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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Week In Preview, February 2 - February 8
This week, the teams at Slavic401k, ASPPA, WIPN, Voya, FIS, NAGDCA, Equitable Holdings, Broadridge, and WP&BC will host events...
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Monday, February 2, 2026
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Week In Preview, February 2 - February 8
This week, the teams at MMI, ICI, Artisan Partners, Prudential, Citywire, AllianceBernstein, Voya, and Virtus Investment Partners will host events...
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Monday, February 2, 2026
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A $100B-AUM AM Adds a Quality Growth Duo
The two new, passively managed ETFs debuted last week on the Nasdaq...
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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A TPA Ally Rises At a 56,000-Plan RKer, And ...
Watch for the CEO to add another key leadership role after a reorg and several senior appointments...
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Four New Partners Rise At an NFP Sub
The move comes after a new chief took over last summer...
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Park Reorgs Hancock, Making 4 Leadership Updates
Three executives are taking on key, newly created positions at the recordkeeper. A fourth executive is moving on...
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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A $48.6B Flows Turnaround In One Week
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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Near Detroit, a CapTrust Vet Retires
The retiree first joined CapTrust in 2013, thanks to an acquisition..
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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A 29-Year-Old Firm Launches Its 7th ETF
The new, actively managed fund is subadvised by a publicly traded multi-boutique asset manager...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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RPA Hires In Arizona
The firm's latest KPA addition also affiliates with RPA ally GRP...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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Grabot Explains GuidedChoice's Third 401k Advice Model
The participant advice specialist's chief talks to 401kWire about the firm's freshly extended reach...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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LMP Will Buy a 10,000-Plan TPA
The deal is expected to close this quarter, bringing the PE firm a majority stake in an acquisitive retirement plan shop...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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Cohen & Co Will Buy an Ally to 120-Plus Fund Fams
The deal is expected to close next month and will boost the accounting firm's investment industry services group to 300 people serving more than 2,500 funds...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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At DFA, a 14-Year Vet Takes Over Retirement
A consulting industry veteran now leads this asset manager's DC I-O efforts...
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Thursday, February 2, 2023
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A Florida Startup Enters the Thematic ETF Biz
Their first fund, powered by ETC and other allies, focuses on the medicinal psychedelic drug market...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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Three Years In, a DC I-O Leader Exits
Stay tuned for the exec to take on a new role next month...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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In Cali, a $560MM-AUA RIA Sells
A PE-backed insurance brokerage acquires a KPA and wealth management team that has 150 clients...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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An $80B-AUM Firm Closes On an $8B-AUM Deal
The acquisition brings a growth equity fund firm its fourth "autonomous investment franchise," this time in fixed income...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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A $25B-AUA RKer Closes a Deal With a Money Center Bank
The retirement plan-focused fintech shop now serves about 25,000 companies and about one million savers (including participants)...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
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In Texas, an Ex-CEO Looks For His Next Adventure
He led a bank's mutual fund arm since its creation 13 years ago...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Rob Capone Targets Ret Income
The veteran DC I-O exec talks about his new role at a multinational, institutional asset manager...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Keating Brings an 11-Year MassMutual Vet to Voya
The new hire joins the provider's large corporate market retirement plan business...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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A 150-FA Wealth Management Aggregator Preps a PEP
The firm is teaming up with a recordkeeper and a local trade group...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Near Gotham, a $4.3B-AUM Fund Firm Sells
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2021...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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This Year, a DC I-O Vet Focuses On Scouting
An Eagle Scout is taking over a big local council of the Boys Scouts of America...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021
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Who Gained Market Share In 2017?
M* Direct updates AUM and market share data for the full 2017 calendar year...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
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JHRPS Puts a U.S. Twist on a Canadian Tool
Pat Murphy and his team bring a new development south of the border...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
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An NYC TPA Hires in San Diego as Two Insiders Rise
The moves boost the 47-year-old firm's defined benefit and cash balance efforts in particular...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
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Who Paralyzed the Anti Money Fund Reform Bill?
After sailing through committee and racking up bipartisan support from dozens of cosponsors, a proposal that would bring back $1 NAVs seems to have stalled...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
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Erin Donnelly Hires an Ex-Am Century DC I-O Exec
Last month a 401(k) veteran in the Pacific Northwest joined Nuveen...
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Friday, February 2, 2018
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TX Judge Gives a Heads Up on Fiduciary Rule Decision
Judge Barbara Lynn has set a deadline for her ruling on the fiduciary rule case against the Department of Labor. ..
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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KPAs, Are You Referable?
Courtesy of you fellow KPAs, here are three tips to amplify your presence as a referable advisor...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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An RIA Custodial Giant Creates a "Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too" Fund Platform
Word on the asset management street is that one of the big three RIA custodians has created a new investment platform that combines institutional and NTF properties...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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John Hancock Taps Liveoak Tech Solution
The retirement services unit chooses Liveoak to provide onboarding solutions...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Are CITs Making a Comeback?
The topic of discussion, (*cough* the product of discussion *cough*) that has been buzzing in many 401(k) plan advisors (KPAs) ears lately is the conversation around collective investment trusts (CITs)...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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The New Fund Fuss - February 2, 2017
The latest funds about to make their debut!..
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Iowa Union Selects Milliman for DC Plan
The union goes with Milliman as its Taft-Hartley plan recordkeeper...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Kevin Barry Bumped Up By Fido
It's hail to the chief, as the Fidelity veteran is promoted. ..
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Nally Offers Strategists and Asset Managers a Deeper Way to Connect With TD-Aligned RIAs
The TD Ameritrade Institutional team is creating a new platform that ties in with a flagship, integrated technology offering now used by more than 10,000 individuals from more than 2,500 RIAs...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Pensionmark Expands in Kentucky
Troy Hammond, president and CEO of Pensionmark, confirmed a new affiliation with a Kentucky-based 401(k) plan advisor (KPA) shop...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Fido's Figures Find U.S. 401k's Way Up
In its analysis, Fidelity revealed that both 401(k) balances and IRAs ended 2016 at record levels. ..
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Priebus to Scaramucci: "You're Fired"
Anthony Scaramucci will not be getting a top post as business liaison to the White House...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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Fiduciary Reg Foe Foiled? The Mooch May Be Out
The new U.S. President's appointment of the most outspoken critic of the DoL's controversial, impending conflict of interest regulation is reportedly being held up...
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
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The President of Xerox HR is Slated to Exit Firm
Xerox HR Services' group president is exiting the firm...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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House GOP Pushes Back on DoL Regs
A threesome of GOP legislators offer what they hope to be count-legislation to DoL efforts. ..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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A SoCal KPA Switches to Commonwealth
A southern California 401(k) plan advisor dishes on his broker-dealer move and the Department of Labor's upcoming fiduciary regulation...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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CO County Seeks Fiduciary Advisors
The existing RKer will have a new advisor to work with this summer. ..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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Epic's New President is in Full Swing
Epic's founder and former president has officially retired and now the reigns of the company are in new, veteran hands. Here's what to expect...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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Ivy's Avery Heads Out
The president of the Waddell and Reed unit is about to retire...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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T. Rowe Reboots Its Online Participant Experience
The new user experience is designed to improve retirement preparedness. ..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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Delaware's Parent Hires a T. Rowe Bigwig
The Australian multinational's latest addition will oversee operations globally for its investment management arm, which includes Delaware Investments...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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Raffone Seals His $517MM Deal as FNGN's Board Changes
Financial Engines' chairman will step down after 19 years on the board. ..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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This Utah KPA Chooses LPL
A 401(k) plan advisor recently moved B-Ds...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Catalyst Triples and Plans More Alts
Szilagyi peers into his crystal ball for 2015...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Franklin Misses As Its Funds' Short-Term Performance Dips
The Northern California-based mutual fund hop releases its fiscal Q1 2015 earnings...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Obama's Five-Part Plan For Boosting Retirement Plan Access
The President just released his proposed 2016 budget for the country, and it includes ideas on how to give more people the opportunity to save through some kind of workplace plan. Yet he still wants to cap lifetime balances...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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A Different Kind of 401k Fraud
In a twist on the usual cases involving plan sponsors (or occasionally vendors) taking 401k contributions, a participant stands accused of creating fake 401k accounts...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Women Rocking Wall Street
That's the name of a new podcast that ShoeFitts Marketing president Sheri Fitts recently unveiled...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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The Latest "Systemic Risk" Attack On Asset Managers
A Fed governor is the latest to pile on the bandwagon for regulating asset managers...
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Monday, February 2, 2015
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Treasury Offers "Meaningful First Step" on Retirement Income
One of the thinkers behind the auto-IRA unveils new efforts to make retirement income options more accessible to retirement plan participants...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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A British Institutional Shop Powers Four New RBC Funds
The asset management arm of the Canadian bank unveils its newest mutual funds...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Mirae Asset Rolls Out a Global Fund
Updated | It will bet on companies in developed and emerging markets...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Altegris Takes Advisors to Alt Academy
The alternative mutual fund provider is making a concerted effort to educate advisors on the benefits of alternative investment funds products...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Pru Embraces More Target Date Funds
The plan provider is making new inroads with its Income Flex Target product...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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American Airlines Flies to 401k
The troubled airline wants to leave its DB plans on the tarmac in favor of a 401(k) plan...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Borzi Pushes Fee Disclosure Back
The final 408(b)(2) reg is here, but it won't take effect on schedule...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Is Berkowitz in Denial?
Fairholme's chief said his fund's poor performance in 2011 "makes little sense"...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Columbia's Net Outflows Climb
The mutual fund firm's parent reveals its latest earnings report...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Franklin Unveils a Drop in Profits
The company also revealed outflows for Q1. ..
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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New York Life Taps a Sales Chief for the Wirehouse Channel
The national sales manager is one of three new hires at New York Life...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Top Advisor: Dorann Cafaro
Cafaro Greenleaf (Financial Telesis)..
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Top Advisor: Jim Radler
The J&R Group at Merrill Lynch..
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Top Advisor: Julie Ward
401(k) Advisors..
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Fidelity Unveils a New Tool for Plan Participants
Fidelity is offering plan participants and investors a new retirement income tool...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Securian Offers Advisors Insight on Retirement Plan Sales
Securian is looking to educate advisors who want to learn more about the compensation opportunities available with retirement plan sales...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Axa Alums Join Mutual of Omaha
The two wholesalers have landed jobs with the plan provider...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Colin Powell to Step in for Tony Blair at the TD Ameritrade Conference
The events in the Middle East has resulted in a change of keynote speaker at the TD Ameritrade conference...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Participants Were More Positive in 2010
A new BofA report says participants made a habit of saving more in 2010...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Which Mutual Fund Returned 1,073,300.43 Percent
Since its Birth?
One mutual fund has particularly impressive return figures for its 82-year history...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Hancock Horizon Grows its Mutual Fund Roster
Two new mutual funds hit the market in the South...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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An Egypt ETF Trades at a Premium
The fund looks like a closed-end one this week...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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Alpine Woods Rolls Out a New Fund
The New York firm's new fund focuses on opportunities in consumer products and services...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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An Ex-Magellan PM Plans to Donate $10 Million
The former Magellan skipper will make the donation over the next five years...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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JPMorgan Reorgs its DC I-O Team
The New York asset manager has made changes to the organizational structure of its DC I-O unit...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Higher-Ed Participants Need to Study Retirement Investments
A provider finds that participants in the higher-education field are worried and under-prepared when it came to retirement savings...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Borzi Says Advice Regs Are Due This Month
Phyllis Borzi made EBSA's intentions known at a conference in the capital...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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TIAA-CREF Plans to Move Some Jobs Abroad
The New York firm is outsourcing some back-office functions to India...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Hartford Hires a BNY Mellon Veteran
Hartford brings in a BNY Mellon veteran as sector head of municipal finance...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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MassMutual Lures a Putnam Vet
MassMutual Retirement Services names its latest sales hire...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Reorg at Schwab Puts DC I-O Under Cox's Purview
Jim McCool reorgs Schwab Institutional without touching his core bundled and TPA retirement businesses...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Fidelity Inks an ETF Deal
Fidelity and Schwab take their rivalry to the next level...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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The Latest Fiduciary Tool Springs from a DC RIA
An Empire State retirement plan-focused RIA unveils a new version of its own proprietary, internal fiduciary governance tool and looks to distribute the product to other DC-focused advisors...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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BNY Mellon Execs Discuss the Price of the Deal
BNY Mellon's head honchos talk about the price tag of the deal, which works out to 2.85 times PNC Global Investment Servicing's 2009 revenue...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Jeff Vinik Switches From Picking Stocks to Sticks
The ex-lead manager of Fidelity's Magellan fund is buying a professional hockey team...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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A DC Back Office Provider Suffers Layoffs
The cuts are across its entire parent company. But how much pain will the retirement plan unit feel?..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Layoffs Hit DST
How will the mutual fund back office side of the firm be impacted?..
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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Federated, Vanguard Weigh in on the New Money Fund Regs
The Journal's Daisy Maxey asked Federated and Vanguard how they felt about the new SEC money-market fund regulations...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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PNC and BNY Mellon Seal the Deal
The deal creates the No. 2 provider of fund accounting, administration & transfer agency services to fund managers globally...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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A New Chief Leads a Fund Firm Beyond Vice
Updated | The firm that offers the Vice Fund is looking to expand its lineup...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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MMA Praxis Hires a New Outsourcer
The MMA Praxis Mutual Funds tapped an Ohio firm to provide distribution, chief compliance officer and chief financial officer services effective January 1...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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A RK Software Firm Partners With a Tech Outsourcer
A DC software provider turns to another industry vet as they test the waters for offshoring...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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SEI: DC Drove Record Institutional Sales
The Pennsylvania-based outsourced asset manager unveils institutional sales numbers for 2008...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Macy's Marks its 401k Match "Reduced"
The Cincinnati-based retailer is among the latest to make changes to its match to save money...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Tough Economy Causes a Dent on Auto Enrollment Adoption
Fewer plan sponsors are adopting auto enrollment due to the difficult economic climate, Hewitt Associates found in a survey of mid- and large-sized employers...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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McNabb Shares His Humble GIC Beginnings
The new CEO of Vanguard opens up to the NYTimes about his early career moves...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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ExpertPlan Thinks Outside the Traditional Investment Box
The outsourced recordkeeper partners with a Utah-based firm...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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A Nationwide Alum Takes CFO Reins at a TPA Acquirer
Updated | An acquisition specialist rises to the top finance job at Midwest-based firm...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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NewRiver Hauls Morningstar to Court
Updated | The firm accuses Morningstar of having unlawful access to its Web-based data warehouse...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Pimco Lands Atop the Performance Heap
The WSJ tapped Morningstar to look at how the 10 largest fund complexes measure up from the market peak in October 2007 through mid-January 2009...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Has Confidence Returned to Closed-End Fund Buyers?
The WSJ highlights the zigzagging discounts seen recently on one side of the retirement business...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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McNabb Speaks, Sails for Britain and Eyes the Globe
As the new Vanguard chief talks to the NYTimes, the FT reveals a new strategic push for the firm...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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Fidelity Insists It's Not for Sale
Just in case there were still any doubts after Ned Johnson's rare comments to The Boston Globe last week, a Fidelity spokeswoman says the mutual fund giant is not on the block...
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Monday, February 2, 2009
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New Book Helps Plan Sponsors Benchmark Plans
A Baltimore-based firm is out with the latest edition of its 401k Averages book...
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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Principal Taps Regional Biz Dev Officer
The Des Moines, Iowa-headquartered provider has a new director of business development in Ohio...
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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EBSA Clarifies Advice Issues
A field assistance bulletin released Friday provides clarification on matters relating to investment advice...
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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Spokane Healthcare Employer To Freeze DB Plan
A Spokane-based healthcare organization is the latest to hop on the bandwagon...
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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Same-Sex Rollovers Last in Line
The IRS says companies direct 401k funds elsewhere first.
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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RSM Vet Rides White Horse to Florida
An experienced provider executive switches to being an advocate for sponsors as he joins an expanding advisory shop in the Southeast.
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Friday, February 2, 2007
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Henderson Adds a Fifth
The Henderson Global Funds family has grown by one. The Chicago-based asset manager launched an Asian focused fund this week in order to take advantage of the booming markets in Asia...
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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IMS Sees National Rep in its Future
IMS Capital Management is adding sales professionals in the East and the West to boost the flows into its IMS Family of funds. The Portland, Oregon-based fund advisor tapped two industry veterans for the effort...
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Is Scudder Going the Way of Kemper?
Another of the fund industry's stately and well-known names is fading from the market place. This week Deutsche Bank Asset Management said that it is rebranding its mutual fund business to reflect its global strategy...
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Rydex Launches Branding Campaign
Rydex Investments is betting on a new branding campaign to gain a wider reach in the market. The Rockville, Maryland-based fund firm has adopted a new tagline, "Essential for Modern Markets," which it said highlights its role as an innovator operating within a conservative industry...
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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ING Lands AssetMark Mandate
AssetMark is continuing to add to the asset managers on its Privately Managed Account Program. The Pleasant Hill, California-based platform tapped ING Investment Management for its newest slot.
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Vanguard Closes Doors on Wannabe Explorers
Vanguard Group has slammed the doors closed on two of its popular funds because of their growing size. The two funds are the $12 billion Vanguard Explorer and the $3.3 billion Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Fund...
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Thursday, February 2, 2006
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Newest Fund Sates Wm Blair's Appetite
William Blair Funds has added a mid cap fund to its stable of offerings. The Chicago-based launched the William Blair Mid Cap Growth Fund, bringing the total number of funds in its fold to 15...
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MassMutual Adds to Investment Group
The retirement plan provider has spent the past year beefing up its team of analyst. Now it has a new leader...
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McMorgan Opens ChiTown Office
The NYLIM affiliate opens a Chicago office and taps a Taft Hartley sales director for the Midwest...
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Mercer Vet To Run Mellon's DC Biz
The new hire will be responsible for growing Mellon's investment-only DC business...
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Automaker Halts DB Plan
The car maker has put the brakes on its DB plan and accelerated its 401k...
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Princeton Slow on the Uptake?
This week's announcement by Merrill Lynch that it is renaming its mutual fund advisory group to Princeton Portfolio Research and Management (no more MLIM or Mercury) has caught the attention of the lawyers at Princeton University. Merrill's move shouldn't have surprised them, but it appears it did...
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San Antonio Fund Firm Inks with UK Subadvisor
U.S. Global Investors has expanded its subadvisory relationship with Charlemagne Capital for a new fund.
Charlemagne will subadvise U.S. Global's Global Emerging Markets Fund, which will open to investors on February 14. The London-based manager already subadvises U.S. Global's Eastern European Fund...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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PowerShares to Debut Energy ETF
Exchange-traded funds are scaling yet another frontier. PowerShares has teamed with Encinitas, California-based WilderShares to provide an ETF based on a clean energy index. The fund, called the PowerShares WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio, is expected to begin trading on the American Stock Exchange on February 23 under the ticker "PBW."..
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Advisor Lands Vanguard Cash
Kalmar Investment Advisers, a Wilmington, Delaware-based firm, has landed a spot with Vanguard. Vanguard has hired the asset manager to subadvise a portion of the $9.6 billion Vanguard Explorer Fund, joining the fund's stable of five subadvisors...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Massachusetts Regulators Charge AG Edwards
A.G. Edwards is the latest brokerage to get hit by regulators for allegedly market timing. On Wednesday, the Massachusetts Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth filed a complaint against the brokerage for permitting one employee to conduct tens of thousands of timer-related trades...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Riggs, PNC Reportedly Haggling over Price
Insiders say PNC is looking to lower its bid...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Armstrong: It's Business As Usual for AERS
American Express Retirement Services' chief says there won't be major changes to the business after its spin-off this summer...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Directed Trustee Wins Ruling in WorldCom Suit
Merrill Lynch won a key ruling Tuesday on whether it had liability in its role as directed trustee in the WorldCom plan...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Evergreen State Resigns Incumbents
Two providers will continue offering recordkeeping services for the state...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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DoL Wins Suit Against Gopher State Sponsor
The owner of a tool repair company allegedly used plan contributions for personal reasons...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Hartford Eyes U.K. Retirement Assets
The insurer plans to help Brits retire...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Sentinel Reorgs, Hires CEO
Sentinel Management parent National Life has brought on Christian W. Thwaites to head a new entity that combines NL Capital Management, National Life's institutional asset management business, and Sentinel's fund business...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Fifth Subadvisor Aboard AAdvantage Fund
AMR Investments, the advisor to the American AAdvantage Fund family, has brought on a fifth subadvisor for the $2 billion American AAdvantage Small Cap Value Fund...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Improper Trading Costs Putnam $100 Million
Putnam's tab to make good on losses created by improper trading may be far more than its executives first thought. The Wall Street Journal reports that the restitution tab may hit $100 million, or ten times what Putnam executives first believed...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Oppenheimer Hires Institutional Sales Exec
Neal Wilkinson joins Oppenheimer Investment Management as managing director of institutional sales. Wilkinson will work to build sales of Taft Hartley plan. Prior to joining Oppenheimer, Wilkinson was at Columbia Management in a similar role...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2005
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Bush Again Proposes LSAs and RSAs
This time the accounts are meeting a warmer welcome, but they are still a long way from approval...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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TrustLynx Names Chief for TPA Services
The custodian promotes Gultig to oversee the services it offers third party administrators and recordkeepers...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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Weekly 401k Search Roundup
Our regular look at which sponsors are reportedly looking and why...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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ABC Issues Statement On Hybrid Plans
The advocacy group applauds the Treasury for taking a positive step but cautioned that some measures won't work...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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Schwab Completes Adoption
The AXA Rosenberg adoption is complete and the company names a new president of the new family...
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SEC Taking Another Look At Hedge Funds
The agency is beginning to probe how funds find new investors with the help of securities firms...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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Pacific Funds Intros New Fund Family
The company launches five new funds...
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Monday, February 2, 2004
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Stable Value Rates for February 2, 2001
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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February 2, 2001
Janus Cutting 468 Jobs ... What Would Make American's Dislike Stock Funds? ... SSgA Forms Euro Partnership...
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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February 2, 2001
Janus Cutting 468 Jobs ... What Would Make American's Dislike Stock Funds? ... SSgA Forms Euro Partnership...
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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ExpertPlan Creates Tiered Service
The Web 401k provider has split its service into three tiers to better serve advisors...
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Calling Advisors to Sell 401k
Franklin Templeton is hitting the road to explain to registered reps how they can pump retirement plan sales. ..
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Calling Advisors to Sell 401k
Franklin Templeton is hitting the road to explain to registered reps how they can pump retirement plan sales.
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Distributor Adds Midwest Wholesaler
Western-Southern Life has gets a regional vp from US Bank.
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Advice Firm Prez is Back
The Intuit veteran is out and Evans is once again president at Teamvest. ..
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Outsourcing the Global Economy
Another third-party provider rolls up its sleeves outside the US, hiring an exec for the Continent...
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Japan Hints The Time has Come
The long wait for the Japanese to pass a defined contribution bill may be nearing an end says a U.S. official...
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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InvestorForce Focuses
As the firm processes its first 401k mandate it divests its consultant arm and plans a new funds marketplace.
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Friday, February 2, 2001
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Neuberger to Add Tech Fund
Neuberger Berman is continuing to expand its growth area -- it will soon be joining the growing list of fund families with a tech fund onboard...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Ruling on Automatic Enrollment
Officials of the Internal Revenue Service have expanded their position on the use of automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans. ..
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Ohio TPA Raises Fees
A Cleveland-based recordkeeping and accounting firm is hiking fees for clients it has gained through a recent acquisition...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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New Head for BISYS Plan Services
BISYS Retirement Plan Services hires new head of plan services division after eight month absence...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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GoalMaker Gets Electric
Prudential Retirement Services has put
its GoalMaker asset allocation service online. The service helps 401(k) and other retirement plan investors simplify their investment selections by choosing a model portfolio that can be automatically rebalance periodically, through the firm's Online Retirement Center Web site...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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PIMCO Plans Asian Expansion
PIMCO is planning the expansion of its Asian-Pacific division, and has appointed a new director of the business unit...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Odd Lots, February 2, 2000
NYSE trades up ... Growing pains ... Marsico launch ... Gus Sauter, Vanguard visionary ... Value Line's Manager of the Year ... New TIAA-CREF funds...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Odd Lots, February 2, 2000
NYSE trades up ... Growing pains ... Marsico launch ... Gus Sauter, Vanguard visionary ... Value Line's Manager of the Year ... New TIAA-CREF funds...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Survey Shows Reallocation Activity Up
Since the start of the New Year, participants have increased the number of times they have reallocated their 401(k) investment assets. This finding comes from the Hewitt 401(k) Index, an instrument used to track the daily investment moves of participants...
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Wednesday, February 2, 2000
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Odetics Fulfills Fiduciary Responsibilities
Anaheim, California-based Odetics Inc. (Nasdaq: ODETA), manufacturer of electromechanical products, plans to exercise its fiduciary responsibilities next quarter and investigate what the 401(k) market has to offer, Cathy Steger, director of human resources, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has close to 400 participants and over $20 million in assets...
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Tuesday, February 2, 1999
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BISYS Expands Relationship with Alliance Partner
BISYS of Little Falls, New Jersey has strengthened the relationship it has with First American National Bank -- a subsidiary of Nashville, Tennessee-headquartered First American Corporation (NYSE: FAM) -- through the establishment of new services, particularly in the 401(k) arena...
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Tuesday, February 2, 1999
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MetLife & AEFA Ally in Small 401k Segment
Distribution has become the key to success in the defined contribution market. New York City-based Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) has provided further proof of this new rule with its announcement that it will be using American Express Financial Advisors to distribute its new small plan 401(k) product...
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Tuesday, February 2, 1999
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Suburban Propane Selects New Provider
Whippany, New Jersey-based Suburban Propane (NYSE: SPH) has tapped the Bank of New York's VestedChoice program as bundled service for its 401(k) plan. The plan has $65 million in assets and 3,000 participants...
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Tuesday, February 2, 1999
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Herman Taps Kramerich for PWBA Post
In a move that was expected, Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman has appointed Leslie B. Kramerich to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy of the Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA). Kramerich will also assume the duties of PWBA’s Assistant Secretary until a permanent candidate is appointed to fill the post. These posts have been unfilled since Olena Berg stepped down last June...
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Tuesday, February 2, 1999
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Banc One and Invesco Find New Path
Banc One and Invesco have formed an alliance to introduce a new product to the defined contribution marketplace: "Pathways to Retirement with Banc One." This new service will provide plan sponsors with a choice of fourteen mutual funds from Invesco as well as funds from Primco and Aim, fourteen funds from The One Group(R), and Banc One's propriety fund family. Invesco will serve as recordkeeper and administrator of this new alliance while Banc One will be in charge of sales, marketing, and education...
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Monday, February 2, 1998
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Oppenheimer Chooses UPI for Administration Software
The trend toward the formation of alliances among companies in the defined contribution provider/recordkeeping/consulting industries continues. Now, Universal Pensions, Inc. and OppenheimerFunds have formed a new alliance with the intent of offering a new product: the OppenheimerFunds Pinnacle 401(k)...
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Monday, February 2, 1998
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For Monday, February 2, 1998
Friday's column asked the question of whether 401(k) plan participants have now gone overboard in their love of stocks. A key question that arose in our research of the issue was whether participants truly know the risks inherent in the stock market and are making an educated decision, or whether they are merely chasing the market's recent stellar returns. The evidence points both ways..
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Monday, February 2, 1998
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