An Insurer Adds Three Stable Value Funds
A Portland, Oregon-based financial group rolls out three new funds for retirement plans.
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Florence Promotes His Right Hand
The 361 chief delegates part of his duties to an eight-year 361 veteran...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Carroll Takes Over Distro at an RKer
The former Hancock national sales VP resurfaces at another bundled provider...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
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Case of the Week: Payroll Deduction IRAs vs. Employer-Sponsored IRAs
ERISA consultants at the Retirement Learning Center Resource Desk regularly receive calls from financial advisors on a broad array of technical topics related to IRAs, qualified retirement plans and other types of retirement savings plans, including nonqualified plans. We bring Case of the Week to you to highlight the most relevant topics affecting your business...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Week In Preview, November 12-18
This week the teams at the ICI, Informa, T. Rowe Price, and Voya are all hosting events...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Week In Preview, November 12-18
This week the teams at ASPPA, DCIIA, LPL, RANDUG, Strategic Insight, TRAU, Voya, and Wells Fargo are all hosting events...
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Monday, November 12, 2018
Solve the Millennial Puzzle
The biggest generation in American history is gaining more responsibility, and taking on more debt. How do KPAs serve the younger crowd and secure their futures?..
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Northern Trust Pilots a New SunGard Tool
The Chitown-based shop was the first client to license a new workflow tool for fund accounting. Meanwhile, they're adapting to the new money market regs...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Perkins and Co Are Getting the Old Hatteras Back
The 12-year-old alt mutual fund boutique's chief talks about the deal to spin Hatteras back out of its beleaguered parent...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Schwab Lauds a PA TPA For Its IMPACT
And the second annual best-in-retirement-business IMPACT award goes to .....
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
Santander and UniCredit Agree On Pioneer's Fate
The two giant, multinational, Europe-based banks have reportedly reached a binding agreement on combining their asset management arms...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015
10 GSAMers Pop the Champagne
The giant investment bank named 78 new partners today, including ten in its asset management unit...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
A Cali KPA Aligns With LPL
A 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) had an intentional design of finding the right broker-dealer suitable for his practice...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Russell Wins Over an RKing TPA's Own Plan
A Florida shop is reenrolling its staff into the manager of manager's new managed account offering...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
The Final Piece of Pentegra's Integration
Rich Rausser talks with 401kWire about the provider's new website and its freshly consolidated branding...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Americans Say No to 401k Tax Reform
The Coalition to Protect Retirement released survey results pointing toward overwhelming disapproval of tax reforms that would impact retirement accounts. ..
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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Participant Count Rises, Yet Participation Falls
A new report by EBRI shows that more employers are participating in 401(k) plans, but that the overall level of participation is down..
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Young Adults Are Lagging Their Parents' Retirement Footsteps
A nonprofit, retirement research group compares international retirement savings behavior among employees in their twenties. ..
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
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T. Rowe Debuts a Niche Global Fund
The Maryland-based mutual fund shop unveils its latest offering...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Pershing Creates Its Own Select List
The clearing giant, with help from its parent and from Lockwood Advisors, will highlight 200 top mutual funds...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Rekenthaler Defends the Crowd From WSJ
The M* guru questions the idea that institutional investors are wiser than their retail counterparts...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013
An Eaton Vance Subsidiary Acquires
Parametric Portfolio Solutions buys a shop with $33.4 billion in AUM...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Pioneer Teaches Advisors
The program, dubbed VIP, helps advisors deal with volatility, income generation and provide market perspectives to clients...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
The Bents Beat the Fraud Rap
The jury in the Primary Fund case clears the Reserve and its chiefs of all charges save one...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Scanlan Adds 11 to RS
The new investment team will take over PMing some funds that had been handled by sub-advisor Ballie Gifford Overseas...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
30 Merrill Advisors Sign on as Fiduciaries
Kevin Crain talks about the wirehouse's new program for elite retirement plan advisors...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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Pentegra Has More Troubling Survey Data
The recordkeeper publishes the latest survey to show that people are not prepared for retirement...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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Barron's Profiles Two Ex-Pimco PMs
The PMs for the Hotchkis and Wiley High Yield fund are given a flattering profile...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Brandes' New Chief Has a Lot to Prove
A trade pub says Brent Woods has to prove the viability of deep value equity...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Gross Buys More Treasuries
Bill Gross has increased his holdings in US bonds for the first time since April...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
ING Funds' Parent Preps a $100MM IPO
The Dutch banking giant filed on Friday for an IPO of its remaining U.S. business...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Is Pimco About to Get a Family Challenge?
A sister subsidiary of the West Coast shop may be looking to establish itself as a rival...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
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Bill Gross Speaks, The Press Listens
This time the west coast maven is weighing in on the "fiscal cliff."..
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Monday, November 12, 2012
WSJ Favors EM Funds Over Indexes
Many indexes rely on market cap, WSJ says. Paper lauds some funds as options for volatility...
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Monday, November 12, 2012
UNIFI Loses East Coast Chief
A UNIFI exec. is leaving the micro-focused plan provider for a 403b-centric one. ..
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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BlackRock Gains a Japanese Strategic Partner
Five hundred million and a business cooperation agreement link the giant asset manager with yet another bank...
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Schwab Reports Participant Dip
The Bay Area plan provider says it lost some plan participants last month. ..
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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SageView Leaves Irvine ... For Irvine
Updated | The retirement plan advisory firm moves into new headquarters...
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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Aetna Raises Cain from Nationwide
The Columbus, Ohio-based plan provider loses a sales chief to Aetna. ..
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Friday, November 12, 2010
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Ascensus Confirms a New Distribution Partnership
As previously reported by The 401kWire, an independent broker-dealer has added Ascensus to its approved provider list...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Charlie Vieth Begins His Second Act
Updated | The former head of T. Rowe Price's retirement unit starts an advisory firm with a colleague...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Natixis' Sales Chief Shifts Roles
The Boston-based firm has distributed his former duties among his three direct reports...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Larry and Bill are Among the World's Most Powerful
Forbes announces the 67 most powerful people in the world and features two familiar faces in the final forty..
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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DFA Pulls in $5.8 Billion
The specialized index fund manager draws in substantial non-money market inflows so far in 2009...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Nationwide Reorgs its Investment Management Unit
Nationwide, which last year sold its active equity investment management business, unveils a new structure for its investment management group...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Nuveen Hires Levi
The Chicago-based firm has tapped the former AllianceBernstein executive as managing director of global business development...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
IndexIQ Works on its Answer to ProShares' 130/30 ETF
The Rye Brook, New York-based firm has filed paperwork with the SEC that would enable it to launch a 130/30 ETF...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
A Former Fund Chief Climbs Another Rung at Aegon
The Dutch firm names Mark Mullin as CEO of Aegon Americas in preparation for Pat Baird's retirement...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
WSJ Ponders the 'Most-Flexible' Mutual Funds
How have funds with long leashes held up in the volatility of the past several years?..
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Great-West Snaps Up Sales Directors
Updated | The Colorado-based retirement services provider officially announces the hiring of two NJ-based sales directors...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Financial Crisis Rocks Retirement Income Players
In what should be their glory days, the stocks of some insurers hoping to provide retirement income are under siege...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Fido Workers Learn their Fate
The Boston Behemoth on Wednesday notified employees whose jobs are being eliminated. The firm plans another round of cuts next year...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fidelity Hands Out Pink Slips
The Boston Behemoth starts notifying employees affected by its latest round of job cuts...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Direxion Heads to an ETF Service Provider
The leveraged-index specialists choose a vendor to handle accounting, administration, basket calculation, custody and transfer agency for their new ETFs...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
401k Cutbacks, Shutdowns Draw WSJ's Gaze
The Journal devotes a piece to 401k plan terminations and match suspensions...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Beware an End of the Year, Fund-ETF-Fund Shuffle
A news service highlights concerns over year-end capital gains distributions to mutual fund investors...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Julius Baer's U.S. Fund Arm will not Turn Public Just Yet
The current market conditions are prompting companies to delay IPO plans, and Julius Baer's U.S. mutual fund arm is no exception...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Fetting Says Legg Mason Has No Plans to Raise New Capital
Legg Mason's top executive says the company does not need to raise additional capital to support its money funds with investments in risky securities...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tech Guy Bites the Fund Hand That Fired Him
A systems administrator faces federal charges for threatening the fund firm that fired him...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Money Funds Are Still Squeezed
A Fed buyback program and other support are not curing all money market fund woes, reports the WSF Fund Track...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Drury Exits BenefitStreet
The top exec at the San Ramon, California-based recordkeeper has left and the firm has tapped an recruiting firm to find a permanent replacement...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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New CitiStreet Prez Eyes Double-Digit Growth in '08
Sandy McCarthy, the newly installed president of CitiStreet, talks to The 401kWire about her plans.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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FINRA Launches Boomer-Targeted Ad Campaign
The regulator has unveiled an ad campaign designed to point
baby boomers to the resources available on its Web site...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Fidelity's Brokerage Assets Up 24 Percent
Fidelity executives said total brokerage assets hit a record $1.96 trillion...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Study: Global Employers Favor DC Plans
A new study by Mercer shows that DC plans are the most prevalent form of retirement plan offered by employers around the world...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
Analyst: Wachovia Chief in Precarious Position
Wachovia chief Ken Thompson may be the next big name to fall in the subprime mess...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Report: Bankruptcy Not Out of the Question at E*Trade
Citigroup Inc. analyst Prashant Bhatia, has completed a scathing analysis of E*Trade's financial position...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Report: Kapito is the 'Most Likely' Successor to Fink
If Larry Fink were to take the top job at Merrill Lynch, Robert Kapito would be his mostly likely successor at BlackRock, according to a report...
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Monday, November 12, 2007
There's a New 401k Litigator in Town
A Keystone State securities class action specialist gets a taste for DC.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Insurer Faces Latest Company Stock Probe
An Evergreen State law firm targets a Golden State company with a new inquiry.
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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Small Fund Firms Fare Well with Pittsburgh Advisor
Small mutual firms have a friend in Lou Stanasolovich, CEO and president of Pittsburgh-based advisory firm , Legend Financial Advisors..
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Monday, November 12, 2007
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More Wholesalers Hit the Road with Blackberrys
Manulife Financial’s variable annuity wholesalers can now access CRM data through Blackberrys, thanks to a deal the company signed with Waltham, Massachusetts-based software provider Pyxis.
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Friday, November 12, 2004
ACR Adds Consultant to Platform
Advisors Capital Resources has inked a strategic alliance with a Wisconsin-consultant to spread its ETF-based solution.
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Wolves Close in on Aon
Another firm has filed an ERISA complaint against the insurance broker...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
BGI Exec Tolls Bell
Barclays Global Investors’ Leo Kranefuss started Friday morning with a bang -- or a ring, rather. The Chief Executive Officer of BGI’s U.S. Intermediary Business rang the NYSE's opening bell, joined by Xinhua Finance executives. The executives were there to recognize BGI's recent launch of the first mainland China exchange-traded fund available to U.S. investors...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Hartford Aims to Boost Sales with New Hire
The provider creates a new position to focus on distribution and sales...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
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Integrity Reports Q3 Earnings, Drop in Assets
Small fund shop Integrity Mutual Funds reported third quarter earnings on Friday. Total assets under management were $357.8 million at the end of the third quarter, down 2.6 percent from $367.2 million at the second quarter and up 2.3 percent from $349.6 million at the same period last year...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Gold-Based ETF Will Trade Before 2005
It looks like the World Gold Council and SSgA will be the first to launch a commodities-based ETF. The two are reportedly near the IPO of a gold-based exchange-traded fund called streetTRACKS Gold Trust. The fund could trade as early as next week on the NYSE...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Franklin Also Expected to Settle with Feds
Franklin Resources has "tentatively settled" revenue sharing charges with the SEC, and expects to settle in a few weeks, an unnamed source told the LA Times. The settlement is expected to be slight more than the $18 million that Franklin will pay to settle with California regulators in a separate but similar investigation...
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Friday, November 12, 2004
Nevada and Cigna Dump Putnam
The pension plan takes back its millions and the retirement co. changes fund managers...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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EmPlanet VP Lands at MetLife
He's now heading the company's k distribution efforts...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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Bank Intros IRA Rollover Product
New option makes rollovers a matter of a few mouse clicks...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Morningstar Advice Arm Expands into Account Management
The Chicago firm will launch a new program integrating advice and investment management in the first quarter...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
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Tremont Taps Marketer for Europe
The London shop picks up a new hire to focus on advisory and consulting services...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Manulife Offers Life Insurance in Retirement Kit
The Insurer highlights variable universal life insurance as an option in attaining tax-deferred growth...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
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Young High-earners Benefit Most from 401k
A new EBRI-ICI report says that such workers will come out ahead with 401k plans...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
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ING Reaches Out to Those Poised to Retire
The firm aims to extend its new advisory program to more regions and participants...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
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Data Vendor Adds to Flagship Client Base
ByAllAccounts continues to focus on bringing clients and advisors together through pooled data...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Fleet High Net-worth Unit Names New Exec
The firm recruits an executive from JP Morgan Private Bank to fill a new position...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2002
Veterans Day Observed
In observance of Veterans Day, the 401kWire.com will not be publishing today. This year, we feel it is important to pause and extend our best wishes to those men and women who currently or have worn the uniforms of the United States military. We also wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies to those aboard The American Airlines Airbus A300 and their families...
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Monday, November 12, 2001
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Veterans Day Observed
In observance of Veterans Day, the 401kWire.com will not be publishing today. This year, we feel it is important to pause and extend our best wishes to those men and women who currently or have worn the uniforms of the United States military. We also wish to extend our heartfelt sympathies to those aboard The American Airlines Airbus A300 and their families...
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Monday, November 12, 2001
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Through With the Looking, Glass-Steagall
President Clinton today signed into law the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, bringing down the last vestiges of the archaic Glass-Steagall Act...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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Newport Expanding From Far East
Touting the timely nature of European investments, Newport Pacific is launching its sixth fund, and its first to concentrate on companies outside of the Pacific Basin...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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Week of November 12, 1999 RFP Roundup
The 401kWire.com takes its Friday look at the week in searches...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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American Century Moves Fund Manager Into Strategy Position
The portfolio manager of the American Century Heritage and VP Capital Appreciation has been moved into the position of senior vice president of strategic investments...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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Why Your Business is Like Pizza Hut
The first column by industry expert Andrew Lapsely looks at the e-commerce sector and how mutual fund companies can benefit from improving technology. Today's column sets the table with an example from the fast food industry...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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Odd Lots, November 12, 1999
India understood ... You can't ignore the indexes ... Tech smiles down on Putnam ... Ryan Jacob in purgatory...
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Friday, November 12, 1999
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SVA Nov 4, 1999
A bit of a downturn in both sectors. GICs were down 22 basis points, and Treasuries were down 18 basis points.
*All rates are for non-benefit responsive, investment-only contracts with a value of $5 million. Rates are net of all expenses, with no commissions payable. Treasury quotes are for close of business Wednesday.
ABA 401k Conference Report: What’s Happening in Charlotte?
Fewer banks show for the second ABA 401(k) meeting. First Union to change recordkeeping systems? And, who was that bus driver?..
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Thursday, November 12, 1998
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JP Morgan/American Century Wins Largest Client
Phoenix, Arizona-based Phelps Dodge (NYSE: PD), copper producer, has selected J.P. Morgan/American Century to be the bundled provider for the company 401(k) plan, Lynne Adams, a spokesperson for the sponsor, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has 7,600 participants and approximately $330 million in assets. With this move, the vendor has signed on its largest full service client to date...
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Thursday, November 12, 1998
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New Hire at CDA/Wiesenberger
William Colin has been named sales manager for the southeast region of the retirement products division for CDA/Wiesenberger [a subsidiary of The Thomson Corporation (TOC.TO)]. Colin will be working on the sales and marketing of Architec(k) and IRA Analyst. He will answer to Andrew Blumberg, who is director of sales for that division...
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Thursday, November 12, 1998
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True North Bundles With Fidelity
Chicago-based True North Communication has tapped Fidelity as the full-service provider for its $170 million 401(k) and profit sharing plan, according to P&I Daily. William Mercer is the previous administrator for the plan and Citibank the outgoing trustee. Fidelity will manage 7 of the 13 investment options to be included in the plan. Participants will also be able to use a brokerage account. DeMarche acted as consultant on the search. ..
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Wednesday, November 12, 1997
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