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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Week In Preview, March 9 - March 15
This week, the teams at ERIC, Faegre Drinker, NAGDCA, Spark, WIPN, WP&BC, PenChecks, P&I, Trinity Pension Consultants, and PSCA will host events...
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Monday, March 9, 2026
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Week In Preview, March 9 - March 15
This week, the teams at IDC, MFDF, LSEG, and Exchange will host events..
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Monday, March 9, 2026
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Meeting Sponsors and Participants Where They Are
A provider talks with my colleague Andrew about what KPAs should keep in mind in 2023...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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A $2T-AUS Firm Adds a Muni Bond ETF
The new index fund debuted earlier this week and has nearly $20 million in AUM...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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The Paragon Deal Brings $1.5B In AUA
Paragon's acquirer talks about the recent acquisition...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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After a Deal, Brennan Adds to His Team In the Midwest
The new hire will serve as regional sales consultant in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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CapTrust Buys a $5.8B-AUA Texas Shop
The deal, which closed earlier this year, is the acquirer's first of 2023 and its 64th since 2006...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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Spouting Rock Bets On a 3-Year-Old Boutique
Updated | The multi-boutique is taking a stake in a global value equity asset manager...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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Next Up For Crypto 401ks? Indexing
A small market provider teams to offer an indexed digital assets investment option to participants...
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Thursday, March 9, 2023
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A New RIA Sails Into the ETF Biz
The startup's first fund is an active strategy focused on the U.S. residential real estate market...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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A Human Interest and Paychex Alum Joins Vestwell
Updated | The new hire now serves as a regional sales director on the robo-recordkeeper's team...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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There's a DC Withdrawal Gender Gap
New research from a insurer with a recordkeeping arm suggests that women are half as likely as men to liquidate retirement plan assets in an emergency...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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14 Months After an RKer Deal, an Ex-CEO Exits
The departure comes less than two years after the executive passed the reins to one of his colleagues...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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Bathon Hires a Journalist-Turned-Fund-Research-Vet
The exec will serve as director of research at the Beantown consulting and research ally to fundsters...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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An LPL Alum Joins NYL
The new hire will serve on the insurer's stable value DC I-O team...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2022
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A $402B-AUM Multinational Hires a Client Experience Chief
The exec will be based on the other side of the pond...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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A Ret Income TDF Alliance Seeks More Allies
Several asset managers, two RKers, a trust company, and a couple consulting and advisory firms are already involved...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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$1T AUA and Counting
A provider's team celebrates a big milestone...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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M* Powers a Milliman-Resources Partnership
A KPA aggregator launches AMAs with the recordkeeper...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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A European AM Network Buys a $4B-AUM U.S. Fund Firm
The deal is expected to close in Q2 2021...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Voya and Millennium Trust Team Up
This is Charlie Nelson's second recent partnership in the emergency savings space...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2021
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Asset Managers Slip As the NYSE Circuit Breaker Trips
20 publicly traded asset managers tracked by MFWire are down an average of 7.7 percent today, as the S&P 500 fell 7.6 percent...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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A Four-Year Goldleaf Insider Rises
The promotion comes after Ascensus bought the Midwestern TPA last year...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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401k Trading Climbs to Highest Level Since 2011
February saw a continued climb in participant trading..
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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A Multinational Consulting Firm Buys Another For About $30B
Both firms have DC business. The deal is expected to close in the first half of next year...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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Week In Preview, March 9-15
This week the teams at That401kSite.com, JPMAM, and P&I are hosting events...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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Week In Preview, March 9-15
This week the team at RBC Capital Markets is hosting an event, while a trade group postponed a conference...
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Monday, March 9, 2020
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A Boston VC Firm Changes RKers
A $67-million net asset 401k plan has switched recordkeepers...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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The Three Impacts of Fintech, According to a Retired Fundster Chief
The former chief of a asset management titan talks to MFWire about why he's joined a VC firm part-time...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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A Minnesota TPA Hires in Ohio
The new hire covers three states in Appalachia...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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The Arends Hire an AmCent Alum
The new hire joins in Kansas City...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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AXA Scores a $26.7MM Pair of Municipal Plans
The NYC-based RKer will now provide retirement services to the municipal management corporation behind the largest convention center in North America...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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2018's Richest Fundsters Are ...
A number of asset management (and asset-management-adjacent) industry insiders made it onto the latest annual edition of a famous list of the world's richest people...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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In Chi-Town, an RKer Wholesaling Vet Retires
An industry veteran in Chicagoland is preparing to ride off into the sunset next month...
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Friday, March 9, 2018
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Four KPAs Who Are Dominating Radio
Because of its availability and simplicity to reach their target audience, hosting a podcast/radio show can be a solid way for 401(k) plan advisors (KPAs) to showcase their knowledge in the space...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Women in ETFs Takes BATS
Women in ETFs (WE) rang 43 bells around the world to raise awareness for women's economic empowerment...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Mitchem Brings a Familiar Face to Wells
The Wells Fargo Asset Management chief has hired for a key post. ..
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Ascensus Hires a VP of Channel Management
The new hire joins the firm from Transamerica. ..
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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The New Fund Fuss - March 9, 2017
The latest funds about to make their grand debut!..
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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A Great-West Sales Exec Moves Firms
She will join another company in a newly created position. ..
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Axsater Finds a New DC I-O Home
The DC I-O executive has moved on from SSgA. ..
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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A Super OSJ Firm Starts a Financial Wellness Platform
One of LPL's top super OSJ firms has unveiled a new financial wellness platform, regardless of what happens with the Department of Labor (DoL) Fiduciary rule...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Fund Rationalization Fever Spreads Beyond the Wires
Watch for smaller B-Ds to make some tough lineup choices, too, even as fiduciary reg limbo continues...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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Wagner, Rouse, and Hansen Express COIR Concerns
Rule or no rule, the industry needs clarity and time...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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KPA Profile: Becker Retirement Group
A husband and wife 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) shop was was established in 1999 in Bellevue, Washington...
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Thursday, March 9, 2017
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SPARK Speaks and Regulators Listen; Will They Hear?
Working for its' members, SPARK sat with the OMB today to talk fiduciary regulations. ..
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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Empower Retains a $472MM Savings Plan
Following Great-West's acquisition of J.P. Morgan Retirement, Empower retains a mid-size 401(k) plan...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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In Pictures: The 2016 CUNA Mutual Retirement Solutions Conference
An exclusive look at the speakers for CUNA's 2016 advisor and TPA conference...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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America's Best 401K Lands Thousands in Potential Clients
The 401(k) industry disrupter enters a partnership to access more than 35,000 businesses. ..
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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This Is Why a 29-Year-Old Midwestern Shop Did a $145MM Deal
MFWire chats with the founder of the U.S. growth equity asset manager, which will merge in with a publicly-traded Canadian shop next month...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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A SoCal RIA Onboards a KPA
A need for expanded investment services ends with a new hire. ..
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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Ouch, Virtus: Even Subadvised Fundsters Can Get Burned By Stars
The publicly-traded mutual fund shop's shares suffer as a key PM leaves one of its subadvisors...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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Fuse Launches A Brand New Site For Clients
Fuse Research offers a new experience for their clents...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
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Women In ETFs Take the NYSE
A first women’s group for the ETF industry that has eight chapters in the United States, Europe, Canada and its newest chapter in Asia Pacific rang the opening bell across the globe to commemorate International Women's Day 2015!..
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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Sungard Says Goodbye to a Strategy and Product Exec
The move comes about a year after the executive joined the team...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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Alger Teams Up to Go Global
The Big Apple mutual fund shop allies with a European shop for international distribution...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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A Kansas KPA Shop Changes B-Ds
A team of three 401(k) plan advisors (KPAs) in the Sunflower State just swapped broker-dealers...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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In 2014, Millennials' Participation Lagged
Whether you're part of a generation that is known for big hair and legwarmers, or a generation where technology consumes practically everything in everyday life, all parties are at a critical crossroads when it comes to their financial health...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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South Carolina Searches
The state currently has four RKers...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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A Former Sentinel and Gamco Star Dies
Elizabeth Bramwell passed away on Saturday...
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Monday, March 9, 2015
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A DC I-O Chief Leaves a Wall Street Giant
Who will take over this defined contribution investment-only business?..
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Columbia's I-O Head Will Have a New Boss
Mark Dence will report to a new boss at the end of the month...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Carney Lands a New Gig
Yet the former FIRSCo recordkeeping chief will not be returning to the retirement plan business...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Walt Brings One of Bob's Boys to Schwab
A top fundster will take over the retail branch network for the brokerage giant...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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A J.P. Morgan Wholesaler Switches Sides
Updated | A Keystone State bank adds to its retirement plan advisory team...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Beth Brown Bids Columbia Adieu
The head of the Boston-based fund firm's intermediary distribution business is leaving...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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SSgA Hunts for a New Intermediary Biz Chief
The Boston-based asset manager looks for a replacement for Tony Rochte, who is rejoining Fidelity in April...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Rochte Returns to Fidelity
The former head of intermediary distribution at SSgA will rejoin Fidelity this spring...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Vanguard's Advisor-Sold Sales Force Doubles
The low-cost mutual fund and ETF giant puts its advisor-focused wholesalers in the field for the first time...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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And the Lipper Fund Awardees Are...
Lipper reveals the winners at a gala dinner last night in New York...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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iShares Swallows a Canadian ETF Shop
The deal brings C$7.4 billion across 34 ETFs and two closed-end funds into the
BlackRock fold...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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The FT Details the Continuing ETF Price War
iShares, SSgA and Vanguard have cut almost as many ETFs' fees year-to-date as they did in all of 2011...
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Friday, March 9, 2012
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Franklin Unveils its New RIA Sales Head
The fund shop has also added three new sales personnel to its team...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Russell Taps a DC Chief From AllianceBernstein
The DC I-O manager of managers names a new head of its DC business...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Columbia Trumpets Performance in its New Batch of Ads
The new ad campaign marks a departure from previous campaigns...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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UBS Anoints a Large Market DC I-O Specialist
A Genworth alum joins the asset management arm of the Swiss giant...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Industry Insiders Talk Distribution, Angry Birds
Recordkeepers and distributors ponder the future of distribution...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Barstein and Francis Ask, 'Got Retirement?'
Insiders open the third annual 401kWire Influencers' Summit by calling for 'a public service campaign' for 401ks...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Four Advisors Win Top 401k Honors
Our sister publication honors the most influential retirement plan advisors in the country...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Transamerica Taps an Insider to Head its MEP Biz
The Los Angeles-based plan provider has turned to one of its own to lead its MEP and Taft Hartley sales...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Janus Didn't Downgrade Janus
The mutual fund firm responds to reports about one of its own analysts...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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RidgeWorth Plans to Shutter a Trio of 130/30 Funds
The three funds will cease to exist this spring...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Which Fund Type Soundly Beat the Index?
S&P releases another report comparing active and passive management...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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M&I Unveils a Small-Cap Value Fund
The Milwaukee-based asset manager starts the month of March with a product launch...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Are Financials En Vogue Again?
The WSJ explores the banking sector with a growth-oriented mutual fund...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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DWS Brings in Brooks
DWS Investments formally announced on Tuesday what The 401kWire reported on last month...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Diversified Says the Savings are In the Computer
The provider launches a new retirement "lab" to give participants immediate access to plan accounts..
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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A Communications Manager Docks at North Pier
North Pier Fiduciary Management brings a communications specialist and paralegal on board...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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A Senior Exec is Moving on from the Fidelity Enterprise
The 14-year Fidelity vet will leave the company at the end of June...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Goldman Hires Away a Janus Exec
A sales exec is leaving Janus at the end of next week to join Jim Yount at Goldman Sachs Asset Management...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Dreyfus Expands its Menu
Dreyfus took the wraps off its newest offering this week...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Claymore Unveils Three ETFs
The Illinois firm's new ETFs track Wilshire Indices...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Connecticut Philanthropists Choose a Plan Provider
The Thames Valley Council for Community Action in Connecticut has tapped a provider for tis 401a and 403b plans...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Top 40 Advisor: Henry Yoshida
This Austin-based Merrill broker lands in the top 40 DC advisors for 2009 as one of the ten finalists in the micro market...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Just in Time For Spring, Reish & Reicher Hires Summer
The firm's new senior counsel specializes in all aspects of employee benefit issues...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Arizona Awards Mandate for New 403b and 457 Plans
The Arizona State Retirement System has tapped a single provider for its new 403b and 457b supplementary voluntary retirement plans...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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First Merc Hires a Wholesaler for Newly-Carved Out Florida
Stan Label adds to his team at the MassMutual subsidiary...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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BrightScope Accelerates its Advisor Push
The DC benchmarking startup gains a new ally in its effort to serve DC intermediaries...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Are Spend-Happy Equity Funds Slowing Down the Rally?
A Bloomberg report shows funds at lowest cash level since 2007...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Novick Plants BlackRock's Flag in the Beltway
A trade pub checks in with BlackRock co-founder and vice chairman Barbara Novick, who is now focusing on government relations and public policy efforts...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Jaffe Warns of the Misleading Nature of the Recent Bull Market
One year after the stock market bottomed out, the MarketWatch columnist worries about funds highlighting only their recent performance gains while glossing over the losses of 2008 and early 2009...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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The Fed Finds Three Big Counterparts
Vanguard, Fidelity and Federated are buzzing about the New York Federal Reserve's reverse-repo concept...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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A Fund Administrator Gives its Web Site a Makeover
A fund servicing firm has redesigned its Web site as part of an effort to be consistent with its parent...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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One Provider Starts Winding Down Traditional GICs
A big stable value player begins extricating itself from one side of the business...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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A Sales Executive Departs Schwab
Schwab now has a single sales and relationship management team supporting all of its TPA offerings...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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The Supreme Court Takes the Oakmark Case
A suit over allegedly excessive mutual fund fees finds its way to the highest court in the land...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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EBRI Releases Numbers on Target-Date Usage
The Washington, D.C.-based organization finds that 37 percent of participants whose plans offered target-date funds had at least a portion of their accounts in those funds in 2007...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Dalbar: Equity and Bond Funds Underperformed in 2008
Not surprisingly, the industry consultants found unimpressive performance overall last year for active mutual funds...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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WSJ Examines Auto-IRAs
The debate over compulsory small business retirement plans (except for businesses with 10 or less employees) continues...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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A Congressional Turf War Erupts Over 401ks
George Miller faces resistances from both parties as he looks to reform the DC system...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Wells Fargo is Close to Revealing its Choice of Recordkeeping
System
Executives at the combined Wells-Wachovia retirement business plan to disclose their pick this month...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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The Worst Bear in 401k's History Fails to Shake Participants' Behavior
Despite a turbulent year, plan participant behavior was in line with historical data, ICI officials say...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Two Invesmart Alums Unite
A startup DC-focused RIA lures a nearby advisor on-board...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Dodge & Cox Saw the Biggest Asset Drop in the Past Year
Assets in Dodge & Cox's stock and bond funds fell nearly half in the year ended January 31, Bloomberg reports.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Jaffe Helps MFS Celebrate
The MarketWatch columnist highlights a special anniversary coming up for the Sun Life subsidiary...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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WSJ Warns of Higher Fund Fees as Assets Fall
Fund firms may find themselves fielding questions from investors this morning on the impact of the market downturn on break points and fees...
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Monday, March 9, 2009
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Who are the Winners if Fees are Reduced?
In light of the fee hearing earlier this week, a reader examines plan sponsors' feelings on their providers..
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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401kExchange Unveils the Meta-Lead
The Sunshine State firm brings providers back into its prospecting fold.
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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Selling the Shop and Sticking Around
One year after being acquired by large financial services company, a Keystone State advisor is still happy with the deal.
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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The Hartford Makes Nice at the NYSE
The insurance provider's well-attended media briefing focuses on the current buzz words of the DC industry: target date and target risk funds.
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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Pricewaterhouse Coopers' Trendsetters Behind the times
"Trendsetter" CEOs Blindness to PPA Regs Could Impact Retirement Savings
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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Midwest Provider To Launch Target-Date Funds
The firm will make target-date funds available to plan participants in the middle of the year...
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Friday, March 9, 2007
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Decimal Adds To Sales Team
The new hire is tasked with developing the registered rep channel...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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DC-DB Gap Widened in 2005
New numbers from the Federal Reserve Board show DC plans adding more than $200 billion of assets last year...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Dimensional Fund Advisors Launches Equal-Weighted Funds
The California firm again turns to academic models for new product ideas.
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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AUL Teams With ProNvest
The Tennessee-based provider has been tapped to provide managed accounts to participants...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Sentinel Benefits Hires Scheetz
The New England-based TPA has hired a consultant to manage its small and mid-sized plan clients...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Nationwide Plans to Keep Gartmore U.S.
While the insurer is still considering a sale of its U.K. unit, it will definitely hold onto its U.S. fund arm...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Plan Turnover Likely to Increase, Say Experts
Diversified Investment Advisors survey of experts predicts that more mid-sized sponsors are likely to switch providers in future years...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Touchstone Brings Large Cap Fund to Retail
A day after completing its acquisition of Constellation Funds, Touchstone Investments will offer a re-branded, retail version of one of Constellation's recently created products...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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House-Senate Committee Takes Up Pension Bill
The long-awaited reconciliation of the two pension bills started yesterday. 401k advice is one of the contentious issues on the table...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Gabelli Now Faces Feds
Upon consideration, the Justice Department has elected to join a private suit against the Wall Street star...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Fund Mergers On The Upswing
Wedding bells tolled with more frequency in the mutual fund industry in 2005 than in the last few years. A total of 222 mutual funds were folded into other funds last year, an increase of 66 percent from 2004...
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Thursday, March 9, 2006
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Hard Close On Hold for Now
Don't look for the SEC to mandate a hard 4 p.m. close on same day fund trades before the Summer...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Northern Trust Adds Sales Exec
Northern Trust has recruited a Chicago-based sales executive to join its institutional sales team. Daniel Strumphler joined as a director of institutional sales for Northern Trust Global Investments within the past six months, said spokeswoman Christine Harmon...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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DoL Proposes Abandoned Plan Rules
What must providers do when a plan is abandoned? The government offers new rules for those situations...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Russell Bolsters 401k Sales Team
The manager of managers has added two executives to its alliance partnership team. One from Putnam. One from Principal...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Schwab is Next on AFL-CIO Hit List
The AFL-CIO is making Charles Schwab its next target in its Social Security lobbying. The decision to pressure the San Francisco-based broker was confirmed by AFL-CIO spokesman Steven B. Weingarten to The Kansas City Star.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Schwab is Next on AFL-CIO Hit List
The AFL-CIO is making Charles Schwab its next target in its Social Security lobbying. The decision to pressure the San Francisco-based broker was confirmed by AFL-CIO spokesman Steven B. Weingarten to The Kansas City Star.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Keller Rohrback Investigates Fannie Mae
Seattle-based Keller Rohrback is looking into more than company stock in 401(k) plans sponsored by troubled employers...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Schwab Adds Target Fund
The newest addition brings the number of collective trusts available as "one-stop" investments for participants in Schwab 401k plans to five...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Insurer Intros Inflation-Adjusted GIC
One provider tries to shake up the GIC product mix...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Evergreen Highlights Performance in New Ad Campaign
When you think of your target audience, do you think of sports? Evergreen Investments is making a bet that the firm's target audience is made up of fans of not only ESPN, but the USA Network...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Vanguard Adds VIPERs, Cuts Expenses
Vanguard is adding to its nest of VIPERs. The Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-based fund firm said Wednesday that it is adding three ETFs to its family of VIPERs. It also announced that growing assets enabled it to lower the expense ratios for its existing VIPERs.
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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American Funds' Parent Breaks New Ground
Times are still good for American Funds. Capital Group, the advisor to the fund giant is planning to build a new corporate campus down the freeway from its headquarters. The 35-acre Irvine campus will cover 520,000 square feet, including five buildings and three parking garages...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Donaldson: 12b-1 Fees to Get Thorough Review
SEC Chairman William Donaldson spoke on Wednesday before a Senate subcommittee, recapping new mutual fund rules and outstanding proposals. He address soft dollars and 12b-1 fees in his remarks.....
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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Northwest Firm Names Principals
CompTwo executives at Rainier Investment Management have been promoted to principals. John O'Halloran, president of Rainier, and James Ridgeway, director of Taft-Hartley client service and sales, will both share in the bottom-line profits of the firm...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
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New Role for Morningstar Indexes
BGI licenses the Morningstar indexes and will use them to create new investment vehicles...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Opportunities to Win 401ks Remains at Record Levels
Notwithstanding the regular winter slowdown, the number of sponsors looking at their 401k provider is remaining at record levels. Why?..
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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NY Times: Calugar Revealed
What made the Vegas investor whose trades led to numerous fund investigations tick. The NY Times takes a look...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Hayes to Leave Janus Board
The fund firm will add two new directors, including a veteran of Franklin Resources...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Merrill Ready to Add Redemption Fee
The brokerage giant is planning a fee for shares held less than 30 days, according to internal memo...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Wilshire on Multiple Watch Lists
Major pension plan clients are reviewing their relationship with Wilshire Associates in wake of management changes...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Another Wave of Settlements is Coming Closer
Four of the first fund firms caught by Spitzer may be weeks away from reaching settlements says paper...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Florida Drops Putnam
The fourth largest pension system in the U.S. gives the troubled fund firm the axe...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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Vanguard Extends Trading Privileges
The fund firm is giving small investors trading privileges previously extended only to investors with more than $1 million...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2004
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The Next Washington Insider
A vocal exec from the wrong side of the (political) tracks may have the ear of another chief executive officer...
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Seligman's Solution to Selling the 401k
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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How Much Biz Does Northern Project?
The firm offers a glimpse at its internal projections...
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Are You Delivering the Bottom Line?
The fund companies arm themselves for marketing after-tax numbers...
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Merrill Lynch Musical Chairs
Firm gets new marketing head...
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Cigna Strums a New Tune
West Coast guitar center picks a recordkeeper...
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Seligman's Solution to Selling the 401k
Chase and JP Have Settled on a Name ... Seligman's Solution to Selling the 401k
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Friday, March 9, 2001
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Morningstar Launches Advisor Site
Morningstar is entering the B2B arena with the launching of its new advisor Web site...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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National Capital Companies Makes Acquisition
An agreement in principle is signed by National Capital Companies to acquire a Peoria, Ill.-based financial planning firm...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Amending Plan Documents
The IRS has released long-awaited guidance (GUST) for qualified plans to bring documents in-line with several legal changes...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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IPS: Who needs 'em?
Investment policy statements are often overlooked and misunderstood. Here's what you need to know about why your plan should have one...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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It's All About Timing
A new venture called "America's Best Timers" will track market-timers nationwide, and give investors the chance to invest with the best managers...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Odd Lots, March 9, 2000
Korea meets investors ... Tradition meets the New Economy ... Vanguard meets tech ... Aetna meets new fund investor ... Martorelli meets Focus Value...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Odd Lots, March 9, 2000
Korea meets investors ... Tradition meets the New Economy ... Vanguard meets tech ... Aetna meets new fund investor ... Martorelli meets Focus Value...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Fremont Closes Fund
Another day, another fund closing. This time Fremont is the culprit in an attempt to protect current shareholders...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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New Resource for Providers
Boston Research Group is introducing a new research database for 401k vendors...
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Advisors Getting Help to Lure Back Online Investors
Phoenix Investment Advisors is helping financial advisors by giving them tools to win back the hearts and minds of online investors..
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Thursday, March 9, 2000
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Lufkin Makes a Change
Lufkin, Texas-headquarterd Lufkin Industries, Inc. has changed its recordkeeper from Watson Wyatt to State Street Global Advisors for its 401(k) plan for hourly employees, Paul Perez told the 401kWire.com. The plan has approximately 725 participants and $7 million in assets...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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SunAmerica Jumps on the Tax-Managed Bandwagon
Hoping to catch the wave of cash washing over tax-managed funds, SunAmerica launches its own entry. Also reports on two other new fund launches...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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TCW Cozies Up to Independant FAs
TCW targets independant financial advisors through Schwab. It also hopes to broaden its wrap business distributed through the wire houses...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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Odd Lots, March 9, 1999
Lipper's new fund classifications will ruffle a few feathers ... New England Funds gets a boost from MetLife ... Fortis will buy American Bankers Insurance Group ... S&P launches its fund ratings service...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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Bank 401k Coalition Grows
The Bank Retirement Plan Coalition has just named three more members to its alliance of banks that provide 401(k) plan services. The three are BB&T, PNC Bank, and Wachovia...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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Ten Ways to Win Supermarket Shelf Space
Finally got in a fund supermarket, but the cash isn't flooding in. The MFWire.com compiled ten of the best ideas to make full use of these programs from IBC's Third Mutual Fund Supermarket Conference in New York City...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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TAG On: Slow Acting Administrators
Question: We had our 401(k) at a bank. We decided to transfer to a large mutual fund because they had more funds and an 800 line for the participants to call. In November, we instructed the bank to transfer all of the plan assets to the mutual fund. It is now March and these assets are still invested in a money market fund because the bank has not provided a final valuation...
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Tuesday, March 9, 1999
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Dow Corning Taps Northern Trust Company
Midland, MI-based Dow Corning Corporation has changed its recordkeeper from Watson Wyatt to Northern Trust Consulting in Atlanta effective at the beginning of this year. According to Dennis W. Hurley, manager of pension and employee investments, the move was made because the corporation was moving to a daily valuation system. ..
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Monday, March 9, 1998
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Gardner Denver Considers Changing Vendors
Quincy, IL-located Gardner Denver Machinery, Inc. is reviewing whether or not to seek a bundled provider for its two 401(k) plans, Frank Jamboretz, manager of employee benefits, told the 401kWire. Gardner Denver's two plans are its Retirement Savings Plan with approximately $50 million in assets and its Machinist Retirement Plan with approximately $8 million in assets. ..
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Monday, March 9, 1998
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