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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Fisher and Clark Reveal an Enhanced Income Launch
A publicly traded fund firm's team is further expanding their active ETF lineup...
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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11 SARPs and Counting
A Gotham recordkeeper's chief marks a milestone win...
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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ERISA Consultants and Schwab Ready a New Year's PEP
The PEP has an expected launch date of January 1, 2026...
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Allianz Life Shares More On a July Breach
The cybersecurity incident affected more than 100,000 Texas residents...
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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NPPG and Empower Partner For a November Launch
The two providers are teaming up to roll out another pooled employer plan next month...
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Week In Preview, October 13 - October 19
This week, the teams at Broadridge, DCIIA, JP Morgan Chase, Spark, Faegre Drinker, Bank of America, NAPA, WIPN, WP&BC, Charles Schwab, Broadridge will host events..
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Week In Preview, October 13 - October 19
This week, the teams at MFDF, WE, MMI, Nicsa, BNY, IMEA, State Street, Cohen & Steers, and WealthManagement.com will host events..
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Monday, October 13, 2025
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A Cali Co-Founder Steps Back From a Florida AM
The 11-year company veteran served as the alternative asset manager's CCO...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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DeMars Hires a KC VP
A Midwestern Definiti alum joins a nearby TPA...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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14 Years In, a $1.27T-AUM Firm Revamps Its TDFs
A DC I-O team within a publicly traded insurer is making a trio of changes to their target-date funds, effective later this year...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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At a Publicly Traded RKer, This Unit Reaches 1.8MM Participants
The unit now serves more than 17,000 employers and has nearly $90 billion in AUA...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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A Bay Area BeFi Researcher Joins Voya
The new hire serves in a research institute role and most recently came from Headspace...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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Flows Plunge By $50.5B
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, October 13, 2023
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Several Issues to Address Going Into 2023
My colleague Andrew talks to a Capital Group executive about what advisors and plan sponsors should focus their attention on next year...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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A $41B-AUM Fund Firm Expands a Behavioral Science Alliance
The asset manager is teaming up with a familiar ally to power a new ETF...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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A Principal and ADP Alum Joins Transamerica
The new hire is based in the Yellowhammer State...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Reader Rating: 4.25
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A Crypto Payroll Specialist Teams With a 401k Robo
Watch for the two teams to build a single sign-on experience down the line...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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10 Years In, a Distro Leader Takes Over a Rebranded RKer
She's taking the reins from a 19-year company veteran...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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One Fund, 103 Days, and $663MM More AUM
A three-year-old fund has grown more than 16-fold so far in 2022...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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An Ex-CEO Retires After Two Years With an Acquirer
He most recently served as a retirement plan consultant at the provider...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Biden's DoL Offers Its ESG Take
The new reg rebuts a reg proposed last year by the Trump administration...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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A Titan Adds a Core-Plus Bond Fund
The new mutual fund comes in two share classes and has four PMs...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Most Plan Sponsors Are Open to In-Plan Retirement Income
New research from an insurer suggests that the vast majority of plan sponsors are willing to at least consider adding guaranteed income products to their plans...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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21 Years In, an Ex-RKer Chief Exits
The exec more recently held an insurance leadership role at the provider...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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Gatch Passes ICI's Reins
A $650-billion-AUM asset manager's chief takes over as chair of the trade group...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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iJoin Nets a CUNA Sales Alum
The new hire will serve as VP of sales and distribution...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2021
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A $220B-AUM Firm Comes to America
A European asset manager opens its first office in the U.S...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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Three Decades In, an Ex-401k Sales Leader Leaves Paychex
The exec recently joined a managed HR services startup...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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Which Participants Are Most Worried About Retirement Income?
New research highlights generational differences in concerns about running out of money...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A Giant RKer Offers Minority-Owned Businesses a Deal
Through the first half of next year, the provider will offer a one-time fee-credit to eligible plan sponsors, so long as they implement three auto-plan features...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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Reader Rating: 1
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Neuberger, Nuveen, Payden, and SSGA Win For Climate Responsibility
A U.K. investors' network names thirty-six companies to its annual recognition of exceptional business practitioners. The winners include several U.S. mutual fund firms...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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17 Trade Groups Request IRS Relief
With the coronavirus crisis continuing, the retirement plan industry's representative want the Feds to extend a change...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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An NYC Fund Giant May Shift South
Watch for this Gotham City mutual fund shop to move some staff to North Carolina or Texas...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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Irish Funds Talks Brexit Uncertainty
Irish Funds visits New York to provide Brexit insight for third-party asset managers...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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Pensionmark Expands, Completes Phase Two
The KPA network makes a back office change and keeps adding staff in Florida and in California...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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New Fund Fuss - October 13, 2017
A roundup of recent launches and other industry news...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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Bloomberg Bakes ESG into Its 401k
The media giant is making moves towards more sustainable investment strategies...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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Trump Taps an EBSA Chief
After nine months, the Trump Administration has picked a successor for Phyllis Borzi...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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A 30-Year OneAmerica Vet Starts His Own Shop
A 401(k) recordkeeping wholesaler is switching sides in the industry and teaming up with FAs looking for someone to take over their retirement plans...
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Friday, October 13, 2017
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Fiduciary Lessons From RPAG and LPL
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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An ETF and Mutual Fund Reporter Refocuses Elsewhere
The WSJ makes several financial services reporter additions, including one from a sister publication...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Filings for Fundsters - October 13, 2016
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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PSCA Appoints Two BODs
Today PSCA confirmed that its general membership voted to approve the appointment of two Board of Directors...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Neuberger Berman Not Laying Down
The money manager is fighting back.
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Millennials Not Able to Cut Financial Cord
But despite this they are saving and planning. ..
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.75
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Proposed Class Action Filed Against Wells Fargo
The illegal cross-selling scheme cost plan participants huge losses, attorneys claim. ..
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.67
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Highland Takes Nasdaq
Yesterday afternoon Mark Okada rang the closing bell after shifting an ETF uptown...
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Thursday, October 13, 2016
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Reader Rating: 5
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New York Life Adds a Pair of Stable Value Vets
The insurer expands its DC I-O effort for the asset class...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Two Co-PMs Leave a $1.2B Suite of Asset Allocation Funds
One departure is slated for year-end, and the other already happened...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Broadmeadow's First Post-F-Squared Step? A Seamless Transition
The head of the parent company of the fallen ETF strategist's buyer talks about the deal that just went down and what's next...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Who Will RK This $840MM Plan?
Mother Merrill and Fido could be in for a fight.....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Charlie Nelson Hires For His C-Suite
Today Voya Financial unveiled a key new addition to the team...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.62
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PSCA Annual Conference Begins Tomorrow
Plan sponsors will gather in the Windy City this week for the annual PSCA conference.....
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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This Provider Brings Fiduciary Liability Insurance to the Market
Plan sponsors are getting the added protection they've been asking for...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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What Type of Advisor Do Participants Want?
What do participants want?..
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Allianz and Pimco Are Caught In a 401k Lawsuit
A complaint filed last week alleges that the fund firms used their 401(k) plan to boost new and untested mutual funds. ..
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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PacLife Mourns a Key Figure in Pimco's Birth
A former chairman and CEO of the insurer dies at 93...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
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Ameritas Names Calvert's Next Chief
Barbara Krumsiek will hand over the reins at the beginning of 2015, as planned...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Ned Passes Fidelity's Torch
The largest retirement plan, and second largest mutual fund company, has a new CEO...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Williams Brings an Advice Software Vet Into the Retirement Clearinghouse Circle
The new hire is responsible for sales and marketing at the Tar Heel State-based shop...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Abby Takes Over, But Ned's Not Out
The Wall Street Journal reports that today the Boston Behemoth told employees of the promotion of the Johnson family scion to CEO of the giant mutual fund firm...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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MassMutual's Silvanic Puts a Small Market 401k Product Back Into the Air
Today, the Connecticut-based recordkeeper just enhanced its 401(k) product...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Meet the Researchers Charged With Looking Into Obama's myRA Idea
The U.S. Department of Treasury puts $1 million into researching how to improve retirement savings...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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To Make the Case For Active Management, Eat Your Own Cooking
Capital Group and a prominent columnist push the issue of PMs investing (or not) in the mutual funds they manage to the forefront, again...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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Weil Speeds Janus Up Again, With a $30MM Deal
Last month he landed Bill Gross. And now the mutual fund shop's chief is buying an ETF shop...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
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A Michigan Firm Offers a New 401k Product
It feature open architecture, custody and RKing services...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Two More Standard Execs Depart
The insurance-based plan provider is once again beset by departures...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4
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Hancock Adds R6 Shares
They're targeted at retirement plans and institutional non-retirement accounts above $1 million...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Reader Rating: 2
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Eaton Vance Launches an ETF Subsidiary
The new unit will manage actively managed ETFs...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Diversified Nabs Two More Mandates
The plan provider is beating its own drums when it comes to the education and government sectors...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Lincoln Offers Up a Target-Date Fund-of-Funds
The plan provider is trying to attract micro and small plan providers with its latest offering...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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FPA Plans an International Value Fund
The City of Angels mutual fund firm launches a new strategy under a pair of new PMs...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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AUL Snags a Former Standard Internal Wholesaler
He's now charged with covering the Northern California and Northwestern territories...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Pioneer Realigns its Retail Sales Force
As part of the realignment, the Boston-based firm appoints a national sales manager...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Participation Rates in 401ks and IRAs Dip
Participants lost confidence in their retirement plans during the economic crisis...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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California Drops its Advisor-Sold 529
The most-populous state will have a single college-savings plan starting next year...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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Federated Inks a Lease Extension for its HQ
The Pittsburgh-based firm signs a lease extension through 2021...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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MarketWatch Catches Up With Berkowitz's Disciples
The PM pair talks with the pub about their strategy...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Putnam Unveils Fee Disclosure for Participants
The Boston-based plan provider is lifting its kimono for all participants to see.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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DC I-Os Unite in Wooing Advisors in Chitown
The annual Center for Due Diligence Conference brings industry insiders back to downtown Chicago...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Mirae is Hiring Wholesalers
The firm, which made its foray into the U.S. mutual fund market last month, is building its sales force...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Two Bay Area Advisors Join RPAG and Aim High
The pair will also align with RPAG strategic partner Financial Telesis as their B-D...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Perritt Relinquishes Control of Perritt
The transaction became complete last week...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Inspira Adds One, Promotes Two
The IRA shop is boosting its operations and communciations units. ..
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Ascensus Toasts its Latest Plan Win
The Crump Group unit has landed a $17 million 401k plan...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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New York Life Names its External Wholesaling Chief
The firm turns to a Fidelity alum for the post...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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A Midwestern Fund Chief Buys Out One Backer
The general partner behind First Trust Advisors just changed hands...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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McNamara Reveals USAA's Secret
USAA's asset management business wants to be a secret no more...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Fetting Talks Up Asian Opportunities
The WSJ interviews the Legg Mason chief...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Reynolds Lifts 401k Fee Disclosure
The Putnam chief belives that fee transparency is the right of every plan participant. ..
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Reserve Investors Threaten to Wage a Smear Campaign Against TD Ameritrade
The WSJ reports on the ongoing saga of the defunct Reserve Yield Fund.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4
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Touchstone's New Chief Scouts for Acquisitions
Touchstone Investments, which launched 10 funds earlier this month, is on the hunt for deals...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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SEI Collects CIT Managers
The Pennsylvania firm expands its collective investment trust presence...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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DTCC Prepares to Ford the Hudson
The clearing agency will relocate 1,600 workers to Jersey City...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Principal Outlines Three Steps to Help Participants Rebuild
A new white paper gives advisors tips for handling investors made shy by the 2008 stock decline...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 2
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Diversified's and Transamerica's Parent Sends $650 Million to US Ops
What does the new capital mean for the two DC providers?..
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 1
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Transamerica's Parent Pumps $650 Million Into Its US Ops
Thanks to a transaction with JPMorgan Chase, Aegon pours a nine-figure capital sum across the Atlantic. What does this mean for its fund firm?..
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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T. Rowe Global Head Sees Strength in the U.S. Fund Industry
Is America the land of the low fees and home of the net inflows?..
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4
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Vice Rolls the Dice With Mag Readers
The niche fund firm surveys targeted investors...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Lieber Expects a Boost from Rio's Olympic Win
A niche real estate climbs again after a very painful 2008 and gains ink in the WSJ...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Yount Parts Ways with Janus
The consulting services exec has moved on from the Denver firm...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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Data Specialists Add MStar Access, With a Twist
A bicoastal report specialist enhances its advisor-centric offering...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Obama Wants 401k Withdrawal Rules Relaxed
The Democratic presidential nominee on Monday laid out his proposal on 401k withdrawals...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Delaware Taps Goldman Vet as Distribution Chief
Delaware Investments has brought in a Goldman Sachs vet to head up its distribution efforts...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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SSgA's CIO Position Goes Global
SSgA has appointed an insider to the new role of global chief investment officer...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Reynolds Says Hires, and Perhaps Acquisitions, in the Cards at Putnam
Reynolds says that that Putnam is currently focused on growth...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Reish: Our World is Being Rocked
Speaking at the CFDD conference Monday morning, the ERISA attorney gives his take on the implications of recent market turbulence for the DC industry...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Wilmington Trust Wraps Up UBS Deal
Six UBS employees are now part of Wilmington Trust...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Morgan Stanley Closes MUFG Deal on Good Terms
The terms of the Morgan Stanley, Mitsubishi UFG deal have been sweetened...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Barclays Plans to Wield the Axe as it Absorbs Lehman
The company plans cuts from both sides...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Newkirk Targets Advisors
An executive explains the move by the communications specialists into a new segment of the DC business...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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A Merrill Analyst Sees a Rough Q4 for Asset Managers
A Merrill Lynch analyst predicts tough seas ahead...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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WSJ Picks Up Ex-Fido Traders' SEC Settlement
In Monday's WSJ Fund Track, Jennifer Levitz writes about the preliminary settlement reached between the SEC and eight mostly former Fidelity traders in the improper gifts case...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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SSgA's Product Chief Moves On
The 17-year SSgA vet is leaving the Boston firm.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Fed Blesses the Wachovia-Wells Union
The Federal Reserve on Sunday gave its nod to Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion purchase of Evergreen Investments' parent, Wachovia Corp...
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Berkshire Home Builder Mulls Over Foreign Fund Addition
A Tennessee housing manufacturer and distributor wants to expand the fund lineup for its 401k plan.
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Friday, October 13, 2006
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Hugs From the Principal: Are Advisors Hugging Back?
The Midwestern insurance giant is serious about becoming more "advisor-friendly," but are advisors buying it?..
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Friday, October 13, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4
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U.S. Bank Hires in Seattle
The new hire will focus on managing relationships with the bank's clients in the 401(k) and profit-sharing arenas...
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Friday, October 13, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Schwab Funds Negotiate for More Supermart Shelf Space
Charles Schwab is continuing to add outside distribution through competing fund supermarkets for its mutual funds. As reported last month, Schwab added its Laudus and Schwab funds to the rival fund supermarkets at Fidelity, TD Waterhouse and Ameritrade. However, those are not the only platforms where you will soon be able to find the funds, according to the San Francisco-based firm...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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Russell Hires MFS, Citi Fund Execs
David Rainville is the new director of operations for Russell Investment Group's mutual fund business. The Tacoma, Washington-based firm also tapped Michael Pensabene as director of business technology services. Both executives report to Melodie Zakaluk, managing director, operations, of Russell's US Individual Investor Services...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Reader Rating: 4
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Evergreen Clones an Institutional SA as a Fund
Evergreen Investments has opened a small cap, growth fund targeted at institutional investors...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Posner Joins Legg Mason; Hopkins to Head Funds
A former Fidelity fund manager is returning to the mutual fund industry after spending nearly a decade on the hedge fund side of the fence. Brian Posner, who left Fidelity in 1996, will lead the investment side of Legg Mason's yet-unnamed, $112 billion equity mutual fund group based in New York City. That division will include funds acquired from Citigroup, but not the Legg Mason funds managed by Bill Miller's group...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Hartford Eyes Small Plans, Rollovers
The insurer will launch the first in a series of new products to reach the small end of the retirement market next month...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Reader Rating: 2
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Illinois Hospital Awards Multi-Plan Mandate
Education and enrollment services as well as the capability of running three disparate types of DC plans seals the deal...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Meineke Taps A Local Bank
The auto repair franchiser has tapped a recordkeeper for a plan that will cover its franchisers and workers...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Valic Rolls Out GIC Alternative
The Houston-based insurer has created a group annuity alternative to stable value funds for the broker-dealer and TPA markets...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Today's Rumor is that MFS is Shopping
Is MFS looking to buy a fund firm? An article published on a trade news Web site Wednesday raised the possibility that the fund arm of Canada's Sun Life Financial may be in the market. So far, though, talk of a deal appears speculative at best...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Reader Rating: 1
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Flanagan Succeeds Riepe at ICI
After the fund scandals over the past two years, being the ICI's public face sounds like an even more thankless job than before. However, that didn't stop Martin Flanagan from taking it this week. Flanagan was last in the news for taking the chairman and CEO posts at Amvescap in August...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Wrap Accounts at Heart of Edwards Case
The broker-dealer tells the NYSE that it should not be censured for failing to monitor fund market timers trades in the accounts...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Sihpol Case Ends; Spitzer is the Loser
Ted Sihpol gets off with a $200,000 fine and a five-year ban after fighting charges that he helped Eddie Stern to late-trade mutual funds...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
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Bay State Bank Taps Benefits Consultant
One bank looks to offer its business customers just a little bit more...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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MFACT Opens Up
Clients of the GIS MFACT fund accounting software should have an easier time tying in other applications to the software, thanks to a new update.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Forward Names Top Marketer
Forward Management has tapped Charlene St. John as director of marketing...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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Haaga Steps Down
James Reipe, vice chairman of T. Rowe Price, is the new chairman of the Investment Company Institute, reported the Washington Business Journal. Reipe was chairman of the ICI from 1990 to 1992. Paul Haaga of American Funds finishes off two years as chairman and will now serve as vice chairman of the trade organization...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Fund Settlements May Cost Plan Administrators
A trade group is looking into whether the many relatively small payments to fund shareholders will add up to a big, costly headache for plan administrators...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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NewRiver Names Top Dog
The data provider picks an insider for the top slot...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Justice Dept Joins the Party
A.G. Edwards discloses that another regulator is probing the firm...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Smaller Businesses Need Guidance, Too
MetLife bolsters its small- and medium-sized business solution...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Aon Aims to Up Deferrals
The consulting firm hopes to get participants on track with a standalone retirement statement...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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State Street Drops Jobs from 529 Biz
Following the news of lackluster 3rd quarter earnings results, State Street Corp. said it is cutting 425 jobs from its 529 plan servicing business, wealth management services, and merging its securities and corporate cash management operations, the Boston Globe reports on Wednesday morning. Geographically, 200 of the jobs cuts will hit Boston area offices...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
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Illinois Sponsors Bundles Up
The sponsor moves from an open plan design and saves money...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
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NASD Slaps REIT Sponsor with $150k Fine
Claims conferences for B-D reps were lavish affairs, not educational...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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STC Reassures Alliance Partners
A letter from new CEO Tom Plumb keeps alliance partners in the loop...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4.86
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Who Will Succeed Fink?
One place to look may be Capital Hill...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
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Reader Rating: 4
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Spitzer Foresees Numerous Criminal Cases
The two criminal indictments already in the can may be the coming attractions, not the main feature...
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Monday, October 13, 2003
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Janus to Offer Returns
Individual investors at the Denver-based fund firm will be able to learn asset-weighted returns in their accounts. ..
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Conseco's Equity Head Resigns
Just months after the firm saw its bond analysts leave en masse, the firms equity head has resigned...
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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And the Winner Is ...
Vanguard was among the multiple winners at the MFEA's annual awards dinner in Chicago on Wednesday...
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Round 2: 401kExchange
The exchange for intermediaries and plan sponsors to request 401k RFPs has closed a second round of venture funding...
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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October 13, 2000
Janus Watches Entrances and Exits ... Fund Democracy Panel Urges More Disclusure to SEC's Roye ... Magellan Among Funds Two-by-Foured by Home Depot ... What Should Fund Investors Do?..
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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October 13, 2000
Janus Watches Entrances and Exits ... Fund Democracy Panel Urges More Disclusure to SEC's Roye ... Magellan Among Funds Two-by-Foured by Home Depot ... What Should Fund Investors Do?..
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Friday, October 13, 2000
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Top of the Rock
Prudential has named a new head for the unit that manages assets for 401ks and other business lines...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Law Firm Likes Self-Directed Option
Chicago, Illinois-based Bell Boyd & Lloyd has tapped City National Bank Investments as the recordkeeper for its 401(k) plan, Gail Anderson, director of finance, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has 450 participants and $70 million in assets...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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First SRI Junk Bond Fund
Pax World is expanding its product line-up, introducing the first SRI high yield bond fund...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Top of the Rock
Prudential Investments has named Philip J. Schettewi, CFA, as head of its public equity management organization. This unit of the business manages assets for 401(k)'s, mutual funds, annuities, and other institutional accounts. This is a newly created post, a spokesperson with the firm told the 401kWire.com...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Monument to Split Internet Fund
The Monument Internet Fund's decision to split the fund's shares begs the question -- Is the splitting of mutual fund shares of any benefit to shareholders or simply a test of the irrationality of investors?..
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Aetna Retirement to Change Name
Hartford, Connecticut-headquartered Aetna Retirement Services is changing its trade name to Aetna Financial Services, a spokesperson with the firm told the 401kWire.com. The move does not reflect a change of business direction for the company; rather it is illustrative of the overall mission of the firm...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Hartford Life Names CFO; American General Names Fund Group President
Hartford Life has filled its chief financial officer and chief investment officer positions via internal promotions. In other news, American General's newly formed Funds Group has a new boss...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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Odd Lots, October 13, 1999
Midsize fund co.'s battle through the clutter ... PaineWebber avoids the spotlight ... New exec at Hancock ... Firms speed up annual gains distributions...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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TrustLynx Trades Through Windows
TrustLynx, a firm that provides custody and automated trade support, has introduced a Windows-based software system enabling third party administrators to review and process transactions more quickly and efficiently...
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Wednesday, October 13, 1999
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American Century Provides Data on E-mail
Mutual fund investors at American Century with Internet access can get updates on their investments through the firm's new e-mail service. The service includes performance reports, prospectuses, profiles, annual reports, semi-annual reports, and newsletters...
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Tuesday, October 13, 1998
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Is Fido Showing Some Vulnerabilities?
San Jose, California-based Boole & Babbage, Inc. (Nasdaq: BOOL), a software and programming firm, changed its 401(k) plan provider at the beginning of the year to PaineWebber, Marcia Kilcrease, benefits specialist, told the 401kWire; First Data Corporation will serve as the recordkeeper under the PaineWebber umbrella. The plan has approximately 500 participants and $26 million in assets...
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Tuesday, October 13, 1998
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TAG On: Excluding Participants Working Fewer Than 1,000 Hours
Can a company with a discretionary match in its plan exclude employees who work less than 1,000 hours a year?..
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Tuesday, October 13, 1998
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SCO Hires New York Life
Santa Cruz, CA-based SCO tapped New York Life Benefit Services to provide administration and investment management for its $20 million 401(k) plan, according to Defined Contribution News. In a rare move, SCO will trim the number of options in the revamped plan to 15 from the 27 offered by former provider Great-West Life...
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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PCA International Bundles with First Union
Matthews, NC-based PCA International has bundled its $22 million 401(k) plan with First Union Capital Management Group, according to Defined Contribution News. First Union replaces NationsBank and William Mercer acted as consultant on the search. ..
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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New Mexico Seeks New Investments
Sante Fe-based New Mexico Employees' Retirement Board is planning to add new investment options to its $150 million 457 plan, according to Defined Contribution News. ..
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Coca-Cola Bottling Taps Putnam
Charlotte, NC-based Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated is moving to a full-service plan provided by Putnam Investments, according to Defined Contribution News. AON Consulting is the out-going record keeper and administrator for the $55 million plan...
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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California Microwave Hunts for Consultant
Redwood City, CA-based California Microwave is hoping to find an investment consultant to help it choose new investment options for its $50 million 401(k) plan...
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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California Microwave Hunts for Consultant
Redwood City, CA-based California Microwave is hoping to find an investment consultant to help it choose new investment options for its $50 million 401(k) plan, according to Defined Contribution News. Currently, the plan offers seven investment options. It plans to add four new options and drop the Vanguard Wellington Fund to bring its line-up to 10 options. Fidelity, which already manages six of the plan's options, is the first choice to manage the new options, according to the report...
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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MFS Revamps Fees
MFS Investment Management is restructuring its fees for plans using the partially bundled MFS Recordkeeper Plus Product and its bundled Fundemental 401(k) product, according to Defined Contribution News. ..
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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KeyCorp Plans Brokerage Option
KeyCorp will offer clients with more than $5 million in plan assets a brokerage option early in 1998, according to Defined Contribution News. The story added that the product is still in the design proccess.
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Fidelity May Hike FundsNet Fees
Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services (FIRSCo) may increase the fee mutual funds pay to be included in its FundsNet 401(k) alliance product, according to Defined Contribution News. The fees, which may be increased as early as January, are not expected to rise more than 35 basis points according to the story.
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Conseco Funds to Offer Bundled 410(k)
Conseco Funds Group is planning to launch a bundled 401(k) product aimed at small- and mid-sized plans early in 1998 according to a published report in Defined Contribution News. Conseco hopes that the product will add to its sales of variable annuities and grow the assets in its new mutual fund family according to the report.
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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Cigna to Market After-Tax Product
Cigna Retirement and Investment Services will use its DC distribution channel to market after-tax brokerage accounts to highly compensated employees and those who have maxed out their savings plan, according to Defined Contribution News. The program will offer more than 4,000 mutual funds.
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Cigna Considering Guaranteed S&P 500 Index Fund
Cigna Retirement and Investment Services has been meeting with clients to explore the concept of a guaranteed S&P 500 Index fund according to Defined Contribution News. ..
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Putnam Seeks Head of Compliance
Putnam Investments is searching to replace Marge Dolan, senior vice president and manager of DC compliance according to a report published in Defined Contribution News. Dolan, who left Putnam lat month to join The Hancock Timber Resource Group, reported to Maureen Phillips, managing director of DC plan administration.
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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SECURE Introduced in House
A controversial item in the bill would require that all DC plans undergoe full scope audits...
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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Arch Coal Hires American Century
St. Louis, MO-based Arch Coal will bundle its $120 million 401(k) plan with American Century Investments, according to Defined Contribution News. ..
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Monday, October 13, 1997
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Reader Rating: 3
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