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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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A $229B-AUMA AM Preps Two 2026 Launches
The folks at a 27-year-old firm in the Midwest are building a pair of active exchange-traded funds...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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In the Valley of the Sun, a 26YO TPA Rebrands
The firm switched names earlier this week...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Sabbia and Matarazzo Unveil a New Digital 401k Tool
The new offering is expected to debut at the beginning of next week...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Empower Wins Over an Insurance Brokerage's 4YO PEP
The move comes after the brokerage is being digested by a publicly traded acquirer...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Lorusso Celebrates a $72MM-AUM Duo
A pair of active exchange-traded funds reached a big milestone yesterday...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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Schwab Adds 77,000
A publicly traded firm with a retirement plan recordkeeping arm offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines, including DC...
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Friday, November 14, 2025
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A $382B-AUM AM Targets "One of the Fastest Growing Active ETF Opps"
A publicly traded fund firm's team tries to "create a portfolio across all fixed income sectors."..
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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Two Paychex Alumni Join Great Gray
Both new hires will serve as qualified plan strategists at the CIT provider...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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Fido Preps Multiple PEP Upgrades After "Continued Growth"
The Boston Behemoth's team also reported another payroll provider integration...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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In October 2024, an RKer Added 19K Accounts
A publicly traded firm with a retirement plan recordkeeping arm offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines, including DC...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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An Activist Sells 58 Percent of His IVZ Over 2 Years
An activist investor pulls chips off the table from one asset management bet. Yet he continues to leave intact his longstanding stake in another fund firm...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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A Trade Group Chief Passes the Reins After Nearly 33 Years, But ...
A five-year veteran of the organization is poised to take over. Yet her predecessor is not saying goodbye just yet...
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
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A Korean Tech Titan Helps Craft a U.S. ETF
The firm is teaming up on an AI system behind the new fund...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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A Beantown Biz Dev Vet Joins Vestwell
The new hire is coming in from Butter Payments...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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Plan Sponsors In SoCal and Louisiana Hire MissionSquare
The government-focused recordkeeper's team unveils a pair of wins...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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5.212MM Participant Accounts and Counting
A retirement plan recordkeeper's publicly traded parent offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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A $55MM-AUM ETF Gobbles One MF, But ...
A second merger into the ETF is still pending shareholder approval.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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In Mississippi, an FA Preps a PEP
The new product is slated to debut next month, according to a filing...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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A $45B Reversal
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for October 2022 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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An RKer's Top Washington Voice Will Leave After 30 Years
A senior managing director is preparing to say goodbye at the end of the year...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Two Midwestern RVPs Join a $706B-AUA RKer
The new hires now serve on the wholesaling team of a provider with more than 5,600 employees...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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122,000 More Participants and Counting
A retirement plan recordkeeper's publicly traded parent offers its latest metrics across multiple business lines...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Week In Preview, November 14 - November 20
This week, the teams at DCIIA, Faegre Drinker, Fi360, Hub, John Hancock, RPAG, T. Rowe Price, That401kSite.com, and WIPN will host events...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Week In Preview, November 14 - November 20
This week, the teams at ETFGI, Expert Series, ICI, MFDF, MMI, Nicsa, T. Rowe Price, and Women in ETFs will host events...
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Monday, November 14, 2022
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Rethinking Conventional 401k Wisdom
New research challenges a pair of traditional DC industry assumptions. KPAs and their allies may want to dig deeper...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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Reader Rating: 1
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An ETF Strategist Takes the Lead
The M* team updates flows data for October 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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An RKer Adds Alts to Its TDFs and TRFs
The provider's team will add in private equity and private real estate over the next several years...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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An Ex-TPA Picks LPL and FSN
A Bay area KPA shop switches its affiliations...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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Dalessio Adds a Biz Mgmt and Customer Solutions Chief at Pru
The new hire is a veteran of Voya, Putnam and Fidelity...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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Janus Henderson's Avg AUM Ticks Up, But ...
The London-based multinational had $356.1 billion in AUM at the end of Q3 2019..
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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A Midwestern VP Leaves Hancock's SRM Team
His departure comes after more than four years with the recordkeeper...
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Thursday, November 14, 2019
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As One 32-Year Franklin Vet Departs, Another Steps Up
The duo have co-led an investing team for the past 19 years...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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What DC Industry Insiders Make of the Midterms
With the House of Representatives changing control next year, the opportunity for retirement plan legislation may be changing...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Most KPAs Know About 316, But ...
A recordkeeping TPA shares new research related to the fiduciary outsourcing service...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Is the Planning Mindset Key to Boosting Participant Outcomes?
New research from a bundled provider and its asset management sibling suggests that the answers to four key questions highlight workers who are much more likely to be on the right retirement savings path...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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EBRI Digs Into Financial Wellness
Lori Lucas and her team prep a new offering to reveal at their policy forum next month. They also rolled out a new website...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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WAM! PGIM Buys a $1.76B AUM Shop
The insurer's giant asset management unit expands its quant arm across the pond...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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After Selling Half Its Biz, a Subadvised Fund Firm Rebuilds and Reinvests
What's next for this Big Apple shop after its biggest subadvisor and half of its team head to another firm as part of a deal?..
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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A New Tool Reaches 62,000 Plans and Counting
A retirement product released over the summer gains interest from plan sponsors and advisors...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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Reader Rating: 3
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How Are Participants Reacting to Auto Portability?
A service provider of retirement savings portability solutions and a full-service marketing research agency partner once again...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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A Louisiana Plan Sponsor Wins Big
The overall winner was selected based on their accomplishments in raising the retirement readiness of their participants...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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Asset Management Bonuses Will Rise, Without Leading the Pack
Investment bankers in underwriting and private equity execs will see bigger bonus increases this year than their fundster counterparts, according to a boutique compensation consulting firm...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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Can Stable Value Funds Keep Pace with Inflation?
A reader talks about the niche product's place in a post-money-market-reform world...
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Lincoln Financial Launches a New Website for Participants
Pennsylvania-based recordkeeper sets to enhance user-experience through its new website. ..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4
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PSCA Publishes Article and Podcasts on Fiduciary Outsourcing
Plan Sponsor Council of America has released informational items to help plan sponsors navigate this ever-changing retirement marketplace...
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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UniCredit Shops Pioneer: A Timeline
The latest updates on UniCredit's Pioneer deal!..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Eye for Earnings - November 14, 2016
The latest earnings releases are here!..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Transamerica Offers Living Benefit Annuities
A product option offers income for life. ..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Voya Debuts a New Tool For Advisors
The new product will help monitor business growth for advisors. ..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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MassMutual Welcomes a Taft-Hartley RM
The recordkeeper has a new relationship manager joining the Taft-Hartley team...
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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MEPs Could Be a Go
A lame-duck Congress may give the green light. ..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Xerox Hit With a 401k Suit Over Advice
Plaintiffs claim excessive fees were charged. ..
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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Feds Charge a Floridian Tied to the Great Financial Services Hack of 2014
This alleged conspirator, the ninth to face charges so far, is reportedly accused of helping run "an unlicensed bitcoin exchange" tied in to the alleged hackers...
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Monday, November 14, 2016
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F-Squared Switches Chiefs
Three months after receiving a Wells notice, the high-flying mutual fund subadvisor replaces its co-founder and CEO with another board member...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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A SoCal RKing TPA Makes Three Key Hires
One is charged with building out the shop's field force...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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WisdomTree Has the Dry Powder, But Steinberg Has a Very High Hurdle For M&A
The ETF shop's chief and other execs talk with analysts about results from Q3 2014...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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Are Stock Plans the Cure For Excessive 401k Loans?
Fidelity releases new research...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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This Provider's Participant Count Jumps Nine Percent
Last month alone, the shop added 11,000 participants...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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A Lone Star State KPA Jurneys to LPL
A texas 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) aligns with the largest independent broker dealer around...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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The Quarter-Billion-Dollar Man
Bloomberg offers a glimpse at the bonuses Pimco paid top execs last year, before the two high profile departures this year...
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Friday, November 14, 2014
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Indexing Target Date Funds
Three players offer four indexes for the popular QDIA options...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Ashmore Takes on Investor Xenophobia
British asset manager offers product-line and develops strategies to encourage American investors to get over their fear of emerging markets...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Seen & Heard at Schwab Impact 2013
Advisors and fundsters boogied down in D.C...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Borzi Names the New Lebowitz
... and celebrates a new hire. ..
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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A Guggenheim Salesman Moves Up a Rung
Exec had worked four years developing relationships with advisors in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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A New RKing Software Player is Raising Up to $40.6MM
The multinational software developer also supports companies in the annuity, business decision management, life insurance, and property and casualty spaces...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Participants Flock to Fido's TDFs
Fidelity has seen over 30 percent growth in its TDFs over a 10-year time span. ..
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Berkowitz Flirts Further with Frannie
Fairholme Capital head wants to buy a critical part of the GSE's businesses...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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CNBC Takes on Too Big to Fail Debate
Is the mutual fund industry really too big to fail?..
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Rekenthaler Writes About Bear Traps
Morningstar analyst delves into the perma-bear debate...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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M* Connects With a 401k Video Specialist
The mutual fund ratings giant's managed account offering now ties in with an online, interactive-video-based education service...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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Gross is Yellen for More Treasuries
Pimco co-founder ups ante as Fed Reserve nominee faces the Senate...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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T. Rowe Ventures Again in Tech
Fund firm helps lead financing round for online real estate brokerage...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013
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Schwab Unveils New RIA Initiatives
At Impact 2012 Conference, Schwab targets a variety of goodies at advisors.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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A $23 Million Plan Bets on Diversified
And says farewell to Transamerica...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3
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Invesco Promotes a National Sales Manager
A top sales job is filled via an internal promotion..
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pru Releases Its LGBT Study at an Event in Lower Manhattan
And the 401kWire was there...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Achaean Names a SunAmerica Vet to Its Board
The well-travelled exec has also been at Prudential, Griffin Investments, and Lincoln Financial...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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MFS Moves Its Boston Headquarters
The mutual fund firm is moving a few blocks west...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Trone Launches a Leadership Boot Camp
The fiduciary guru is at it again. He's teamed up with a group of fellow military academy alums for
his latest training venture...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Vanguard Licenses Two More FTSE Indexes
The funds giant has chosen two Canada indexes...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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A $500MM Fund Shop Sticks With Huntington
The fund servicer keeps a client...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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A $900MM 403b Chooses TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF and Fidelity had been co-RKers for the plan...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Cohen Fund Audit Services Adds a Partner
The new hire has experience with regulatory issues...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Putnam Has a Sales Opening in the Southwest
The firm is looking for an external wholesaler...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Clark Adds Three Investment Options
Three popular retail strategies have been added to the shop's 401k platform...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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The FSOC Turns Up the Pressure on Money Funds
The FSOC votes to push for reform from the SEC...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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M* Opines on What Makes Fund Shops Great
The article includes a list of areas where great shops excel...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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The Johnsons' Cash "Heads For the Border"
New Hampshire, specifically...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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ETF Assets Will Triple (!!) Over the Next Four Years
At least, Cerulli thinks so. ..
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Legg Mason Is Ready to Change Its Strategy
Some comments from the CFO lead to another story about the problems at the Baltimore asset manager...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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Schwab Launches an ETF Education Website
The site is designed for the average investor...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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A JPMorgan Fund Is in the "Danger Zone"
Chuck Jaffe assesses a claim that the JPM fund is poised for trouble...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
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A Guggenheim Alum Plans Acquisitions and Partnerships
An industry veteran launches a new investment platform focused on capital preservation and income distribution...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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Manning & Napier IPO Expected This Week
The buzz is the IPO is happening this week...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Bundled Providers Dominate Stable Value Distribution
A new player offers a competing view of the niche, DC-focused capital preservation asset class...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4.83
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Thompson Plumb Adds Two to its Board
The Madison, Wisconsin-based fund shop is beefing up its executive team...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Advisors, Not RKers, Now Move DC-IO Assets
Advisors are picking up the majority of the DC I-O business in the small-to-mid market claims Cerulli...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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OneSource Drives Up Client Trading at Schwab
The brokerage giant releases its monthly activity report...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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JP Morgan Loses EDS Mandate
HP consolidates plans with one recordkeeper and adopteds new investment options for its plan lineup...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Schwab's Participant Count Climbs Five Times
The brokerage giant reveals monthly numbers for October...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Reader Rating: 1
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An East Coast TPA Continues to Hunt
Fresh off of one acquisition, a 40-person firm looks for more...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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TIAA-CREF Takes Over a $4B 529 Plan
The incumbent, Fidelity, didn't rebid for the contract...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Capital Buffers, Floating NAVs on SEC Money Fund Agenda
InvestmentNews reads the tea leaves on SEC chair Mary Schapiro's talk about the commission's focus in the area of money market fund reform...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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AllianceBernstein Preps Two International Funds
Why is the Empire State mutual fund firm launching this pair of products?..
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Alts a Bright Spot as Stock Funds See October Outflows
Bond funds were the beneficiaries of "volatility fatigue" last month...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
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Evergreen to Fall Within Hoyt's Ambit
A longtime Wells Fargo exec will oversee Evergreen Investments as part of his expanded duties when the deal with Wachovia closes...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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George Miller Slaps the Journal Back
The fee disclosure advocate reiterates his support for 401ks -- as well index funds, unbiased advice and automatic enrollment within those plans -- yet again in response to an editorial...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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ALPS is Cooking Up New ETFs
The Denver firm plans to follow up the spring launch of its debut ETF with at least one new ETF early next year...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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A Super-Regional B-D's Fund Firm Amps Up its DC I-O Biz
A freshly re-branded asset manager aims to substantially increase its defined contribution inflows...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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Securian Conducts an Annual 401k Checkup
The St. Paul, Minnesota-based plan provider rolls out a new feature to help participants determine whether they are on track with their retirement savings...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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401kExchange Opens its Conference Doors Wider
More advisors are eligible to attend the annual DCP Institute Advisor Forum next month...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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Ex-E*Trade Prez Imparts Wisdom to an ETF Provider
The New York City-based ETF firm adds a director to its board...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Hartford Faces a Stock-Drop Suit
A participant sues the Connecticut firm over losses from investments in company stock...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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Capitol Hill 401k Debates Gain Benartzi Some WSJ Ink
The Journal quotes a familiar academic face in the DC industry as the paper belatedly catches on to the controversy surrounding the most recent George Miller retirement hearings...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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An Asset Manager Buys Back Stake from JPMorgan
A Connecticut-based asset manager formed by Bear Stearns alums bought back a 10-percent stake from JPMorgan...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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The Other Reserve Fund Pays Up
A second offering from the beleaguered money fund manager distributes 40 percent of its assets...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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WSJ Zooms in on Closed-Enders' Dividend Cuts
Daisy Maxey devotes Friday's Wall Street Journal Fund Track to the dividend cuts closed-end funds have been forced to make amid the tough markets...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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A Wachovia Exec Will Oversee the Combined Wells-Wachovia Retirement Biz
The exec's duties will include overseeing retirement services, according to an internal announcement by Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf...
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Friday, November 14, 2008
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BenefitStreet Gets a Little Shorter
The San Ramon, California-based company has laid off some employees in the wake of its chairman and CEO's departure...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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Thain in as Merrill CEO
It's official...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Ibbotson Hunts for VP of Advice Services
The Morningstar unit is searching for a new vice president of advice services...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Report: Larry Fink Never Offered Top Job at Merrill
A spokeswoman for Merrill says the BlackRock chief was never made an offer...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Number of U.S Households Holding Mutual Funds Rises Slightly
According to a new study by the ICI, entitled "Trends in Ownership of Mutual Funds in the United States, 2007", 51 million households in the U.S own mutual funds...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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AIG SunAmerica Rolls Out Indy K
The Los Angeles-based provider is the latest to launch a 401(k) product targeting the self-employed...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 1
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Winslow Grows a Second Green Offering
Winslow Green Mutual Funds has introduced its second mutual fund...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.29
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Black: No SIVs, Please
Janus CEO Gary Black is proclaiming loudly the his firm has low exposure to SIVs in its money-market funds...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Report: Thain to Replace O'Neal at Merrill
And the winner of the top job at Merrill is.....John Thain, CEO of NYSE EuroNext...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Financial Intermediary Websites Get Ranked
kasina and Dalbar both released the results of financial intermediary website rankings today...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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More Write Downs, Less Exposure at Bear Stearns
Bear Stearns is expecting additional write downs in the fourth quarter...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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NPH Names SVP of Advisory Services
NPH has tapped a Park Avenue Securities vet for the role of senior vice president of advisory services...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Newport Group Buys a Non-Qual Plan Administrator
The Florida-based provider makes a buy on the non-qual side...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Managed Account Provider Unveils New Pricing Scheme
A West Coast-based managed account provider is waiving the fee for the first $5,000 in each participant's account when plan sponsors choose managed accounts as the plan's primary QDIA...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Phoenix Raises Hofmann Through the Ranks
The Phoenix Companies has promoted Peter Hofmann to senior executive vice president and chief financial officer...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Pyramis Adds Five New Members
Pyramis Global Advisors has named five new members to its equity trading and operations team...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Nuveen Stock Off the Market as Madison Dearborn Closes the Deal
A group of private investors led by Madison Dearborn Partners has completed its acquisition of Nuveen Investments...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Ahrens Bets His Gaming-Only Fund will be Winning for Years to Come
Gambling is good business for the Ladenburg Thalmann Gaming & Casino Fund...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Fred Alger Unveils 130/30 Strategy
The Big Apple money manager has launched a 130/30 equity product...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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Fido Sets Up Shop in London
The Boston Behemoth has opened its first overseas office...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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BenefitStreet Snaps Up Two TPAs
The California-based recordkeeper, which is targeting to go public next spring, continues its acquisition spree...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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John Hancock Enters Target-Date Arena
The Boston-based firm has rolled out a batch of lifecycle portfolios...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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Reader Rating: 5
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Lincoln Hops on the Retirement Income Bandwagon
The financial conglomerate from the City of Brotherly Love launches a new group dedicated to retirement income security, and promotes one of its own to take charge.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Is Magellan a Distraction for Reporters?
While the mainstream financial media is watching Fidelity Magellan with an eye to its shrinking asset and whether Fidelity executives will reopen the flagship fund, they are missing the heart of the story for those in the industry...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Janus Insiders: Move Along, No Story Here
Ignore all that talk about Janus buying Amvescap. For that matter, don't listen to those that are saying Janus is for sale, either. You see, executives at the Denver-based firm are quietly trying to put the kibosh on the scuttlebutt that it will soon be on one side or another of a deal reports an industry paper...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Ameriprise Ready to Deal
Now that it is independent, look for Ameriprise Financial to join the list of fund firm buyers next year. James M. Cracchiolo, chairman and CEO of the American Express spin-off, told investors at the Reuters Finance Summit in New York on Monday that the firm could look at deals as soon as next year and that "2006 might be the year of expansion."..
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Ziegler Signs on with ArcEx for ETF
Archipelago is planning to build on its momentum in the ETF market pairing with Ziegler Capital Management to launch a fund based on its own index. The news comes on the heels of the decision by Barclays Global Investors to move 19 of its ETFs from the American Exchange to Archipelago's exchange. Archipelago is also in the process of a merger with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Delaware Large Cap Fund Targets Institutions
Delaware Investments has taken the wraps off it new Delaware Pooled Trust (DPT) Large-Cap Growth Equity Portfolio. The new portfolio is a no-load, open-end investment management company that is managed by the Focus Growth team at Delaware Investments, according to the Lincoln National affiliate...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Lincoln National Life Loses Sales Exec
A 401k sales pro has decamped from Lincoln National the company has confirmed...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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Fund Fees Still Falling
The investment management fee charged by funds used in retirement plans dipped another 9.5 percent in 2005 says a plan administrator...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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MassMutual Puts Prudence Before Speed in Roth Plan Launch
The insurer is waiting longer than some of its rivals to launch its Roth 401k line to ensure that it has all the i's dotted and t's crossed...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pfizer Moves its 401k
The drug-maker has reportedly dropped Hewitt Associates in favor of another recordkeeper...
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Monday, November 14, 2005
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Reader Rating: 3
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Putnam Facing 16 Suits
The embattled company may have settled but the worst isn't over...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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401k Searches Reported This Week
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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Putnam Facing 16 Suits
The embattled company may have settled but the worst is not over...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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New Fund Seeks 401K Investors
San-Diego-based fund was launched by Native American tribal group...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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BISYS Signs On To Administer Fund Family
Among support services will be compliance, marketing and distribution...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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Schwab Finds Evidence Of Timing
A fund unit of the co. allowed a select few to time...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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T. Rowe Takes Financial Planning To A New Level
New product combines all of Morningstar's advice components into one...
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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PWBA Clarifies Settlor and Fiduciary Roles
The clarification may have the most impact on multi-employer plans...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Emplanet Sets New Course
The firm makes more changes and MetLife reveals its plans...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3.8
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Torrid Offers Help on New IRA Rules
The Georgia-based technology firm is offering a Web-based tool to help providers meet the new IRS distribution regulations...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Bundled Vendor Lets Go Sales Chief
The Connecticut-based insurer and top-bundled provider told its staff this morning that its sales chief is no longer with the firm...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Merrill Honchos On the Move
One Merrill top executive is retiring in December. A second is moving to a different unit...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Fido Vice Chair to Retire
James Curvey will end a two decade long stint at the firm at the end of the year...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Fido Shakes Up Funds
The Boston Behemoth is reopening one fund and changing the manager of two others...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Janus Seeks Partners in Japan
The firm is down to a short list of two for its possible partners...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Make Statements Work
Schwab is among the firms working on the next generation statement, says Warren Cormier. The trick is to make statements create questions, not answer them...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4
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Rollovers Not the Answer
Vendors have been salivating over IRA rollovers, but an industry leader warns the meal will never arrive for all but a few...
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Thursday, November 14, 2002
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Reader Rating: 4.8
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Schwab in Tight with Invesco
The California Colossus has tapped Invesco to subadvise its stable value offerings for DC plans...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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House to Decide Boehner Bill
Debate Set ... Firefighters Like Fido ... Putnam on Taxes..
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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House to Decide Boehner Bill
Debate Set ... Firefighters Like Fido ... Putnam on Taxes...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Delaware Targets Plan Sponsors Directly
As Lincoln reorganizes its distribution, affiliate Delaware seeks ties with consultants and mid-size sponsors...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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FinancialOxygen Strikes
The firm has a new web-based product for independent financial institutions...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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AMEX Adds Three
The firm is adding three new funds to its lineup...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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New CIO for McMorgan
The New York Life affiliate has a new executive on its team...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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401k Assets to Reach $6 Trillion?
Will assets in defined contribution plans reach $6 trillion by the end of the decade? The president of Diversified thinks so. He has also included that 401ks may well be a force of stability in a volatile market...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Advisors Seek Custodial Options
DataLynx and TD Waterhouse say they are getting new advisor business from Schwab in wake of the broker's US Trust purchase...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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New Sales Head for Software Firm
A New York-based recordkeeping software vendor has tapped DATAIR for a new sales head...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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November 14, 2000
Magellan Changes Course...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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November 14, 2000
Magellan Changes Course...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Impact 2000 Part I: The Official Conference Agenda
How does Schwab's Impact meeting add value from the perspective of advisors. Richard Bregman provides a firsthand account...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Firm Discovers Tech
Is Columbia Funds too late with its first tech fund? The firm also caps the fees on a bond fund...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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PFPC Goes to the Continent
The back office to fund firms is opening its third international office...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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