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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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A $60B-AUM Firm's Crypto-Linked ETF Lineup Quadruples
The new funds all debuted today on the NYSE Arca, with the same PM team and expense ratio...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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In Alabama, a TRA Alum Returns
The retirement plan vet previously worked at Ascensus' FuturePlan.
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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This Is Correlated With Less Auto-Escalation
Participants who use auto-escalation in retirement plans are less than half as likely to take retirement plan loans or hardship withdrawals...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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A Tar Heel Agency Enters the PEP Space
A retail consulting business in North Carolina registers as PPP...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Week In Preview, October 2 - October 8
This week, the teams at DCIIA, EBRI, ERIC, John Hancock, NAGDCA, NAPA, NTSA, PlanAdviser, and WIPN are hosting events...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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Week In Preview, October 2 - October 8
This week, the teams at ETFGI, Expect Miracles Foundation, Fuse, and MFDF are hosting events...
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Monday, October 2, 2023
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An Ex-CEO's 17-Month Swan Song Begins
He'll take another step back in three months, before passing the remaining reins in 2022...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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The Ascensus Team Preps Digital Sales Upgrades
The updates at the PE-backed recordkeeper include an updated sales proposal system slated to roll out this quarter...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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Two PE Firms Will Buy a 48-Year-Old Consulting Firm
The deal is expected to close by the end of 2020...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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15 Years, 400 Funds, $70B In Assets
A CIT provider and a key ally mark a milestone...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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Post-Legg, Peltz Bets On Two Giant AMs
The big activist investor's shop has taken larges in a pair of acquisitive mutual fund giants, and he reportedly envisions future mega-mergers...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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Fidelity Adds $115.5B
The Boston Behemoth's team reveals sales results for their DC business...
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Friday, October 2, 2020
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A 17-Year JPM Back-Office Vet Departs
The exec managed two B-Ds supporting JPMAM...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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A 10-Year Franklin Vet Joins Transamerica
He now serves as a regional vice president on the recordkeeper's mid-market sales team...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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Morabito Brings a 24-Year TIAA Vet to MassMutual
The new hire serves as head of consultant relations for workplace solutions...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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An ERISA Legal Eagle In Missouri Joins Wagner
After years of serving at several different firms, including one of her own, an ERISA lawyer moves to Wagner. ..
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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Two Big NTF Platforms Expand to All U.S. ETFs
The moves were part of broader commission eliminations at both firms, in the U.S. and Canada...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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A $16B TDF PM Duo Adds a Third
Together, the trio runs five families of target date products...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2019
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After 14 Years With Lord Abbett, a Partner Exits
Earlier in his career, the exec worked with the SEC...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Most Participants Are Getting the Deferral Message
New research suggests that nearly three quarters of DC participants know how much they should be saving...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Doherty Promotes a 15-Year Stadion Vet
The exec now serves as CIO of retirement investment strategies...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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A 21-Year Sales Vet Leaves Lincoln
The wholesaler is based in the southwest...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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Would Abby Guide This Chastened Manufacturer?
A national publication muses that the Fidelity chief might be a "good fit" for taking another board chair job...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2018
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A Roboadvisor-Like 401k Startup Raises $8MM
The VC that led the fundraising round will also take a board seat...
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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After Sales Unification, Where Does 401k Stand at LPL?
The new chief of LPL Retirement Partners brings one of the B-D's bigwigs to talk to LPL's KPAs...
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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ProShares Crushed It In August
Last month the Maryland-based mutual fund and ETF shop utterly dominated flows in the $10B to $100B AUM range, per M* estimates...
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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Filings For Fundsters - October 2, 2017
The latest mutual fund industry filings with the SEC...
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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Week In Preview, October 2-8
Introducing a new weekly column previewing events around the DC industry .....
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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Week In Preview, October 2-8
Managed accounts execs gather in Chitown while fundsters converge on Beantown and KPAs meet outside LA...
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Monday, October 2, 2017
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The Backstory: Who's Behind the Ascensus Deal?
Ascensus is being sold, but who are the buyers?..
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Neuberger's Marketing Team Is In New Hands
A year after joining the Gotham asset manager, a McKinsey veteran adds takes on another top job...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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An ETF Boutique Switches On a New Brand
A startup is tweaking its own name, as well as the names of both its ETF and corresponding index...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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Six Flags Switches RKers
Fresh 5500 data shows Grand Prairie, Texas-based Six Flags has switched recordkeepers...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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EPIC's Parent Acquires a New Hampshire TPA
The 401kWire has learned that New York-based NBT Bank has acquired a New Hampshire-based 401k plan provider...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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Bello Welcomes Three Wholesalers to Mutual of Omaha
Mutual of Omaha adds to its sales team...
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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Nine of America's Richest People Are Fundsters
And the richest mutual fund industry insider is .....
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Friday, October 2, 2015
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This Is What the IRS Wants Your Clients to Do Next
Last month the U.S. Treasury's top retirement plan regulator outlined his vision for the next phase of 401k...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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The Thematic ARK of a New ETF Player
A veteran PM's new shop debuts its first two ETFs, with two more on the way and another pair in the pipeline...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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The Nine Step In
The highest court in the land will hear a 401k fee lawsuit...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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An Ex-LPL Bigwig Makes an RIA Splash. Are Mutual Funds Next On His Agenda?
Where are these former indie B-D big shots now?..
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Guido Brings a Hartford Vet to RRI
John Guido and Ron Bush hires an alum of the Hartford and MassMutual...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Reader Rating: 3
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One Year In, Tyrie Quadruples BofA Merrill's Tech Spending and Teaches Plan Sponsors About Gerontology
The banking and wirehouse giant's retirement chief reflects on his tenure and hints at what's next...
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Should U.S. Fundsters Be Worried About What Ails European Money Funds?
The European money fund industry has caught a bug, a bug of low interest rates. Will it go viral? Can they shrug it off like the common cold, or is this an investing Ebola that will maim and kill before spreading into a potential epidemic?..
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Lessons From LPL's Retirement Partners Conference
Bill Chetney offers his take on the just-finished annual conference for LPL's elite 401k advisors...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Guinness Tweaks Its Investment Team
Changes follow the launch of new ETF Trust...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Hatteras' Buyer Buys Again
This time the B-D buys another B-D...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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An iShares Alum Will Sell for SSgA in the Southwest
Exec will sell SPDRs and related products in five states...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Backed By Bluff Point's Capital, WMSI Seals Another Deal
Updated | John Geli just made his second acquisition in 12 months...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Transamerica, a TPA, a Lawyer and a Plan Sponsor Tell Congress About Small Business Retirement Plans
A committee in the U.S. House of Representatives hears about the challenges of retirement savings for small employers...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Reader Rating: 1
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Education and Healthcare Trends Balloon Fido's Not-for-Profit DC Biz
Fidelity has seen its assets under administration grow 102% and its participant total increase 30% in the not-for-profit DC arena since 2008. ..
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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What Does the Fiduciary Redefinition Mean for Advisors Doing Rollovers?
Matrix guides FAs through the DoL's proposal as the industry awaits the final word...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Needles Envisions an Actively Managed Renaissance
American Beacon CEO, who was the point man of Invesco's PowerShares acquisition in a prior life, says index investing will go "by the wayside."
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Schlichter Closes in on His 2nd Biggest 401k Settlement
Participants in International Paper's 401(k) plans reached a $30 million preliminary settlement yesterday with the company, one of the largest settlements in the history of excessive fee suits. ..
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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Vanguard Boggles Rekenthaler, But Only For a Moment
The team at the shop that Bogle built tells you what makes active managers successful...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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$1.7B Flows Out of DoubleLine
September was a rough month for Jeff Gundlach and his team...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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A Judge Refuses to Retry the Bents
The SEC wanted a new trial for the father and son duo who ran the fallen money market mutual fund shop. Yet Julie Steinberg of the Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe denied the SEC's request and also lowered the civil penalties in the case...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
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DFA Swaps DC Chiefs
Dimensional has a new retirement division head...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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At NAGDCA, Flat Fees and Contortionists Draw Attention
More updates from our reporter in San Diego..
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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TIAA-CREF Seeks a Wholesaler
Exec will sell fixed income and equity funds, as well as commingled products...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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One RKer Has A New Ed Program
A Midwest recordkeeper has a new participant education program...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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BlackRock Targets Alternatives with Its Target-Date Mutual Fund Series
The newly named LifePath Active Portfolios will add real estate funds to its mix...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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American Beacon Finds Its Way To Alts
Firm is ramping up retail momentum...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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An ING Vet Powers an MEP's Marketing
A TPA hires a new marketing chief for its multiple employer plan product...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Pyxis Continues Hiring Spree with National Sales Head
Firm hired a new national accounts head last month...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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NAGDCA Conference Opens with Worries about Washington, and about Water
Our onsite reporter brings you all the coverage from San Diego...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Vanguard Pulls Half a Trillion of Indexing Mandates
MSCI is losing the business it won from Vanguard nearly a decade ago to two smaller rivals...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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M* Wounds and M* Heals
Fund Spy details why funds with bad pedigrees aren't always bad themselves...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Vanguard Celebrates a Record Year … In Just Nine Months
The low-cost mutual fund giant brings in more deposits in nine months than in any full year in its history...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Not Satisfied With Fidelity, Abby Claims New England
The possible heir to Fido's throne is dubbed "New Englander of the Year."..
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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There's (Another) New Player in the ETF Market
A Tennessee-based shop is launching an exchange traded product...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Is The American Funds Growth Fund a "Closet" Index?
Investment News says fund is highly correlated to its benchmark, a "dubious distinction."..
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Why Create When You Can Adopt?
Fund firms rely on symbiosis to build their lineups and their hype, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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ASPire and Dimensional Come Together
The retirement platform and mutual fund company are offering a new product...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
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Direxion Preps Monthly Leveraged ETFs
The niche mutual fund firm also follows through on some changes in its leveraged, non-ETF index funds...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Ameriprise May Merge Some Fund Boards
As the discount brokerage prepares to buy the non-money fund part of Columbia, watch for it to find ways to cut costs...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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ProFunds Beefs Up Its Warning Labels
After attacks from regulators and class action attorneys, the niche fund firm adds another disclaimer...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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An RKing TPA Hires a Midwestern Wholesaler
A US Bank alum joins an Empire State provider...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Two 401k Bigwigs Ascend to the Top of the ICI
The mutual fund industry trade group adds five new members to its board of directors. DC industry insiders should recognize two of them...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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When it Comes to Branding, 'Don't Get Fooled Again'
Panelists at the MFWire Influencers Summit discuss the importance of branding, saying it needs to come from the top...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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OppFunds Yields Top ICI Spot to T. Rowe
Ed Bernard takes over the chairmanship of the trade group from John Murphy...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Industry Experts Discuss Consolidation, Compensation
Panelists at a session during the MFWire Influencers' Summit paint a portrait of the industry's future...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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An I-O Player Launches 12 Collective Trusts
Updated | The back-to-the-future-esque institutional-only investment options attract the attention of another mutual fund firm...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Pimco and American Funds Impress Advisors With Style Consistency
Horsesmouth and kasina unveil their latest weekly findings...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Another iShares Fund Emerges
The ETF giant looks East with its latest launch...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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A Sales Exec Scopes Out Leads for Benchmarkers
Updated | A West Coast startup hires a distribution specialists and bids goodbye to a consultant...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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DTCC Makes a Strategic Hire From Mother Merrill
The New York-based mutual fund transaction processor fills a brand new post...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Van Kampen's Most Likely Groom is Still Invesco
The WSJ reiterates the rumors about the fate of the Morgan Stanley asset manager...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Golden Fund Managers Catch the WSJ's Attention
In the Friday edition of the WSJ Fund Track, Daisy Maxey features managers of gold funds. The average stock precious-metals fund is up 43 percent this year, according to Morningstar...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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Innovation Must Continue, Product Execs Say
At the MFWire Influencers' Summit in Boston on Thursday, product executives discuss best practices in product management...
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Friday, October 2, 2009
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WisdomTree Gains National Distribution, TPA-Style
A Midwest-based firm partners with the New York-based ETF specialists for an advisor-centric 401(k) offering...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Southern Bank Puts Two New Funds On the Market
A Mississippi bank just launched two new mutual funds...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Want to Talk to Miller About Retirement Security and the Markets?
The committee led by the California Congressman of fee disclosure fame wants to examine how the recent market turbulence is affecting DB and DC assets...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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First Merc Scouts for Wholesalers
The MassMutual subsidiary is on the hunt to fill four sales posts, two of which are new...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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De Lardemelle and De Vaulx Get in the Fund Business
International Value Advisers is launching its first two funds...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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AMG Wraps Up an Acquisition
AMG has completed a deal that it first announced in July...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Another Fund Company Throws its Hat in the Guarantee Ring
Another fund company has added its funds to the Treasury's guarantee program...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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TPA Acquirer Unveils its Latest Purchase
The $3.5 million deal adds $600 million to the acquirer's assets under administration...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Lewis Reveals Thain's Role at BofA
John Thain will be rewarded for his role in selling Merrill Lynch to BofA...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Provider Aims For Private University 403bs
A vendor based in the Northeast adds another segment to its DC non-profit practice...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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The Reserve Plans to End Another Fund's Run
The company has marked another fund for liquidation...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Which Firm Could be the Next to Dive into ETF Waters?
Ian Salisbury raises the question of who might be the next big firm to get into the ETF business in an article that forms part of the WSJ's quarterly Investing in Funds Section...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Jittery Fund Shareholders Take to the Phones
Not surprisingly, fund firms have been fielding more calls than usual these past few days.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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WSJ Posts List of Money Fund Guarantee Participants
The pub has a made list and checked it twice...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Fund Firms Try to Soothe Rattled Investor Nerves
The Boston Globe's Ross Kerber looks at what fund firms are doing to soothe investor nerves...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1
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Mutual Fund Mavens Are Unsure That Fees are Market-Timing Magic Bullet
Mutual fund executives are not convinced that fees will curb all market timers...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Top DC-IO Exec Departs Big Five Manager
One of Wall Street's money management giants has lost its DC-IO head less than a year after targeting the now hot market...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Natixis Snags Award for its Fund Website
Natixis Global Associates has won the Standard of Excellence WebAward for its mutual fund Website...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Spitzer Clone Pens Book Bashing the Fund Industry
It looks like Eliot Spitzer has a friend in Ric Edelman...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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BlackRock Targets the Pros with New Website
The New York money manager has launched a new Web site geared towards financial professionals...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Nazareth Nixes Re-Nomination
Another SEC commissioner has decided to become a civilian once more...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Hancock Brings Back a Classic
The John Hancock Classic Value Fund is once again open to investors...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Morgan Stanley Broadens UMA Program
The Big Apple firm has made enhancements to its unified managed account program...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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Advisors Share Selling Tips
Retirement advisors can take some simple steps to win business in the small plan market, say CFDD attendees...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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EBSA Chief, DAC CEO To Testify at 401k Fee Hearing
The House Committee on Education and Labor has released the list of witnesses for Thursday's hearing on 401k fees...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Payroll Giant Grows Its Retirement Client Rolls
A New York provider saw its client base expand by 18 percent in the three months ended August 31...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4
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Confluence Adds to Unity
The Pittsburgh-based provider of automated data management solutions, has added three new products to its Unity platform...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Its in with the Old and in with the New at Wasatch
The Salt Lake City firm has launched a new fund and reopened an old one...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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MassMutual Taps Midwest Consultant for Certification Program
MassMutual Retirement Services has turned to a Midwest consulting firm to conduct an annual evaluation of its investment selection process...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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Sun Life Lassos Western Region Sales Vet
The bundled plan provider formerly known as MFS Retirement has signed on a longtime 401k sales pro who moved west...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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McHenry's CEO Jumps to Consulting Firm
UPDATED| Ward Harris is retiring from his own firm and moving on. And he's not the only new face at his new firm.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Darfur Activists Slam Fund Firms Anew
The Save Darfur Coalition is at it again, rolling out a new ad campaign blasting fund shops with holdings in PetroChina...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Activism Redux
WSJ's Tom Lauricella explores the roots of growing mutual fund activism...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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State Street Is Sued Over Losses At Two Bond Funds
A Prudential unit has filed suit against State Street over losses at two bond funds...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Growth May be a Growing Trend
Murray Coleman explores the return of growth stocks...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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Axa Distributors Hires New DC Chief
The wholesale distribution company of Axa Financial has turned to an outsider to replace Alex Nelson...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Arthur Gallagher Buys Benefits Consulting Firm
The insurance brokerage and risk management services company has snapped up a Michigan-based benefits brokerage and consulting firm...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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BlackRock Wants the Limelight (and Perhaps Another Deal)
BlackRock is moving quickly to get the word out on its just expanded fund family now that it has closed on its purchase of a majority stake in Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM). Among the first moves made by the New York City-based money manager is to start an advertisement campaign plugging the funds. At the same time, CEO Lawrence Fink is overseeing a rebranding of the firm's funds as part of an effort to court the retail market...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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Van Kampen Adds a Life Style
Van Kampen Funds is joining the fund of funds game with a new lineup of asset allocation funds. Though new, the three funds have a faintly musty odor that for some in the industry may bring to mind a whiff of late 2001 or 2002...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Lord Abbett Taft-Hartley Exec Named Partner
Lord Abbett's director of Taft-Hartley marketing and client services is among the seven new partners at the firm...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Paychex Joins Roth Parade
The plan recordkeeper and payroll specialist is the latest to offer the Roth 401(k) feature...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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401kDirect To Offer Plan Solutions
The California firm is set to roll out a batch of solutions for qualified plans at this week's CFDD conference...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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WSJ: Mobius Likes BRICs
Countries with small market caps are not enough for Franklin Templeton's Mark Mobius; now he is looking for emerging companies in emerging markets. The Wall Street Journal focused on the BRIC fund the San Mateo, California-based fund firm rolled out in June as the subject of a friendly profile...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Option Trading BD TradeKing Triples
The 10 months young online BD's CEO says it is thriving in its niche and will keep on growing...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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First Horizon CFO Switches to the BD Side of the Force
The Tennessee bank-of-all-trades' CFO prepares to transition to a TBA position at its BD...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2.9
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Advest Bonds Traders Jumped from Frying Pan to Fired
A southwestern i-bank guts a division full of fresh recruits as it readies a secondary offering.
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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Galvin Piles on Deutsche Bank
After the bank's asset management arm paid $19.3 million to the SEC and the NASD for not disclosing directed brokerage payments, the Massachusetts secretary of state fines Deutsche Bank Securities lying about a new rep...
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Monday, October 2, 2006
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Reader Rating: 3
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Alliance Slapped with Suit
Add another fund industry name to the list of those being sued because of Canary Capital Partners...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Fidelity to Offer ETF Family
Bob Reynolds confirms plans for more ETFs from the Boston Behemoth...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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Principal is a 401(k) Shopper
The firm is in the market to says CEO...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Reader Rating: 5
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NFP Adds New 401k Partner
The firm will add the vendor to its open architecture program...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Smith Barney Fires Broker for Late Trading
The broker is accused of canceling losing mutual fund trades...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Hedge Fund Trader Pleads Guilty
The admission broadens the scope of the scandal involving late trading of fund shares...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Are Trustees on the Hook?
A ruling yesterday in an Enron lawsuit opens the door to the possibility...
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Thursday, October 2, 2003
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Putnam Picks a Wireless Program
The firm cites client service as a key driver in choosing the system for its wholesaler team...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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American Century Names a Pair of CIOs
The shakeup at the fund firm continues as four investment slots are changed...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Rydex Responds to Rebalancing Issue
The firm launches a new fund with a rebalance trigger...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Manulife Adds 529 Investment Options
The insurer is following in the footsteps of Delaware with its new stable fund...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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AIM Upgrades Its 529 Plan
The fund firm adds features amid heightened competition in the college savings plan marketplace...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Nacchio Declines the Winnick Challenge
The Qwest CEO says his case is different than that of Winnick. And the full transcript of the exchange...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Sponsor Gone To Seed
More workers are learning the Enron lesson. The $35 million company stock fund is the largest unsecured creditor in a Chapter 11 filing yesterday...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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New England Recordkeeper Adds Clients
A Bay State provider is tapped to administer $20.4 million for two plan sponsors...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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State Street Trims Sails ... Again
The Boston firm has cut workers for the third time this year...
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Wednesday, October 2, 2002
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Fund PR Firm Offers Helping Hand
Hartford Focus Reopens ... Federated Merges Tech Fund ... Wells to Build Wealth Management ... Bear Stearns Hires Marketer ... PR Firm Offers Model Letters for WTC Attack ... Should Cashout Rules be Loosened?..
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Fund PR Firm Offers Helping Hand
Hartford Focus Reopens ... Federated Merges Tech Fund ... Wells to Build Wealth Management ... Bear Stearns Hires Marketer ... PR Firm Offers Model Letters for WTC Attack ... Should Cashout Rules be Loosened?..
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Small is not Beautiful for TIAA-CREF
The firm is raising the minimum needed to open accounts in response to numerous dormant accounts on its books.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Legg Mason Revamps Web
All of its services will now be highlighted on the site.
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Rydex Lures Advisors with New Web Site
The fund shop known for its all-or-nothing products has built a new Web site around advisors. Education, not trading, is its glue...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Third Time Is a Charm
GoldK makes another TPA acquisition...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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TIAA-CREF Plugs 529 Plans
The giant of the education retirement market releases a report for advisors which concludes that 529s top mutual funds for many...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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King of the Hill
There is a new ceo at mPower, and he spoke with the 401kWire this morning...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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Bringing Small Plans to Light
GE enters the small plan market and teams up with a couple of firms that already have a presence in that space...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2001
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The Winning Mantra
More choice, frequency and information have been the key words to continuously crossing the lips of the dominant vendors since 1990. Are these trends played out?..
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Fidelity Wins $120 Million Account
Los Angeles-based Teledyne Technology is moving its plan from Merrill Lynch to take advantage of Fidelity's strong reputation and Net offerings...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Scudder Chooses Web Solutions
The Boston-based bundled vendor has chosen Pyramid Digital for Web software solutions...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Final Trust Package Released
Busines Logic is rolling out the final version of its Net-Trust product...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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SSRM To Grow Sales Team by Fifty Percent
State Street Research is the latest fund company to retool its sales force...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Waddell & Reed on the Block, or Not?
The fund firm's CEO clarifies comments made to Dow Jones by his COO on Friday and admits to "exploratory talks". ..
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Firms Waste No Time Enabling E-Signatures
Fidelity and American Century were among the first fund firms to enable investors to open accounts completely on the Web today. ..
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Clearing System Gains First Client
ADP has landed US Clearing as the first client for its MFRS/SuRPAS fund clearing package...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Norway Gets Its Own Morningstar
Norway? Morningstar Europe is developing fund data for the coldest hot fund market in a joint-venture with the largest Norwegian manager. ..
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Rockefeller to do Good in Fund
A fund firm taps Rockefeller & Co. to subadvise socially responsible fund...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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T. Rowe Offers Global Tech
The Baltimore-based fund company is tapping Chip Morris to manage a new global tech fund...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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OppFunds Opens Fund
No sectors or tech here! The latest offering from the manager is an old-fashioned, diversified capital appreciation fund. ..
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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JP Morgan Offers Sector Fund
The firm is launching a new healthcare focused offering...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Insurer Launches Fifth Guaranteed Fund
Aeltus adds another fund using the carrot, not the stick, to retain investors...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Protective Adds VAs
Offerings from Goldman Sachs and Van Kampen are being added to the insurer's lineup...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Venture Arm Sees Light in Analysts
American Century Ventures continues to invest in dot-coms even though the bubble has burst...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Fund Firm Deal Closes
Liberty Financial now is the official owner of Wanger and the Acorn Funds. Its distribution will start in two weeks...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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October 2, 2000
Is HSBC Eying Merrill? ... Key Officials Oppose Retirement Reform ... No Japan DC Plans 'Til 2002 ... EC Set to Liberalize Euro-Pensions ... CalPERS Offers Biotech Fund ... Is Bear Stearns in Play? ... Fleet Reaches Summit ... CSFB Done Buying ... Janus Sees Outflows ... Wall Street Bonuses Expected to Set Record...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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October 2, 2000
Is HSBC Eying Merrill? ... Is Bear Stearns in Play? ... U.S. Funds Lose Share in Japan ... Fleet Reaches Summit ... CSFB Done Buying ... Janus Sees Outflows ... More on Record Flows ... Value Funds on Top ... Wall Street Bonuses Expected to Set Record ... Sector Funds Blossom...
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Monday, October 2, 2000
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Week of September 27, 1998: RFP Roundup
The Weekly Roundup is a regular Friday afternoon column examining the week's RFPs, both those that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications...
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Friday, October 2, 1998
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TrustMark Readies Windows Upgrade
Last week in Orlando, Schwab's TrustMark unit used its annual client meeting to announce a number of initiatives designed to supplement its recordkeeping software. ..
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Friday, October 2, 1998
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Reader Rating: 3
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