News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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F/m and a 33YO Subadvisor Greenlight Their 1st Equity ETF
The new fund is also the fund firm's first subadvised ETF and the subadvisor's first ETF ever...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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A Fin Wellness Enterpreneur Explains Her Big Apple Acquisition
Financial Finesse's chief talks about the firm's recent purchase of a familiar shop on the other side of the country...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Mrozek Hires a Southeastern OneAmerica Alum
The new hire joins Lincoln's team of external wholesalers...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Three Years Post-Sale, an Acquired RKer's COO Exits
The departing C-suiter is based in the Centennial State...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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From NYSE to NYSE? A $68MM-AUM Duo Shifts
A SoCal fund firm switches the listings of its two ETFs...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Why a CT Bank Made Its 1st PEP Partnership
A executive at a a Constitution State-based firm explains the move...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Seven Years In, a $51MM-AUM Fund Transforms
The conversion has officially been in the works since January.
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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24 Execs From 11 Firms Win Big In Florida
A retirement plan industry trade group honors two dozen rising stars in the business...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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A Principal MD Will Help Lead This Trade Group In 2024
Another co-prez will stay on, while a third is moving on...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Quest For the Golden Years
Tim Rouse kicks off the sessions of the 2023 Spark Forum at the Breakers...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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Week In Preview, November 6 - November 12
This week, the teams at Definiti, ERIC, Faegre Drinker, Penelope, Spark, and WIPN will host events...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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Week In Preview, November 6 - November 12
This week, the teams at Informa, MFDF, Nicsa, and WE will host events...
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Monday, November 6, 2023
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A 30-Year ICI Vet Retires
The move comes as the trade group's retiring chief is passing the reins...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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Reynolds Ponders MEPs, ESG, Private Equity In 401ks, and More
The Putnam chief speaks on the final morning of a virtual conference...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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Voya's 2020 DC Inflows Septuple
The "market-of-markets" recordkeeper's participant count rises 13 percent year-over-year...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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MassMutual and Trian Deepen Their Ties With a $1.2T-AUM Titan
The moves come amid of rumors of a renewed dealmaking push by backers of the acquisitive, publicly traded, multinational asset manager...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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A $151MM Plan Renews With Nationwide
The plan sponsor has worked with the provider for 34 years...
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Friday, November 6, 2020
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Third Gen Strats Are Where This AM's Inflows Are
A Midwestern asset manager's management talks about their Q3 2019 earnings...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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FIS Prepares to Move Down the Street
Construction is expected to begin next year and take two years...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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2020 Contribution Limits Rise
Defined contribution, SIMPLE, and catch-up limitations are affected by the IRS' update...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Broadridge Finalizes the Fi360 Deal
The Broadridge has closed on its acquisition of the company, which provides fiduciary training and education...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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MassMutual's Carroll Hires In California and Utah
The wholesalers' appointments come after hirings in the Midwest...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Aylward Trumpets Virtus' SMA Growth
The Connecticut asset manager's team releases their Q3 2019 earnings results...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Geli Unveils an SS&C Financial Wellness Integration
The retirement solutions chief and his team tie together two offerings in the retirement plan space...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Only 31 Percent Are Confident In Their Retirement Savings
A recent survey reveals generational differences in their confidence for retirement...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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Anderson Brings a Standard Vet to Cetera
The new hire leads the strategic partners program and partner relations group for the B-D's retirement plan solutions group...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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The Big 401k Four-Oh?
Today is the fortieth anniversary of a certain piece of legislation...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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SPARK's Rouse Honors Two KPAs
Two recipients take the stage at the third annual SPARK Forum...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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Nine Months In, What's Next For a Gotham Startup?
This new ETF shop added a new partner to the team last month after rolling out its first two ETFs earlier this year...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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10 Years Post-Financial Crisis, Fidelity DC Balances Reach Record High
A quarterly analysis shows positive savings behavior...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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In Six Years, Active Participants' 401ks More Than Doubled
New data indicates significant increases with consistent participation in 401(k) plans as compared to inconsistent participation...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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DC I-Os Respond to Aggregator Demands, Creating New Products
A veteran industry researcher finds KPA aggregators leveraging scale, and pushing for custom CITs...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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After 18 Years, a Top MF Cop Leaves the SEC
There is no word yet on where the regulatory agency veteran is heading next...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018
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A Second Vantage Alliance Did Not Cross Finish Line
Wilshire is not the only would-be Vantage ally whose team-up did not yet take effect prior to the feds showing up last month...
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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Casey Consolidates American Century's Marketing Efforts
A top exec departs as the Midwestern mutual fund shop puts its marketing and product teams under a single chief...
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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Mackanos Welcomes a 17th ABG Member
An independent recordkeeper based in California joins the national alliance. ..
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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SPARK Honors Dobson and Idone
The two KPAs take home Tiffany hardware at the SPARK Forum...
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Recordkeepers Take Different Paths to Reach Similar Objectives
Cynthia Hayes told SPARK attendees Monday morning that they share a similar vision but are taking different ways to get there. ..
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Week In Preview, November 6-12
FIS, Pensionmark, RANDUG, and the Spark Institute are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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Week In Preview, November 6-12
Baron Funds, DST kasina, the Expect Miracles Foundation, an ETF startup, the ICI, InvestmentNews, the MFEA, and the New York Financial Writers' Association are all hosting events this week...
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Monday, November 6, 2017
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An Alts Boutique Returns With Its First Single-Manager Mutual Fund
After launching and then winding down its first mutual fund, a multi-manager one, last year, a Keystone State firm is back...
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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Alicia Keys Wows at Baron Conference
Ron Baron holds his annual bash.....
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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SPARK Will Kick Off Its Retirement Industry Conference This Sunday
SPARK will kick off its retirement conference on Sunday...
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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This Seattle Suburb Is Mulling an RFP
But it's just an RFI for now.....
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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In Four Years, LPL's Retirement Plan Biz Has Doubled
Dave Reich updates KPAs and industry insiders on the giant indie B-D...
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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Bipartisan Group Lays Groundwork for Fiduciary Fight
Even opponents of the Wager bill are signing on.....
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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Empower and Gallagher Welcomes New Retirement Additions
Empower Retirement and Arthur J. Gallagher bring on new members to its retirement division...
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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Hodge Picks a Successor For Pimco's Retiring Product Chief
Wendy Cupps will depart the fixed-income giant at the end of the year...
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Friday, November 6, 2015
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Maggioncalda Passes the Torch
The Financial Engines CEO is stepping down, and a Fidelity veteran will fill his shoes...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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An RIA-Support Giant Recognizes KPAs' IMPACT
An 800-pound gorilla that backs RIAs made a very public move to honor retirement plan-focused advisors today...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Institutional Investor Sells Two Fundster Pubs
Another British company buys four newsletters from financial services trade publisher...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Participant Reallocation Falls
This was one of the takeaways from a new report released today by the Investment Company Institute, a Washington, D.C-Based mutual fund industry trade group...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Nationwide Extends Its Fiduciary Service's Reach
The insurer's bundled retirement plan biz just expanded its 338 investment fiduciary service...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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United Capital Sets the Pace at IMPACT
Schwab execs honor four RIAs at its annual conference, this time in the Mile High City...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Schwab Cheers a 401k Shop's IMPACT
Updated | For the first time since launching its RIA awards eight years ago, the discount brokerage and RIA custody giant is recognizing a retirement plan shop, too. A Midwestern shop won the brand new award...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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A Church Sides With LPL
A retirement plan advisor (KPA) based in Bakersfield, California, recently sided with one of the largest independent broker-dealers...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Samsung Teams Up With U.S. Fundsters
The electronics giant's asset management and wealth management arms sign a memorandum of understanding with an American asset manager...
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Thursday, November 6, 2014
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Forbes: Fido's ETF Push Is Just Beginning
There's more to come from the Boston Behemoth...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Before Nomination, Yellen Met with Top Wall Street Honchos
Bernanke's proposed successor had a busy social calendar when her prospects rose, Bloomberg reports...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Does AQR Have a Smarter Smart-Beta?
InvestmentNews takes gander at firm's new factor investing fund...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Fidelity Plays Video Games, and with Legos
The Boston Behemoth has some fun...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Do Bespoke Target Date Mutual Funds Have Legs?
As buzz continues to build around the idea of plan sponsors making target-date investment options available to their participants, let's investigate a unique development involving one jumbo plan sponsor. ..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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A 401k First-Timer Chooses AXA Equitable
An association representing yoga business owners and teachers picked AXA Equitable as the plan provider for its 401(k) plan. ..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Bill Thomas FUSES with Bathon
Former CEO of Grail Advisors and Active ETF Partners will help FUSE in consulting related to RIAs and ETFs...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Three Takeaways From FE's Q3
FE topped expectations. Here's what Maggioncalda told analysts about the 401k advice shop's results...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Bob Dorsey Anticipates an Alts Surge
A growing number of hedgers are approaching Ultimus' co-founder and managing director for help immigrating into '40 Act Country...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Anderson Makes Schwab's ETF 401k Case to the WSJ
The head of Charles Schwab's retirement business discusses its long-delayed all-ETF 401(k) product. ..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Highland Seeks to Hire 14 Sales Pros
After hiring 13 sales folk in July and a marketing director in October, Dallas shop continues its hiring blitz...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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WSJ Spotlights Cries From Malkiel and Others to Put More Index Funds in 401ks
Burton Malkiel joins the call championed by Bogle...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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AB Kicks Off a Digital Blitz for Alts
Education campaign designed to help advisors demystify alts...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Maggioncalda's Team Tops Q3 Estimates
Financial Engines delivered strong third-quarter growth, narrowly beating analysts' expectations. ..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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GAO Wonders If Tech Is Causing Participants to Suffer
The U.S Government Accountability Office is intent on finding out. ..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Target Risk Funds Still Have $99B On TDFs
M* details the ups and downs of Q3 2013 for TDFs and Target-Risk Funds..
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Smart-Beta Inspires Smart-Alecs
Fundsters critique the concept in two Dow Jones articles...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Seen and Heard at the 2013 Spark Forum
The trade group's fall conference at the Breakers took place earlier this week...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Deutsche, KraneShares Break into China
Both ETF sponsors got regulatory approval into an untapped equities market...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Former Hedgers Join the Cult of Indexing
IndexUniverse looks at some former hedge fund managers who now drink the index and ETF KoolAid...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Regulators Turn Microscope on Fido, BlackRock
Fund giants may be placed under scrutiny for risk...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Goldman's Asia Funds Chair Departs
Exec is leaving after 15-years with the company...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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Loch Hires as B-Ds Reel From 408b2
The Castle Rock Innovations exec brings on an industry veteran and lays out his vision of the firm's place in a post-fee-disclosure world...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Hoch Jumps from Hancock to Fidelity
Her responsibilities included Hancock’s mutual fund marketing.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Chamber of Commerce To Geithner: Back Off Money Funds
An arm of the business federation wants to the SEC, not the FSOC, to take a more in-depth look at money market mutual fund reform...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Delaware Offers DC Clients Lower-Cost Shares
The mutual fund company is offering to exchange B shares for A shares...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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There's a New High Yield Fund Shop in Town
An institutional, leveraged finance specialist enters the U.S. mutual fund business...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Guggenheim Wanted a Strategist
UPDATED | The mutual fund shop hunted for an ETF hire...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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A Missouri Firm Gets Into The Fund Game
The shop has launched its first open-ended fund...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Cerulli Report Identifies International DC Growth Spots
The report analyzes the big-picture, global DC business.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Fink Buys Ad Space to Warn of the Fiscal Cliff
BlackRock has published a letter in several papers asking politicians to address the issue...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Is Fink Winning Back "the Single Most Important Plot of Land in the Industry?"
A trade pub analyzes BlackRock's recent flows success...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Dodge & Cox Tops M* Ranking of Fund Firms
Hartford, Principal and Goldman Sachs are at the bottom.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fido's Support For Scott Brown Gets More Ink
The Boston firm is the incumbent Republican's top donor...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Gross Beat Gundlach in October
The two-star fixed income PMs attracted billions into their flagship mutual funds last month...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Majority of Equity Funds Upped their Expense Ratios, Lipper Finds
A new report on fund fees looks at how expense ratios fluctuated as a result of the economic crisis...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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New York Fundsters Turn Out for the Yankees
Some fundsters took a break from work Friday morning to celebrate the Yankees' 27th championship...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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NRP Chiefs Reflect on the Recession and See a 'Bright Future'
Top execs at the SoCal-based network urge advisors to learn from the pain of the past 18 months...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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BofA-Merrill Sees a Jump in Advice Usage
Updated | Bank of America Merrill Lynch saw participant use of its Advice Access feature increase by 74 percent year-over-year...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Turner is On the Prowl for More Wholesalers
The Berwyn, Pennsylvania-based firm aims to expand private client group by almost 50 percent over the next year...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Large Plan Sponsor Reaches a $16.5 Million Tentative Settlement in Excessive Fee Case
The settlement, which must be approved by an independent fiduciary and a U.S. district court judge, will bring to a close a suit lodged by Schlichter, Bogard & Denton in September 2006...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Citi Puts Primerica on the IPO Path
Primerica, which has more than 24,000 licensed mutual fund representatives, is headed for an IPO...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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State Street Pads its Legal Reserve
The firm revises its third quarter earnings downward as a result...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Fuse Gains Momentum
Fuse Research has linked up with a consulting firm...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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A Makeover is Underway at OOK
OOK Advisors has been redressed as Geary Advisors, with plans to relocate headquarters to Austin, TX and launch a family of state-based ETFs...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Legg Mason Nabs a Marketing Pro
The Baltimore fund firm appointed a former Lincoln exec to head up product and marketing efforts...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Hartford Names Davey's Successor
UPDATED| The path of the just-promoted exec took her through Hewitt and VALIC before landing her in the top spot at Hartford Retirement...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fido Disconnects Two 403b Phone Centers
The Boston Behemoth adjusts a specific segment of its call center teams...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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Hancock's 401k Unit Flourishes Amid the Rocky Market
Despite the declining stock market, the provider saw a double-digit jump in sales during the third quarter...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Who Might Gravitate Toward Retirement Income Products First?
At an event in downtown Manhattan, industry insiders contemplate what the ideal plan sponsor client might look like for the new guaranteed income products...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Fidelity Plans More Cuts in Early 2009
The Boston Behemoth is not finished with its cost cutting moves as it pivots to what some a calling a more "public company" business model...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Fidelity Reveals its Layoff Plan
The Boston Behemoth will carry out a two-part headcount reduction, the first of which will take place this month, in response to the extraordinary times...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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FundQuest Taps Pyramis Analyst to Examine Funds
Fund executives seeking TAMP distribution will see a change in gatekeepers at FundQuest...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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A Neuberger Portfolio Manager Finds Greener Real Estate at Kansas City
American Century wins over a senior portfolio manager from Neuberger Berman. More could follow if the money manager fails to find a winning deal...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Ascensus Lands a Big Endorsement
The outsourced recordkeeper gains a distribution partner...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Nationwide Records a Seven-Percent Drop in Earnings
Total sales during the quarter fell two percent from a year ago...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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WSJ: Watch Out For DC Discrimination Testing
The Journal takes a look at yet another piece of the economic fallout hitting retirement plans...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Will Obama Make a Hobson Choice?
A Chicago-based mutual fund exec is one of the names
mentioned as possible successors to Chris Cox...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Will Money Funds Love Commercial Paper Again?
Reuters sees managers tilting back towards an old favorite asset...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Reynolds Talks Public Policy, Backs Dimon
The Putnam chief reveals shares some political thoughts in the wake of the election...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008
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Did Prince Get a Severance Package Fit for a Pauper?
Just how much money is Charles Prince getting from Citi following his abrupt departure?..
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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The Rising Stars
Cindy Dash, Lorin Liesy, Brigette Madrian, Cathy Peterson and Heidi Walsh...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.33
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Senior Leaders
Ann Combs, Cynthia Egan, Cynthia Hayes, Katherine MacMillan, Sandy McCarthy...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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T.Rowe Tops New Target-Date Fund Ranking System
Lipper has come up with a answer for the question of how to rank target-date funds...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.25
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Sunflower State TPA Adds Minnesota Fund Family
A recordkeeping and administration firm brings its fund firm partnership count to 53.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Morgan Stanley Climbs onto the Mortgage Hotseat
Morgan Stanley may be the next big Wall Street brokerage to write down losses on mortgage backed securities...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Kaufman Brothers to Use Telanetix Products
Kaufman Bros. has inked a deal with Telanetix to leverage its Digital Presence products in three U.S.-based offices...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Tell the DC Market What You've Got!
A Sunshine State firm unveils a new site designed entirely for advertising.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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When Targeting Mother Merrill's 401k, is the Third Time the Charm?
Another Seattle-based law firm is investigated the wirehouse's use of company stock in its DC plan.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Avisen and FundQuest Partner to Launch Advisor Program
Avisen Securities and FundQuest have partnered to launch the Avisen Advisory Solutions Program...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.67
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ING Looks to Expand U.S. Reach with Online Brokerage Purchase
ING Direct has agreed to purchase U.S. online brokerage, ShareBuilder Corporation...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Foamex Freezes For Cash
The Keystone State sponsor will beef up its DC match and aims to realize millions in savings.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Managed Account Provider Passes $15 Billion
The firm anticipates even faster growth over the horizon thanks to the finalization of the QDIA rules.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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New York Broker's 15 Year Getaway Comes to an End
A broker who spent 15 years on the lam, was back in a New York courtroom yesterday to plead guilty to securities fraud charges...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Tamarack Finds More Retirement Plan Distribution.
Tamarack has successfully added its mutual funds to
CPI Qualified Plan Consultants (CPI)'s retirement plan platform...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Another Jumbo Recordkeeper Doubles Down With WMSI
The Garden State rollover providers gain another mega market distribution partner.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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Security Benefit Added to Defendant Roster In Fragasso Case
The Fragasso v. Rydex case is heating up again...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Beleaguered TPA Will Get His Day in Court ... After Valentines
The federal trial in Tennessee should begin on February 26, 2008.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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SSgA Promotes from Within for Strategy and Research Group Head Position
SSgA has tapped Thomas Anderson as head of the Strategy and Research Group at its Intermediary Business Group...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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ADVISORport Signs Up SunTrust for UMA Program
SunTrust Investment Services has chosen ADVISORport's Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment advisory program...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Citi 401k Suit Take Two: Company Stock
The largest bank in the country gets hit by a second, more conventional suit regarding its DC plan.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Second Merrill Company Stock Suit Outruns First Investigation
A Manhattan law firm may be the first to file against the wirehouse.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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State Muni-Bond Taxation Practices Look to be Upheld by the Supremes
The supreme court yesterday seemed set to uphold states' rights to tax the muni-bonds of other states while exempting their own bonds from taxation...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Bill Miller Sounds Off About Future Investment Choices
In a letter, Miller says he is sure that brokerage, housing and consumer stocks will be future winners...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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PowerShares Crosses the Atlantic
Invesco's ETF specialists are preparing to launch 14 funds in London, Milan, and eventually across Western Europe...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
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Bisys Names FRC President, Adds Retirement Experts
The captive research consulting arm of Bisys has named a replacement for Mark Phillips and added to its bench...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
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Is This Plan One to Put a 401k in Every Pot?
Robert Pozen made his name at Fidelity and MFS by pondering the issues facing the retirement system and Social Security. Now he has an idea expanding coverage among small employers...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
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Stable Value Market Value Mark Downs Make Advisors See Red
The costly provisions that hit plans terminating their stable value funds are an idea whose time should be passed, say most advisors. The biggest issue for many is the mystery of how insurers calculate the adjustments...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
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Wholesaler Jumps From MFS
The wholesaler decamps from the fund firm to a wirehouse provider...
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Monday, November 6, 2006
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Will Lasser Be Able to Open His Golden Parachute?
His chances are pretty good, but Marsh and McLennan Co. will probably try to duke it out...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Alliance Confirms Receipt of Wells Notice
The money manager says it is hopeful it will be able to reach a settlement with the SEC and NYAG...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Richardson Joins Legg Mason Board
The former IRS commissioner takes a seat on the Legg Mason board of directors...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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PFPC Expands Distribution Services Group
The fund support firm puts Storz-Salino in charge of the group and taps a number of new faces...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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CPA Names Officer Heading 401k Audits
Aronson and Company promotes the head of its Employee Benefit Plan Group...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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NASD Probes 12 Brokerages
Schapiro expects a case to be filed shortly in the directed brokerage for shelf space scandal...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Fund Directors Delay Adoption by Strong
A shareholder vote is being pushed back to at least November 13 as the directors adopt a more cautious stance...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Spitzer Aiming At Settlement
The NYAG is in private talks to reach settlements with the four initial targets...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Are All Funds Un-Indicted Co-Conspirators?
That is what the regulators are making them into if they do not act quickly to separate the bad actors from the good guys...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Decimal Beefs Up Sales Team
The e401k expands...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Fund Firm Gives Security Trust Co. Bad News
The embattled custodian has been shut out of clearing trades with a fund firm...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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ADP Taps Industry Vet To Head TPA Program
The new executive is also the president-elect of NIPA...
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Thursday, November 6, 2003
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Fund Startup Celebrates Birthday
Not every quirky fund startup melted down with the Nasdaq...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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UAL ESOP Asked to Stop Selling
Pilots at the embattled airline ask State Street to halt sales of the company stock...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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Managed Account Assets Slip
While managed accounts remain a focus of many fund industry executives seeking growth, assets in these products have now slipped below where they started the year...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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Putnam Faces A Fifth Suit
Rules outlawing the selective disclosure of material information may have left fund firms especially vulnerable, as Putnam Investments is learning...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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PR Firm Adds Two Clients
Two fund firms have recently tapped a new public relations firm...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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GOP Trifecta Opens Door on Pension Reform
The last time the Republicans controlled Congress they brought the pension community Egtrra. Will something similar happen this time...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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Parkdale Mills Winds Down 401k RFP
The N.C.-based manufacturer cites technology, service, communications and range of investment options for its choice...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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Key Stone State Shop Taps ePlatform
The alliance puts another 50,000 participants on the platform. It marks the first co-branding deal for the benefit consulting firm and investment advisor...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2002
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New President for The Hartford
There is a new skipper on board at the Connecticut firm...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Transfer of Plans from Merrill to Bisys Complete
A process which began last year has now come to an end...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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SunGard Makes Inroads into Canada
TD Bank Financial has tapped SunGard for one of its investment accounting platforms...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Guardian Expands Sales Force
The firm has filled 17 out of 18 new wholesaler positions...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Collins On Top
American Skandia has named one of its vice presidents as coo...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Tremont Dances with RiskMetrics
Hedge Fund Relationship ... Sponsors and Hidden Fees ... Charity Pays...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Tremont Dances with RiskMetrics
Hedge Fund Relationship ... Sponsors and Hidden Fees ... Charity Pays...
401kWire.com -
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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SPARK is On
Despite bursting stock bubbles, recession, anthrax and
war, diehard attendees still made it to West Palm
Beach this week for SPARK. ..
401kWire.com -
Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Those Missing Sales May Return
Sales are off but that does not mean that they are
lost is the news from the latest SPARK marketplace
update...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2001
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Columbia Taps New Institutional Head
The Portland-based firm has a new exec to oversee its institutional marketing. Noack remains in charge of 401ks...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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Online Advice Comes Live
TeamVest/Intuit rolls out a live connection with flesh-and-blood advisors and Financial Engines drops Java...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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High Profile Planner Jumps To Fido From Schwab
Harold Evensky is moving from Schwab to Fidelity for his custodial business as he moves to build a national firm...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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MassMutual Wins Two
Two mid-sized plans have made the move to MassMutual. ..
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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Allstate Pushes Funds Through Reps
The insurance company is pushing its agents to sell annuities and funds as it stresses financial planning...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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PFPC Wins NFDS Account
Longleaf Partners is adding e-commerce to its Web site after making the move to PFPC...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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Confluence Offers Net Service
The maker of software tools for fund firms is targeting small fund complexes with its new Net-based service...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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CPAs Are Distribution Target
NY Life is expanding its sales channels to include the green eye-shade set...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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Insurer Taps Banks for Distribution
John Hancock names three banks which will distribute its products. It eyes the largest 150 banks for the program...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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SIG Enters the Fund Biz
Latin American specialist Swiss Investment Group is opening the doors on five funds targeting high-net worth investors...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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November 6, 2000
Invesco Load Funds Ready For Next Month ... Bent Frets Over Money Fund Quality ... Net Fund's Woes ... One Banks Success ... Still More on ETFs...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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November 6, 2000
Invesco Load Funds Ready For Next Month ... Bent Frets Over Money Fund Quality ... Net Fund's Woes ... One Banks Success ... Still More on ETFs...
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Monday, November 6, 2000
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Week of November 2, 1998 The Week in Searches
The Weekly Roundup is a regular Friday afternoon column examining the RFPs, that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications this week.
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Friday, November 6, 1998
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Targeting Growth: MetLife Opens New Offices in Tennessee
MetLife has ambitious growth plans for its defined contribution business. This week, it took one of the first steps on making good on these ambitions by opening a new DC administrative office for 400 employees in Franklin, Tennessee.
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Friday, November 6, 1998
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Stable Value Alert: Yes! You Can Get Valuable Data on the Internet
You'd be surprised at what you can find on value on the Internet. Yesterday, Stone & McCarthy -- a Princeton-based research firm -- stumbled across some information that literally moved the markets...
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Friday, November 6, 1998
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Boeing Adds Options
Seattle, WA-based Boeing Co. will add six investment options to its $10 billion 401(k) plan, according to P&I Daily. With the new investment options the plan will offer participants 11 funds in total. ..
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Thursday, November 6, 1997
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