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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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Who Bought Whom In 2025?
Consolidation continues in the U.S. retirement plan industry...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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Who Bought Whom In 2025?
Consolidation continues in the U.S. asset management business...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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Flows Rebounded By $29.4B Before Christmas
A mutual fund industry trade group's team shares their most recent flows data for long-term mutual funds and ETFs...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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Happy 2025!
401kWire will be closed tomorrow in observance of the New Year's Day market holiday...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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An RKing TPA President Dies At 62
The retirement plan industry veteran spent more than 34 years at the Ohio firm, including five years as its chief...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Happy 2025!
MFWire will be closed tomorrow in observance of the New Year's Day market holiday...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Who Bought Whom In 2024?
Consolidation continues in the U.S. retirement plan industry...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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Who Bought Whom In 2024?
Consolidation continues in the U.S. asset management business...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2024
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The Defining DC Stories of 2021
Here's a look back at what drove defined contribution industry news this year...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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The Most Popular Stories of 2021
Here's a glimpse at what MFWire readers checked out in this crazy year...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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The 21 Most Popular Stories of 2021
Here's a glimpse at what 401kWire members read in this crazy year...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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In Memoriam
Fundsters said goodbye to a number of industry veterans in 2021...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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In Memoriam
Defined contribution industry insiders said goodbye to a number of industry veterans in 2021...
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Friday, December 31, 2021
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Happy New Year!
In observance of the New Years Day market holiday, MFWire will be closed all day tomorrow...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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Happy New Year!
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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In Memoriam
Fundsters said goodbye to a number of industry veterans in 2020...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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In Memoriam
Defined contribution industry insiders said goodbye to a number of industry veterans in 2020...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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The Most Popular Stories of 2020
Here's a glimpse at what MFWire readers checked out in this crazy year...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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The 20 Most Popular Stories of 2020
Here's a glimpse at what 401kWire members read in this crazy year...
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Thursday, December 31, 2020
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Happy New Decade!
In observance of the New Years Day market holiday, MFWire will be closed all day tomorrow...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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Happy New Decade!
In observance of the New Years Day market holiday, 401kWire will be closed all day tomorrow...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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The Top MFWire Stories of the Decade
The 2010s are ending, and the 2020s are about to begin...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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401kWire's Most Popular Stories of the Decade
Here's what you and your peers read the most over the past decade...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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401kWire's Most Popular 2019 Stories
Here's what you and your peers read this year...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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What Defined the Decade In Defined Contribution?
The 2010s are ending, and the 2020s are about to begin...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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The 19 Most Popular MFWire Stories of 2019
Here's what you and your peers read this year...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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The 19 Biggest Stories of 2019
Here's a look back at what drove defined contribution industry news this year...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2019
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Happy 2019!
MFWire will be closed tomorrow in observance of the New Years Day market holiday...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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Happy 2019!
401kWire will be closed tomorrow in observance of the New Years Day market holiday...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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The Most Popular MFWire Stories of 2018
Here are the stories from each month this year that MFWire readers gravitated to the most...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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The Most Popular 401kWire Stories of 2018
Here are the stories from each month this year that 401kWire readers gravitated to the most...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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How Can Providers Meet the Retirement Needs of the Gig Economy?
Take a look at the needs of the fastest growing part of the American economy. ..
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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Week In Preview, December 31-January 6
This week the teams at Diamond Hill, Fidelity, and T. Rowe are all making changes to their leadership teams...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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Week In Preview, December 31-January 6
This week the teams at ASPPA, DFA, FIS' Relius, and John Hancock are all making changes to their leadership teams...
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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An ETF Strategist Finds an Intermediary Sales Chief Within
The promotion comes after the prior national sales director moved on from the company this month...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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This Jersey TPA is Taking Aim at the Smallest Employers
A Garden State shop launches a new, streamlined program specifically for plan sponsors with 25 or fewer employees...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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The Tussey v. ABB Saga Ends(?) With an Eight-Figure Fee Ruling
They still have to pay, but ABB was saved millions with latest court ruling. Yet this time the 401(k) fee suit debate was over a different kind of fee...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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The Most Popular Mutual Fund Stories of 2015
This is what fundsters were reading about this year...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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The Most Popular 401kWire Stories of 2015
This is what DC industry insiders were reading this year...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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People Still Stop Peter Lynch For Selfies
It seems that some star mutual fund PMs never fade. This one talked with MarketWatch recently...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
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Just How Big Is the 401k Biz?
Our sister publication gathers the latest statistics on the retirement plan industry...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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2014 By the Numbers
2015 is almost here. Where does the defined contribution industry stand?..
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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This UBS Advisor Already Has a New Year's Resolution
...and it has to do with 401(k)s...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Pimco Fires a PM Over Personal Trading
A 12-year company veteran leaves the SoCal bond fund giant after a settlement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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Baldiswieler Lands!
Former Head of TCW Funds becomes president of an alts shop...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Two Retirement Execs Have New Titles at T. Rowe
The two new titles will be effective at the start of the new year. ..
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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2013's Biggest 401k Game Changers
Here's 401kWire's rundown of 2013's most notable news...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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The 13 Most Read 401k Stories of 2013
Which 401kWire stories did people read the most this year?..
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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TCW Funds' Head Resigns
Months after Carlysle finishes acquisition of the SoCal fixed income, the C-Suite housecleaning at TCW continues...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Burton Malkiel Ponders Rebalancing
Author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street discusses investor options in a WSJ column...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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WSJ Dubs PowerShares a Boring Investor
A PowerShares fund was one example of products following the dumb money approach to this year's bull market...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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The Boston Globe Honors A Putnam Manager
Manager is named Boston Capital mutual fund manager of the year...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Zack Ranks Five Real Estate Funds
The research firm says these products are tops...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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This Crain's Reporter Enjoyed Interviewing Mansueto
Morningstar was one of the top interviews for Chicago columnist Shia Kapos...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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The Most Popular MFWire Stories of 2012
SEC action and Hartford's woes captured fundsters' attention this year...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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In Advance of 2013, a Core Equity Fund Drops a Subadvisor
The shop had sub-advised the fund for four years...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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The Most Popular 401kWire Stories of 2012
The sale of the Hartford's retirement plan business and other big stories captured
defined contribution industry insiders' attention this year...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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A Third-Party Firm Wants a Hybrid Wholesaler in L.A.
The new hire would develop new relationships with wirehouse reps and B-Ds...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Pensionmark Buys Property
The SoCal retirement plan advisory network seals a real estate deal...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Forbes Adds Another Voice to 401k Coverage
Another onlooker mulls over what the federal government could to with the DC industry...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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A $13.7B California Firm Turns to a New CEO
A fixed income and equity shop rings in the New Year by saying goodbye to a chief who's been with the company for more than three decades...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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An Illinois DC Plan Shifts to Lower-Fee Options
The state deferred compensation plan has tweaked its fund lineup to lower cost...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Active ETFs Are Ready for Liftoff after SEC Rule Change
Or so believes a Wall Street Journal reporter...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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First Trust's IPO ETF Gets the Journal Treatment
The Wall Street Journal details how the fund works...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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American Funds, Fairholme and Fido Surprise M*
The mutual fund ratings specialists look at the industry's biggest winners and losers...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Fido Wins Praise From a Hometown Paper
The paper names its PM of the year...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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An Empire State Shop Closes a Five-Star Fund to New Investments
After returning nearly 30 percent this year, the fund is closing...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Bogle Bolts from a Board
The Vanguard founder cites time constraints as the motivation behind his departure...
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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401kWire's Top Read Stories of 2009
With 2009 just hours away from becoming history, here's a look back at the top stories of the last 12 months...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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MFWire's Top Stories for 2009
With 2009 just hours away from becoming history, here's a look back at the top stories of the last 12 months...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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RS Finishes 2009 By Unveiling Three New Funds
The San Francisco-based investment firm debuted three
fixed-income funds on Thursday, upping its fixed-income fund roster to
eight...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Trone Lands a Cover Boy Spot
The fiduciary training specialist and founder of fi360 and most recently, Strategic Ethos, lands on the cover of a trade magazine..
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Has the 401k Industry Found its Morningstar?
A mainstream magazine profiles a DC industry benchmarking startup...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Forbes Fumes Over an Excessive Fee Suit
The magazine highlights a case involving a giant 401k plan that included retail mutual funds...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Berkowitz Gains 'Guru' Status
Fairholme Funds' Bruce Berkowitz is 2009's Investment Guru of the Year, according to gurufocus.com...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Mutual Funds Lengthen their Winning Streak
Long-term mutual funds posted yet another week of net inflows...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Pimco Preps a Global Opportunities Fund
The bond giant is preparing to launch a global equity fund that can also invest in bonds...
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
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Janus Completes a $90 Million Deal
The Denver firm increases its stake in a Chicago-based value manager...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Lehman Bankruptcy Hits a $30 Billion Stable Value Player
After killing a giant money market fund in September, the collapse of Lehman Brothers has now claimed some stable value casualties...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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AUL Lassoes an Insurer's 401k Sales Head
The Indianapolis-based plan provider taps the exec for a sales post focusing on the non-profit market...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Reserve Pays Two More Funds' Shareholders
The beleaguered money fund specialists liquidate one fund and distribute 70 percent of the assets of another...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Credit Suisse Sells a Portion of its Asset Management Biz
Credit Suisse is closing the year with a deal to sell a portion of its asset management business...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Every Investor Still Turns to Gold
The WSJ shines its spotlight on gold and silver ETFs...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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PNC's Voting Power at BlackRock Grows
Bank of America will keep Merrill Lynch's stake in BlackRock, but it will have less voting rights than Merrill had...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
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Jumbo Sunshine State Sponsor Moves Stable Value Fund
A bundled provider sees one plan choose someone else for its capital preservation option.
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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Bush Inks Darfur Divestment Bill
Fund firms can expect renewed pressure from the Save Darfur Coalition following a new bill that was signed into law today...
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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The BDInsider's Top Stories of 2007
With 2007 just hours away from becoming history, The BDInsider takes a look at the year's most-read stories...
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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Thain is Seeking Alternative Capital Solutions
Merrill may be preparing for a larger than expected writedown for Q4...
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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The MFWire's Most-Read Stories in 2007
As 2007 draws to a close, The MFWire takes a look back at the stories that shaped the year in the mutual fund industry...
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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Jaffe Foretells the Fund Industry's Future
What will be the big fund stories next year?..
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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2007 Gains Were Small in Diversified Stock Funds
Fund managers, beware: you may have some worried phone calls from investors who read this morning's WSJ Fund Track column...
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Monday, December 31, 2007
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NASD Issues Year-End Report
The regulatory agency details its activities to regulate the fund industry and its efforts to better educate investors...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003
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New Year, New Schwab
The company rolls out a new ad campaign...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003
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Scandal Cannnot Keep Funds Down
ICI survery finds assets in mutual funds increased by billions...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2003
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AIM Makes Manager Moves
The Houston-based fund firm welcomes 2003 with a series of portfolio manager moves...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Gabelli Ups Buy Back Program
The directors of the fund firm OK buybacks of up to $10 million of common and as well as its convertible shares...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Matrix & Ibbotson Team Up
The NSCC specialist offers its clients an plug-n-play connection to Ibbotson asset allocation tools...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Lockwood Plans Supermarket
The firm is tapping into the skills of its new parent to offer funds to 3,000 advisors...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Payden Readies New Family
The West Coast firm partners with a German Bank to create five new funds...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Winnick Fulfills Pledge, Resigns
Gary Winnick closes out 2002 by writing participants a check for $25 million. Could there be a better way to end the year?..
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Judge Says No to State Street UAL Sale
The UAL ESOP trustee will not be able to sell the remaining stock in the plan until at least January 15...
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Tuesday, December 31, 2002
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Week of December 31, 1999 RFP Roundup
The 401kWire.com takes it regular look at the week in searches...
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Friday, December 31, 1999
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Odd Lots, December 31, 1999
Qualcomm heads off New Year's celebrations ... Flows weaken ... Miller beats index nine years in a row ... The bounty of the century ... Jacob gets a symbol ... Malcolm Fobes to manage new fund ... WWW invests in high school sports...
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Friday, December 31, 1999
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Week of December 31, 1999 RFP Roundup
The Weekly Roundup is a regular column examining the RFPs that appeared on our pages and the pages of other publications this week...
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Friday, December 31, 1999
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Small Bytes: DC for Japanese Farmers
This feature appears every Friday on the 401kWire.com to provide quick newsbites of what is happening in the defined contribution business...
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Friday, December 31, 1999
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Week of December 28, 1998 The Week in Searches
The 401kWire.com takes its regular look at the searches for the past week...
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Thursday, December 31, 1998
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The Year in Searches -- What a Long, Strange Trip It Has Been
Goodbye, 1998. The 401kWire.com takes a look at the searches over the past year -- the good, the bad, the ugly, and the downright wacky...
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Thursday, December 31, 1998
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