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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Feeling Insecure About SECURE? Here Are a Few Pointers
For the first time in more than a dozen years, the defined contribution industry has big new legislation to adapt to...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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A Victory Vet Takes Over a DC I-O Field Force
The exec now serves as a big asset manager's head of DC I-O sales team in the field...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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An RKer Closes 2019 With 1.748MM Participants
That's a six-percent rise for the year, a two-percent rise for the quarter, and a 0.2 percent rise for the month...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Midsize Firms' Outflows Fell 78 Percent In 2019
The M* team updates flows data for December 2019 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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A $900MM Plan Sticks With Voya
The contract with the 54,000-participant 457 has been extended another five years...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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Top Leaders at Fido and the SEC Say Goodbye
An SEC commissioner and an 18-year Boston Behemoth veteran are both preparing to exit...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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GRPAA Switches CIT Allies
The KPA alliance is also prepping more CITs for its lineup...
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Reader Rating: 4
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Jack Bogle Dies
The Vanguard founder passes away at the age of 89...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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In Milwaukee, an Employee Benefits Principal Joins Jackson Lewis
The 30-year veteran joins the law firm's employee benefits team. ..
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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A $988B Asset Manager's DC I-O Chief Leaves
The exec had led the firm's DC I-O efforts since the beginning of 2016...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Reader Rating: 4
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Needles Teams Up and Aims For Core Portfolio Spots
The American Beacon chief turns to an ally twice over across the pond...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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An East Coast RKer Enters the 403b Biz
The move comes seven months after a key exec joined the team...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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A Texas Employee Benefits Partner Joins Drinker Biddle
The Dallas-based lawyer joins the team that includes the law firm's ERISA legal eagles...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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A Parisian Acquirer Hunts For U.S. Fund Firms
The chief wants to outright buy a fund firm, and he's still looking to take stakes in other asset managers...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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A Pro-Golfer Teams Up With a Rollover Ally to KPAs
The firm's first sports sponsorship will support a hometown athlete...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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Reader Rating: 1
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EGPS Adds Four in the O.C.
Three of them hail from QBI, LLC...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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What Are Plan Sponsors Looking For in 2018?
OneAmerica comes out with a new poll on plan sponsor priorities...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Advisors Expect to Favor Active Equities and Traditional Indexes
New research digs into how advisors expect to change their asset allocating in the next six months. ..
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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Aikin Now Watches Over an Fi360 Ally, Too
The former Fi360 chief adds another hat...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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Harmon Hires in Idaho and Preps for "Aggressive Growth"
A Voya exec is taking the first steps towards a 401(k) distribution expansion...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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Week In Preview, January 16-21
Callan, FRA, and RIIA's partial acquirer are all hosting events this week...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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Week In Preview January 16-21
BofA Merrill, CFA Society New York, Crane Data, FIASI, informa, the Investments & Wealth Institute, KraneShares, and SSgA are all hosting events this week...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018
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12 Percent of Large Plans Replaced Their TDFs Last Year
Callan's latest DC data also shows a sharp decline in proprietary TDF usage...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4
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Palmer Square's Disaggregation of Strategies is Complete: What's Next?
The Midwestern mutual fund shop just launched its sixth mutual fund, based on the last of five component strategies underlying its flagship fund...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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Clarke Wins Eaton Vance's First ETMF Convert
A Southwestern mutual fund shop signs on to the Beantown firm's vision of an ETF-like structure for active managers...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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A 15-Year DST Vet Joins Ross' Revolution
The new hire will lead the SoCal shop's BPO implementation team...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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DoL Smites an Upstate NY TPA
The regulatory agency attacks a TPA, who also owns an RIA, over undisclosed fees and more...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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DFA: the Apple to Vanguard's Google?
Bloomberg shines a spotlight on the "small" firm in Austin...
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Friday, January 16, 2015
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BrightScope Goes Freemium for Advisors
...Like so many free services, it works even better once you pay! ..
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Reader Rating: 5
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Montage's Henson Plans 4-6 More Fund Launches
Multi-boutique, which surged 56% to reach $20B AUM last year, has only begun to product-develop...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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BMO Harmonizes Its U.S. and Canadian Services
The provider rolled out a new offering that syncs its Canadian and U.S. service for cross-border clients. ..
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Making a Change to Your 401k? Text Principal
...It's easier than calling or going online, so why not? ..
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Fido Lights Up a $3.2B 401k
The Boston Behemoth won the jumbo 401k of an energy company. ..
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Reader Rating: 1.25
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An M Financial Vet Is Lured by a Fellow Portland Firm
The hire's new title was made official on January 6. ..
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Reader Rating: 2
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All the Usual Suspects?
The fund research geniuses at Morningstar are at it again, this time anointing the Fund Managers of the Year for 2013...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014
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Goldman’s Earnings and Investment Results Both Dazzled
IM revenues for fourth quarter up 20%..
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Schwab Joins the Earnings Parade
How did the Bay Area shop end 2012?..
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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A Scottsdale Shop Adds a Sales Exec
The new head of national accounts will look to extend reach in the B-D world...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4
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Guillocheau and Onorato Seal the Deal
Ascensus officially acquires ExpertPlan...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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A Fund Gets Two New Sub-Advisors
The two managers account for up to 30% of international fund...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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EIG Blesses Carlyle’s Purchase of TCW
EIG will help secure investor consents for deal. TCW will maintain interest in existing EIG funds...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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An Indie BD Wants a Senior Wholesaler
Responsibilities include driving asset growth in TFs and mutual funds on two platforms...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Alt Shop Hires Four Regional Sales People
Firm, now with 20 sales folk, intends to expand to 30 over the next year...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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A Rocky Mountain Sales Desk Needs a New Member
Get your resume ready if you're interested!..
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fido Closes a $3.9B Fund to New Investors
Assets in fund nearly doubled over past year...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Four Regions Have New Leaders at a Heartland RKer
Three hires and one promotion make for four new regional sales directors...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Gundlach Makes His Equities Move, Times Three
DoubleLine files to launch a trio of stock mutual funds, powered by a pair of PMs from TCW...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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After a Thinning of the Herd, M* Ponders the Return of Quants
A senior fund analyst takes a look at mutual funds based on quantitative models...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Bill Miller's Troubled Unit Merges With Another Legg Business
Miller won't join the new combined operation...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Ex-iShares CEO Says Firm Needs More Competition
Lee Kranefuss tells IndexUniverse why. Also, publication reports that iShares has changed its ETF expense ratio reporting...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Don't Fear the Fundsters, Says Waggoner
The USA Today columnist warns against mutual fund panic...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Funds Don't Affect Exec Pay, Finds NYT
The Grey Lady has a short history of mutual funds' rise to power...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Industry Leaders Throw Their Weight Behind Liquidity Fees
In order to stave off further calls for money market reforms, Vanguard and SIFMA had decided to back liquidity fees...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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SoCal DC Advisors Round Out Their Retail Team
A retirement-plan focused firm hires two more wealth management advisors while aiming to expand again...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Chip Maker Suspends its Match
The Sunnyvale, California-based plan sponsor is among the latest to target the 401k match in an effort to cut costs...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Vanguard Taps a Replacement for Turner at its Growth Fund
Vanguard names a sub-adviser to take over the portion of the Growth Equity Fund previously managed by Turner Investment Partners...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Campbell and Co. Finalize EBSA's Advice Rule
On his last official day at EBSA, Brad Campbell got the investment advice rule in under the wire. Not surprisingly, the final rule was met with a swift rebuke from George Miller and Rob Andrews...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Five Move Up at Thornburg
The Santa Fe, New Mexico-based investment manager now has a total of 34 managing directors...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Another Plan Sponsor Powers Down its Match
A California firm is the latest to cut its DC contribution program...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Schwab Won 90 Plans in Q4
Updated | The San Francisco-based brokerage reports a boom in plan conversions at its retirement unit...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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Citi's Fund Services Unit Lands on the Citicorp Side of the Fence
Citi's fund services business now falls under the Citicorp umbrella...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Top Exec Departs Columbia
Update | BofA's asset manager kisses its mutual fund chief goodbye...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Fidelity Goes on a Hiring Spree for its Institutional Trading Unit
The Boston Behemoth's institutional trading arm appoints a senior vice president of its equity business and adds nine traders...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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Hedge Fund Threat to Mutual Funds Comes from an Unexpected Direction
A hedge fund meltdown would be expected to be good news for mutual fund firms seeking to avoid competition, but that may not be so...
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Friday, January 16, 2009
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JPMorgan Alum is SIFMA's New CEO
SIFMA concluded its six-month search for a chief with the appointment of the JPMorgan alum...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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RIA Says Now is the Time to Talk Fiduciary
The debate over fiduciary status draws a Florida advisor online...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Pzena is Hit With Another IPO Suit
The Hancock Funds subadvisor is slapped with yet another lawsuit relating to its October IPO...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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T. Rowe Increases its Colorado Presence
The Baltimore-based firm has inaugurated a new building, whose occupants include retirement staffers, at its Colorado Springs campus...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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Web RKer Drives Auto Plans Down Market
A Golden State recordkeeper adds the PPA-endorsed feature to its micro market DC offering.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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FundQuest Lassos Fidelity Vet for RI Push
The TAMP player has hired a veteran from the Boston Behemoth as it aims to broaden its distribution efforts.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Schwab Still Interested in E*Trade
Charles Schwab has not ruled out buying E*Trade...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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T. Rowe is Set to Grow
T. Rowe Price has officially opened a second building at its Colorado Springs campus...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Chuck Schwab Keeps His Eye Out for 401k Buys
Schwab closed out 2007 with 1.2 million participants, up 122 percent from 2006. Martinetto says they are still shopping...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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A New York B-D Names CEO
The Wall Street-based b-d has named Thomas Belesis as CEO...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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Social(k) Sees a Boom in its Business
A Bay State niche provider unveils asset growth for 2007 and looks to double its plans this year.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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CFDD 2.0 is Here
Phil Chiricotti unveils the updated version of his advisor-focused website.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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WSJ Trains the Spotlight on a Turner Skipper
The lead skipper of 2007's best-performing health-care fund gets the spotlight in today's Wall Street Journal Fund Track column...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Soros Lands Former BlackRock Vice Chair
Billionaire George Soros has recruited BlackRock's former vice chairman and global chief investment officer for fixed income...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Plan Provider Hires Mesirow
Chicago-based Mesirow Financial has bagged its first contract with a DC provider...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Lone Star State TPA Reaches Out to the Homeless
An Austin-based plan administrator is making use of its expertise to help the homeless...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Calculating Shortfalls, Not Annuities
A West Coast software firm unveils a program to help advisors help employees.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Supremes Don't Keep IBM Hanging On
After a bit of CPR from the PPA last summer, the Supreme Court gives hybrid plans a helpful hit from a defibrillator.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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RolloverSystems CEO Is Out
The founder of the Tar Heel State firm moves on.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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A New Niche: Fiduciary Outsourcing
A Sunflower State advisory firm wants to lighten plan sponsors' loads.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Pozen Takes on Board Duties
The ex-Fidelity Honcho takes another gig on top of his day job as a Harvard prof...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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BoNY 401k Head Left Out
The top executive in the division sold to Wachovia will not be making the move to Wachovia...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Ex-Money Education Publisher Moves Up
Fleming Meeks earns a promotion at his new employer...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2
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Strong Names President
Turns to KPMG veteran to take over the post...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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JP Morgan Will Fold in One Group
Staley sees a unified brand coming out of the mega-bank merger...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Memos Show MFS Honchos Had Knowledge of Timing Agreements
A number of top executives, including distribution head Beaulieu, appear to have been aware of agreements with timers long before Spitzer came calling...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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State Officials Bid for Share of Limelight
Politicians holding the top finance posts in New York, California and North Carolina traveled to the Big Apple to join NYAG Spitzer on center stage Thursday. They call for mutual fund protection principles...
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Friday, January 16, 2004
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Reader Rating: 5
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Atlanta Office Adds Two Affluent Sales VPs
A fund firm has snagged to Bessemer Trust veterans for its Atlanta office...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Insurer Enters Indy-K World
The VA arm of a large insurer taps Bisys to help serve the growing Indy-K market...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Schroder Vet Takes CIO Post at Fund Firm
Schroder veteran Timothy Pettee has taken the CIO post at a $7 billion fund shop...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Lincoln Picks New Advice Partner
For the second time in 18 months, the provider taps an advice partner for its turn-key Alliance Program...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Piper Feels Lucky in Attracting Kids
The firm is trying a different strategy in getting the word out about its college savings program...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Putnam Lovell Taps Robertson Stephens Vet
The new hire will offer strategic advice to the firm and its clients...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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SEC Finalizes Blackout Rules
The rules bar corporate insiders from trading stock during plan blackouts...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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CBIZ Buys Florida Administrator
The new pickup focuses on benefits administration in the hospitality industry and not-for-profit sectors...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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NASD Warns Investors on Breakpoints
The trade group has taken the step of warning investors they may be taken advantage of...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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SEC Schedules Proxy Rule Vote
The industry is likely to lose its battle with the SEC next week...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Putnam Adds Stable Value to Program
The Boston fund firm boosts its investment options for the Ohio college savings plan...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Medal Goes to Team Hancock-ExpertPlan
The US Olympic Committee picks the DC alliance for its $21 million 403(b) program...
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Thursday, January 16, 2003
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Is Liability Shifting from the Sponsor to the Vendor?
A little noticed law suit brought by Worldcom participants may be a wake-up call for the vendor community...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Berger Makes a Purchase
The Stilwell unit has acquired a technology company. The unit is also making a name change...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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The Enron Bunny
401k in the News ... Ziehl at Guardian ... American Express Files...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Are 401k Blackouts Criminal?
Gupta Joins Vanguard Board ... Gruntal Deal May be Close ... Ziehl at Guardian ... American Express Files.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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mPower Fills CIO Slot
The advice provider has named a replacement for Scott Lummer after a three-month search...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Alliance Moves Further into 401k Land
The fund firm has signed an agreement with a defined contribution recordkeeper...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Emplanet Allies with Alliance
The e401k provider is offering backoffice support for Alliance Capital...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Maryland Fund Firm Seeks National Sales Head
This firm is making the hiring of a national sales manager a top priority now that it has landed a sales and marketing chief...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Changes to the MassMutual Fund Lineup
The firm has made some additions and changes to the investment options it offers participants...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2002
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Reader Rating: 3
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Three Slices of Pie
Fido bets on industry sectors for advisors with newest offerings...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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And the Answer Is ...
MetLife's 403(b) unit decides on a surprise provider for Web-based advice...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Participants Are Shifting Assets
Spectrem says that participants have reduced their exposure to stocks during 2000...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Who is Elaine Chao?
Bush's latest nominee to head the DoL promises to bring lack of controversy, and a conservative outlook to the Department. ..
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Triple Play
Marketocracy adds funds, but who's at the helm?..
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Magnifying Glass and Crystal Ball
Another look at 2000 and 2001 by several industry sages...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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January 16, 2001
Web-401k Gets Attention ... IRS Simplifies IRS Payouts ... Is Artisan For Sale? ... SEC Officials Explains Portfolio Pumping Probe.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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January 16, 2001
SEC Officials Explains Portfolio Pumping Probe ... Is Artisan For Sale? ... Money Fund Assets at Five Year High ... Merrill Lynch Offers ETFs on Euronext ... Short Funds Find No Gain in Pain ... Fidelity Insight ... Advantus Mortgage Securities.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Sponsors No Longer All in the Family
The trend of plan sponsors seeking investment options from multiple investment managers is sweeping the market, confirms a new study. The Access Research 1997 401(k)/DC Market Needs Study also found that sponsors continue to add investment options to plans and to shift plan costs to employees. ..
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Friday, January 16, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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