist on the topic?..
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4.35
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LPL Will Use Tech to Squeeze Out More Costs
Like retailing giant Wal-Mart, Linsco/Private Ledger is leveraging its scale and technology to pass along savings says CEO Mark Casady in an exclusive interview...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.17
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Firm Finds Style Boxes Obsolete
Style boxes are obsolete tools of asset allocation, says Craig Callahan, co-founder and principal of AthenaInvest Inc...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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RFPs Reported This Week
California seeks more funds...Delaware makes a decision...two sponsors drop Putnam's International Equity...
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Independent Directors Get a Room of Their Own
Investment Company Institute creates an office devoted to independent directors within the trade organization...
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Senators Play Trifecta Longshot on LSAs, RSAs and ERSAs
Senators try new tactics to pass retirement reform, while House members are likely to adopt a watered-down version. What are the chances of the hard 4 p.m. Senate bill passing?..
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Has the DOL Had a Change of Heart?
The feds have appeared to reverse course on whether directed trustees are fiduciaries...
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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State Street Takes Over Admin of ABN AMRO Funds
The two begin work on the outsourcing deal this summer.
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Janus President Elected to Board
Shareholders elect four new board members; also approve a new independent accountant.
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Trust Company Adds to 401(k) Team
A former Wells Fargo Institutional Trust manager to help with sales...
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 1
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McCain Gets Behind MFRA
Senator announces his support of proposed mutual fund reform legislation barring 12b-1 fees.
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Friday, May 14, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Financial Engines Records Strong Q1
The online advice provider picks up thirty-six new clients in the first quarter...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Spending on Advertisments Continues Fall
Budgets were down another 7 percent in the first quarter says Competitrack...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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ADP Targets Payroll Clients with 401(k) Discount
The provider is aggressively tying its core payroll services with its retirement program via a new marketing campaign...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Houses Passes HR 1000
The bill goes through on a 271 to 157 vote...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Putnam Releases Proxy Guidelines
The Boston fund family has posted its guidelines for shareholders...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Genomics New SubAdvisor Gains Approval
Shareholders give a thumbs up to Satuit as fund reverses its performance...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Buyout Brings PM Back to Avatar
The purchase of Avatar by Overture leads to the return of a portfolio manager...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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AFSS Adds TA Studies
The Academy has landed Hugh Herndon to develop its curriculum...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Time is Ripe for Launch Says San Fran Firm
The fund firm is responding to the brightening economic outlook by marketing a fund that has sat on the shelf since January...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2003
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Buenos Días, Participantes
The PSCA is extending bilingual services to its members...
401kWire.com -
Monday, May 14, 2001
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Chicago Sponsor Completes Search
Manufacturer of a $30 million 401(k) plan finds new recordkeeper...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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Where is Merrill Headed?
Armed with a mature and full stable of funds, the firm has plans to gain market share in the days ahead...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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Levitt of the Board
Levitt at Neuberger Berman ... Blount's new home ... Merrill Lynch merging? ... Upgrades for Fund WorldView ... Bisys buys IXA ... Cash ahoy! ... New classes at Morningstar U. ... New Vanguard share class...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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Levitt of the Board
Levitt at Neuberger Berman ... Blount's new home ... Merrill Lynch merging? ... Upgrades for Fund WorldView ... Bisys buys IXA ... Cash ahoy! ... New classes at Morningstar U. ... New Vanguard share class...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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They Got Game
Texas-based vendor rakes in ten new million dollar plans...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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Win a Convertible While You're in DC
A new campaign will put marketing theory to the test and -- hopefully -- bring in customers...
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Monday, May 14, 2001
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No-Load Council Elects New Prez
The industry association has hired an ex- Analytic Funds senior vice president to head its council...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Week of May 14, 1999
RFP Roundup
The Weekly Roundup is a regular column examining the RFPs that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications this week. Low-Hanging Fruit is a semi-regular feature that reports on rumored searches in the marketplace...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Self-Directed Brokerage Window for Hire
Providers can now add a self-directed brokerage option to their 401k offerings from First Trust...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Self-Directed Brokerage Window for Hire
First Trust Corporation of Denver, Colorado is currently rolling out a new self-brokerage window that providers can incorporate into their defined contribution plan offerings, Leigh Chaffee, vice president of client relations, told the 401kWire.com. The system, called OptionPlus, is designed for 401(k), 403(b), and 457 plans...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Odd Lots, May 14, 1999
Pru lets investors trade online ... The Fund Spy keeps its eye on Merrill's late entrance...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Quote.com Launches Online Education Center
Mountain View, California-located Quote.com has launched its Investor Education Center. The online service is designed to provide investors with educational resources on a variety of topics including 401(k) plans...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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AIM Merges Funds
AIM will merge the assets of a closed end fund into the AIM Developing Markets Fund...
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Friday, May 14, 1999
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Fidelity Shuts Small Cap Stock to All Investors
Fidelity Investments has closed its Small Cap Stock Fund to all new investments effective at 4:00 p.m. today. In a move contrary to common practice when funds close, the fund giant will not allow further purchases of the fund's shares by new or existing shareholders, except for the reinvestment of dividends and other distributions. ..
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Thursday, May 14, 1998
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Putnam Adds to Institutional Staff
Putnam has announced two new additions from cross-town rivals to its institutional department. David Wonn joins Putnam from MFS Asset Management, while David Dwyer arrives from Wellington Management...
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Thursday, May 14, 1998
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The 401(k) Company Targets the Individual
How do vendors attract new clients to their defined contribution services? Mutual funds with strong investment results, reasonable prices, and speedy conversions are all necessary features in a plan, but they may not be enough. The bottom line is that 401(k)'s are for participants, and it is their satisfaction with a product that will determine its ultimate success...
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Thursday, May 14, 1998
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Georgia Plan Seeks Consultant to Advise on Changes
Kennesaw, GA-based Georgia Marble Co. is in the process of vetting consultants who will help conduct an RFP process for the sponsor, an official familiar with the plan told the 401kWire. The plan has approximately 450 participants, and, though the official would not give specifics as to asset size, it was revealed that it is a medium-sized plan...
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Thursday, May 14, 1998
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