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News Stories Archives - Since 1998
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An 11-Year-Old Boutique Adds 3 More ETFs
All three new launches are index funds that involve Solactive...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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14 Years In, an RKer Exec Takes Over Consultant Relations
A Midwestern company veteran is on the rise at a publicly traded retirement plan provider...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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An Empire State RKer Now Has 10 Board Members
2 new members recently joined and a third is moving on, as previously reported...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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MAP Partners With Envestnet, CapGroup, and Lincoln
The quartet are teaming up to roll out a PEP this fall...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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A Freshly Transformed Muni Fund Doubles In 2 Months, And ...
The fund firm transformed the fund last December. Meanwhile, a new MD is joining the team that runs the fund...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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An Ex-Voya C-Suiter Joins an Ohio Startup
A veteran recordkeeping distribution leader in Colorado has resurfaced...
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Friday, July 26, 2024
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Neos Takes the Lead With $99MM Per Fund
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for June 2023 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Smart Makes Another PEP Choice
The British multinational's U.S. team is partnering with a familiar provider on a new pooled employer plan...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Reader Rating: 5
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Alera RPS Goes Upmarket With a 35-Year-Plus Vet
The new hire most recently worked with a publicly traded insurance brokerage...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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A $210B-AUM Fund Firm Will Buy Into the ETF Biz
The acquirer's new chief describes the deal as signifying "an early chapter" in the firm's "next stage of growth." The deal also brings the firm its first ETF chief...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Ameritas and GPS Help a Midwestern B-D Enter PEP World
RPA, Schwab, LeafHouse, and iJoin are also involved in the new pooled employer plan, which offers multiple investment menu options and allows employers to turn on self-directed brokerage and managed account options...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Reader Rating: 5
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GQG Leads, Yet Industry Outflows Per Fund Rise 54 Percent
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for June 2022 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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In New England, a Provider Vet Joins M*
The new hire previously worked with Voya and MassMutual...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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A Midwestern RIA Sale Includes a $957MM-AUA KPA Biz
A PE-backed KPA aggregator snaps up a $4-billion-AUA, five-location, 46-person wealth management shop...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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A KPA Aggregator Launches a Fiduciary Education Hub
The new offering went live this month...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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With a Deal's Close, a $322B-AUM Firm Gains a Backer
69 days after the possibility was first unveiled, a publicly traded firm's asset management arm has purchased the bulk of a multinational's U.S. asset management business and launched a new strategic partnership...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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Wagner Gains a Taft-Hartley Specialist
The new hire is based in the Southland...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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Inflows Per Fund Rise 27 Percent As Bridge Builder Leads
The M* team updates U.S. flows data for June 2021 for ETFs and long-term, open-end mutual funds...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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M* and a Lone Star Asset Manager Link Up On DC
The investment research giant gains another managed account ally in the retirement plan space...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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A T. Rowe Vet Returns and a Fido Alum Joins
Christine Carolan and Lee Stevens confirm a pair of new hires on the asset manager's retirement plan services team...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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So Much For Aon Willis Towers Watson
After more than a year, a mega-merger collapses...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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Week In Preview, July 26 - August 1
This week, the teams at Broadridge, EBRI, NAPA, and RAC are hosting online events...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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Week In Preview, July 26 - August 1
This week, the teams at FSI and Nicsa are hosting events, and several asset managers are releasing earnings reports...
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Monday, July 26, 2021
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After Eight Years, a Virtus EVP Retires
After a 40-year long career, an exec rides off into the sunset...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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After 25 Years and a Sale, a Top Pavilion Exec Leaves
A Chicagoland KPA departs...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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Empower Welcomes Four VPs
The new hires will support the sales, financial operations, and technology teams...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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Reader Rating: 5
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The ARA Argues for the SECURE Act
The trade group makes the case that the SECURE Act will bolster American retirement security. ..
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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Meet the Conductor of a $1.2T Orchestra
This multinational asset manager's chief is on the hunt...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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A Buffalo KPA Joins Beltz-Ianni
After leaving Westminster Consulting in May, he lands at Beltz-Ianni...
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Friday, July 26, 2019
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What Gets In the Way of Referrals?
Many of your clients may be very happy with your service and willing to refer you to prospects, yet many never do. Here are four issues that might be getting in the way...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Reader Rating: 4
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Scott Parry Resurfaces, With a Bank
The FIS alumnus takes an SVP post with a publicly traded New England company...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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When FAs Want Portfolio Construction Help, They Turn to ...
New research suggests that a certain asset management giant leads the pack when it comes to the best fund firms for portfolio construction advice, in the eyes of advisors...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Sapir Ropes an ETF Entrepreneur
A senior PowerShares vet joins the ProShares team...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Ignore That Text: a Bundled Provider Apologizes
On Tuesday night, some 401(k) participants received a surprising message...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Reader Rating: 5
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SSgA Banks On Bringing Hollywood to Mid-Caps
The ETF giant sponsors a new celebrity podcast to highlight companies in a particular fund...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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Dopp Completes Lord Abbett's DC I-O Key Accounts Team
The mutual fund company now has a regional director for all regions in the US...
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
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A Chi-Town Shop Resets Its Marketing Efforts
An exec departs, and the firm may do more digital marketing going forward.....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Empower's HSA Partnership to Officially Launch
This partnership comes as a certain trend is surfacing... ..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ascensus Acquires a Missouri DC Provider
This acquisition expands Ascensus's presence in the Midwest Region.....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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This Company Wants a Retirement Plan Analyst QKA
...this firm is looking to hire a new analyst.....
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Filings for Fundsters - July 26, 2017
A compilation of the latest SEC filings!..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Meet MFWire In Boston!
Next week MFWire will be be in Beantown for the giant LPL Focus 2017 conference...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Sullivan Wants to Stack Legg's Non-Traditional Wins
Nearly half of the multi-boutique's gross retail sales last fiscal year came from products other than traditional mutual funds. Watch for SMAs and ETFs to play a bigger role for the firm...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Retirement Clearinghouse Paves Path To Auto Portability
The new service is the first of its kind. ..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
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Reader Rating: 5
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MetLife Steps Back from RKing
The insurer has streamlined its DC recordkeeping business. ..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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MFWire Introduces...Eye for Earnings!
Discover the latest company-announced earnings in the industry!..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Why This Bank Is Buying an NYC Fund Firm
Inorganic growth is still on the table for this New England-based bank's wealth management arm. Will that inorganic growth include more mutual fund shops?..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Yahoo's $1B 401k Will Live on Through Verizon
Vanguard recordkeeps Yahoo's DC plan, public filings indicate. ..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Reader Rating: 1
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An Age-Specific Approach is More Suitable Than One-Size-Fits-All
A OneAmerica study surveys the gap influences from generation to generation...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Court Gives Prelim Nod to Avon's $6.25MM Stock Drop Settlement
A fairness hearing is scheduled for the fall. ..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Guillocheau Hunts For Deals ... and a Dealhunter
The Ascensus chief talks about his M&A strategy for the private equity-backed recordkeeper. Watch for him to hire someone to spearhead M&A and do multiple deals per year...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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Reader Rating: 4.75
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Pimco's New Chief, "Subtle and Discreet"
The FT talks to the new Allianz asset management chief about the man taking over its giant fixed income subsidiary in Southern California...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
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4,000 FAs Descend On Boston
It's the middle of summer, and that means it's time for the gigantic annual conference of the largest indie B-D in the biz...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015
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Oppenheimer Updates PMs for Funds
Oppenheimer [profile] has amended the PM information for the Rochester Limited Term Municipal Fund, Rochester Intermediate Term Municipal Fund and the Rochester Short Term Municipal Fund. [SEC Filing] [SEC Filing] [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Only One PM for Nuveen's Fund
Effective August 1, 2013, Emily Alejos will serve as the sole PM for the Nuveen's [profile] Tradewinds Emerging Markets Fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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BNY Mellon Updates Investment Strategy
Effective on or about October 1, 2013, BNY Mellon [profile] has amended the investment strategy for the BNY Mellon Small Cap Multi-Strategy Fund, BNY Mellon Mid Cap Multi-Strategy Fund, BNY Mellon Large Cap Market Opportunities Fund and the BNY Mellon Tax-Sensitive Large Cap Multi-Strategy Fund. [SEC Filing] [SEC Filing] [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Caritas' Fund Set to Liquidate
The Caritas All-Cap Growth Fund will discontinue operations on August 30, 2013. At a meeting held on July 25, 2013, the fund’s board of trustees, in consultation with the fund’s investment advisor, Caritas Capital, determined that the dissolution and liquidation of the fund is in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders. [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Eaton Vance Enters Into Distribution Agreement
Eaton Vance Municipal Income Trust has entered into a distribution agreement dated July 18, 2013 with Eaton Vance Distributors. [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Dreyfus Amends Investment Strategy
Effective on or about October 1, 2013, Dreyfus [profile] has amended the investment strategy for the Boston Company Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund. [SEC Filing]...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Three Things to Know from DST's Earnings
How did Hooley do this quarter?..
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Three Things to Know About Janus' Earnings
After missing consensus targets, MacCoyWeil addresses analyst worries. ..
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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An Old MF Insider Trading Case is Resurrected
A more than 10 year old case involving a mutual fund firm will be resurrected...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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James McNamara Mourns a Goldman Sachs Vet
Donald J. Mulvihill Jr., a former co-CIO of Goldman Sachs quantitative investment strategie has died at age 56. ..
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Borzi Wants You to Give Plan Sponsors a Fee Disclosure Guide
What should that guide look like? The OMB is reviewing the regulation that would detail the requirement...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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USI Lands an ADP Retirement Alum
A Lone Star State exec joins the consulting group's retirement services unit...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Reader Rating: 3
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Lincoln Trust Helps Advisors With Proposals
Tom Gonnella talks about a tool that the RKer previously offered only to its private-label customers...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Legg Mason Sells Private Capital
Legg Mason sells equity unit to its management...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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T. Rowe's Kennedy Ponders Fleeing Baltimore
After one mugging and frequent harassment, T. Rowe is considering moving its headquarters...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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ETF Roundup: Settlement Failures, WisdomTree Wager and Mongolia?
The Financial Times reports an increase in ETF settlement failures and Seeking Alpha reports on WisdomTree's successes and weaknesses...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Despite Outflows, M* Gives American Funds an A
Morningstar's Janet Yang explains recent changes implemented after five years of outflows...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Should PMs Closet-Index In a Down Market?
InvestmentNews explains why...
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Friday, July 26, 2013
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Fidelity Plans to Make Securities-Lending Rates Transparent
The fund giant is preparing a service that will let its hedge-fund clients compare securities-lending rates...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Federated Earnings Are A Mixed Bag
Federated underperforms for Q2 2012 but still has decent sales of certain funds...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Stork and Reaper for July 26, 2012
The MFWire's daily report on mutual fund births, deaths, and changes...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Three More Providers Land on Pension Planet
A database specialist lands more customers for its qualified plan database offering...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2
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Target Maturity Funds Weather Q2 2012
Target maturity funds experience strong inflows although some assets were lost...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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del Rey Boosts Its Sales and Research Operations
The LA firm announced four new hires..
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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A Sales Support Specialist Adds Her First COO
A Fortune 500 veteran joins a business development shop that supports retirement plan advisors...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Morningstar Experiences Slow Growth
Morningstar's earnings look up for the second quarter of 2012...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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S&P Capital IQ Examines Worthwhile New ETFs
S&P Capital IQ looks at young ETFs that are worth considering...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Target Date Funds Are Turning to ETFs
ETFs are being used to help manage volatile markets..
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Fund Giants Probe Extent of Libor Damage to Clients
Litigation on Libor-related matters could be the biggest set of cases to result from the financial crisis, Bloomberg reports..
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Invesco's Q2 2012 Earnings Are Down
Invesco had strong investment performance relative to their peers, but lost their share value...
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
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Putnam Hires Two Ex-Fidelity International Equity Experts
Bob Reynolds hires a co-head of international equities and a director of global equity research...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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A Large Fidelity Client Restores its Match
The plan sponsor reinstates its matching contribution...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Reader Rating: 3
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Alliance Benefit Group Expands Into the Land of Enchantment
The national network of RKing TPAs brings on a new member in the Southwest...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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ING Hires an OppFunds Alum for a Newly Created Post
The new hire will, among other duties, serve as a PM on the ING Global Bond Fund...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Valic is the Big Plan on Campus
The plan provider lands a mandate with a New York college...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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SageView Taps an Investment Strategist
Randy Long expands his team with a new hire in the Midwest...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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The DoL Wants You, and Four of Your Friends
EBSA recruits to fill five soon-to-be-empty positions...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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UMB Fund Services' Series Trust Crosses the Billion-Dollar Mark
The Investment Managers Series Trust reached the milestone last week...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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AUL Says It Is 'Handily' Beating its Sales Goals
Bill Yoerger says the plan provider is 'off to a flying start in 2011.'..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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The TCW v. Gundlach Trial Begins
The two parties begin jury selection in the suit and counter-suit over alleged theft of trade secrets on one side and breach of contract on the other...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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T. Rowe Q2 Net Rises, But Falls Short of Estimates
By one cent...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Reader Rating: 4
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Asset Managers to Obama and Congress: Fix the Deficit For Real
A coalition of broker-dealers and pension plans, as well as mutual fund firms, calls on the President and Congress to raise the debt ceiling and 'fix the deficit for real."..
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ron Baron Says He Has No ATM Card
Baron Capital's CEO recently put to rest speculation that he was the one who left behind the now-famous ATM receipt showing a $99 million account balance...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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$1.6 Billion of Fund Assets Change Hands
The transaction became complete last week...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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A GIC Issuer Returns
An insurance company begins quoting illustrative rates for guaranteed investment contracts again...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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T. Rowe Price Falls Shy
The Baltimore-based fund firm sees its AUM fall despite more than $5 billion of net inflows...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Onorato Reshuffles ExpertPlan's Front Line
The New Jersey-based recordkeeper adds a Polaris veteran to its executive team...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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Who's Recruiting NRP's Advisors?
Last week LPL unveiled plans to buy the network of retirement plan advisors. Other players are stepping in as NRP advisors weigh their options...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Reader Rating: 4.5
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Georgetown Gets into ETFs
No, its not the Hoyas. A Bethesda investment advisor files for a new family of ETFs...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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FedEx Brings Back the Match
FedEx's will restore its company match to its $8.6B 401k plan...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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NRP Loses a $2M Arbitration Fight
Two ex-wirehouse reps reportedly win a Finra fight against the LPL-subsidiary-to-be...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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PM Changes: JP Morgan, Artio & Sun Capital Advisors
The JP Morgan U.S. Equity Fund has added two additional managers to its portfolio team ... Sun Capital sees a shift at a subadvisor...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Actium Manages to Re-Brand
A managed account specialist re-brands itself...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Ex-BofA Retirement Exec Banks on Acquiring
The former head of institutional retirement sales at Bank of America resurfaces at another bank...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Knight Buys its Way into Mutual Funds
The New Jersey-based firm sees the opportunity to leverage its ties to the brokerage world and draw assets to the Astor mutual fund...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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TCW's Stern: Post-Gundlach Work is Fun Again
The deal with MetWest stopped the hemorrhaging of assets and now Total Return is even drawing new assets. Stern wants to double AUM in four years...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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WSJ Highlights the Many Flavors of Target Date Funds
Target-date funds use different strategies to get the same results...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Indie B-Ds Complain About 12b-1 Reform
A trade pub highlights concerns over the new proposal from the SEC...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Pimco's Gross Says Butler Creek Has Gone Dry
The star Pimco manager gives his take on the next decade...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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Popularity Grows for Emerging Markets Funds
Mutual funds investing in stocks from emerging markets are stealing some of the juice from more vanilla international equity mutual funds...
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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NASD Hits AIG BD For $700K Over 'Rogue' Rep
While a broker accused of running a Ponzi scheme faces criminal and civil charges, his former broker-dealer has been ordered to pay up over his alleged misdeeds...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.88
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So You Want to Get Your ETF Approved...
Coming changes may revolutionize the ETF approval process...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.22
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NAPFA Weighs In On Fee Disclosure Debate
The fee-only advisor association gives its own recommendations to EBSA.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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StanCorp Posts Gains in Asset Business
The buyer of Invesmart has turned in its Q2 report card and its grades are up...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Nuveen Appoints President and Executive Director of Investment Services
The asset manager, which last month announced an agreement to be acquired by a group led by a Chicago private equity firm, has tapped an executive from London-based Hermes Pensions Management to become president and executive director of investment services...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Advisory Firm Sails into 401k With Bay Area Provider
A Golden State firm finds another partner for its independent advisor platform.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Confluence Names New VP of Client Services
David M. Moore has been named the vice president of client services at Confluence...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.43
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Miller Files 401k Fee Disclosure Bill
The congressman from California, who led a hearing on 401k fees in March, has filed a bill requiring full disclosure of 401k fees...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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New Fido Fee Suit Seeks Class-Action Status ... For Sponsors!
A Constitution State plan sponsor files a complaint in federal court and wants to do so on behalf of all the Boston Behemoth's sponsor clients. And that's not the only twist in this revenue sharing case.
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 5
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ING Investment Management Names New CEO
The U.S. asset management arm of ING Group has named a successor for Robert Crispin, who is retiring...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3.14
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PowerShares Files For Nine ETFs
The Wheaton, Illinois-based unit of Amvescap plans to launch nine new exchange traded funds...
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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Tape With Participant Info Reported Missing
A computer tape bearing data on current and former employees of Cablevision Systems is missing...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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DB/K Bill Proposed
The bill is aimed at making it easier for small businesses to offer pension plans to employees with lower retirement savings...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Electrical Workers Choose Putnam
A local union chapter has chosen the big Boston provider to manage its DC plan.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2.5
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Newport Announces Purchase of Ceridian, Finally
The long-awaited deal finally happened this morning. The deal creates a top 50 provider...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Principal Buys Again
The insurer has pulled the trigger on another deal as it melds together a more broad product line for the retirement market. This time the deal brings it a fund shop...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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From TPA to Broker
The owner of a Sunshine State company sells it, joins a broker-dealer, and works on a new platform.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Reader Rating: 1
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Enron 401k Settlement OK'd
A federal judge has given the go-ahead to a proposed settlement between former Enron employees and Northern Trust...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Principal Picks Up WaMu Funds
Principal is putting its cash hoard to work in the retail fund business. Executives at the insurer said Tuesday evening that they have acquired the fund business from Washington Mutual, one of the nation's largest savings and loans. Not only does the deal signal Principal's aggressiveness, it also underscores the continuing retreat from the fund marketplace by banks...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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AIG Elevates Its Own
AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp. is looking within to fill its top positions. The Jersey City-based mutual fund company has promoted two executives, according to a release issued last Wednesday. Senior vice president of marketing and sales Jim Nichols will take over AIG's distribution arm, AIG SunAmerica Capital Services Inc., as president and CEO, while senior vice president and chief financial officer John Genoy will serve as chief operating officer of AIG SunAmerica Asset Management Corp...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Changing Direxion
The Boston-based mutual fund company is expanding its executive sales team, changing a fund's name and strategy, and adding a portfolio manager...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Reader Rating: 2
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Better Performers Invest in Their Own Funds
Mutual fund performance, it appears, is linked with self-confidence. A new study by researchers at the London Business School and the Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed the growing wisdom in the fund industry concerning fund managers and their investments: that managers who invest in their own funds deliver better fund performance, on average, than those managers who do not. So reports the Wall Street Journal...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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UBS Courts the Uber-Rich
UBS recently opened a first-of-its-kind office that offers comprehensive wealth management to ultra high net worth investors...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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More Deals for EMS Shops Seen
One of the four remaining specialists in execution management systems will be snapped up by the end of the year predicts the TowerGroup...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Ricketts Making Bet on TD Ameritrade
The Ameritrade founder has been buying more shares in the discount brokerage firm he founded. Does he think the shares are a bargain, or is their another reason for the purchase?..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Ameriprise's Growth Beats Expectations
Wrap accounts and distribution fees put the American Express offshoot over the top...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Piper Loses Three More Reps to Wachovia
The defections continue. This time those leaving include one Chairman's Council member and two President's Council reps...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
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Cardin Unveils Retirement Savings Program
The representative's AmeriSave plan includes tax credits for small businesses to offer 401ks, a government match, and auto enrollment...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Manager Files for Second Age-Target Lineup
The portfolios will have different underlying funds than its first asset-allocation series...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Rollover Provider Opens B-D
The provider will now be able to assess asset-based fees on client accounts...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Insurer Chooses Outsourced Recordkeeper
The move marks a shift in strategy for the insurer's small- to mid-plan offering...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Legg Mason, Calamos' Q2 Earnings Disappoint
Quarter-over-quarter, Legg Mason increased AUM by nearly seven percent, while Calamos grew assets under management by three percent .....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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SEC Considers Charges Against Fido
The SEC has given Fidelity Investments a Wells Notice, a sign that the regulators are considering filing civil charges against the fund firm related to the greens-for-green probe .....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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AEFA Close to WTC Move
American Express Financial Advisors, soon to be known as Ameriprise Financial, is near signing a deal to become the first tenant of 7 World Trade Center .....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Reader Rating: 5
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Ameriprise Eyes WTC Move
The American Express spin-off is close to closing in on a spot in downtown Manhattan...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Franklin Forms Consultant Group
Franklin Templeton Institutional has formed a new group to provide support for investment consultants worldwide. The Global Consultant Relations Group will be headed by William Babtie, who previously was the director of international marketing for Franklin Institutional .....
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Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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Shareholder Advocate Fund Firm Shuts its Doors
The grand experiment comes to an end...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Golden Oak Goes to Goldman
Goldman Sachs Trust is acquiring most of the portfolios of one Citizens fund family...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Reader Rating: 1
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Toughest Compliance Tasks For Fund Firms
A PwC survey reveals which areas fund executives think will cause the most trouble...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2
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SEC Vet Joins Janus
The new face of public affairs at the Denver fund firm spent five years in the Division of Enforcement at the SEC...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Reader Rating: 4
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North Dakota Bankers Back BISYS
BISYS extends a 15-year strategic alliance to include new services...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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T. Rowe Joins 401k-to-IRA Network
A technology firm is trying to knit together a network of recordkeepers and providers to streamline rollovers; T. Rowe Price signs on...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Reader Rating: 2
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Stable Value Fund Gets Uniform NAVs
Gartmore Morley Financial is creating uniform fee classes for its stable value fund...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Reader Rating: 3
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Company Stock Class Action
Attorneys say one financial services retailer is at fault for misleading investors about earnings...
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Monday, July 26, 2004
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Mo Better 401k
A sponsor in the Motor City has just added a new DC plan...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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The Hartford Reaches Out
The Connecticut insurer makes some changes in its variable annuity offerings to help investors in these difficult times...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Four for the Board
There are a few new faces in the Hewitt boardroom...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Zooming to the Same Vendor
This sponsor from the South is moving from three vendors to one...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Talk at the Town Hall
Schwab is co-hosting a town hall meeting with the federal government...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Two into One
A mutual fund firm is combining two of its funds together...
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Friday, July 26, 2002
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Nationwide's New Target
The firm is launching new products specifically for the DC sector...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Gen X Makes for Good Clients
A new study from MainStay shows that GenXers have the same financial concerns as Boomers...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Tapping Advice
A sponsor has selected an advice provider...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Chains
Through the Motley Fool, participants are given new tools to make demands of their employers...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Wall Street Women Discontented
Wall Street Survey ... Nasdaq Shuffle ... ADP's new contract...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Wall Street Women Discontented
Wall Street Survey ... Nasdaq Shuffle ... ADP's new contract...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Eaton Vance's Fox Hunt
The firm has picked up a new subsidiary...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Great West Konnects
The firm has joined the list of firms that are partnering with 401konnect...
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Thursday, July 26, 2001
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Reader Rating: 3
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Advisors Get Custom Homepage
AIM is adding personalization features to its Web site as it woos financial advisors...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Web Firm Aims at Advisors
RetirementSuite.com is the latest of a new class of Web companies intending to bring together employers and the right retirement plan...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Vanguard Cuts Fees
The Valley Forge fund company is lowering fees for loyal shareholders who switch to its new Admiral class of shares...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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Funds Get a Good Neighbor
State Farm, better known for its property casualty insurance, is readying an instant family of ten funds for early next year...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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July 26, 2000
Phoenix Home lowballs Phoenix Investment ... No go in German bank merger ... Investors like higher 401k limits ... Janus parent to buyback shares ... Citi's Weil heir apparent ... Germany is hot for funds ... Winners at PBGH ... A tech overdose?..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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July 26, 2000
Phoenix Home lowballs Phoenix Investment ... No go in German bank merger ... Investors like higher 401k limits ... Janus parent to buyback shares ... Citi's Weil heir apparent ... Germany is hot for funds ... Winners at PBGH ... A tech overdose?..
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Wednesday, July 26, 2000
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Reader Rating: 3
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State Street Gets Lloyd's Recommendation
Lloyd's TSB is getting out of the custody business and sending its customers to State Street...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Dreyfus Chief Economist Takes on Additional Roles
The Dreyfus chief economist takes on new roles at Mellon and a new director of equity research and senior portfolio manager is appointed...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Standard Life Has New Sales Director
London-based Standard Life has hired a new mutual fund sales director to strengthen the company's discretionary and fund of funds efforts...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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IT Forges Alliances
New York, New York-based Investment Technologies (IT) is forming alliances with Forstmann-Leff International (FLI), also of New York City, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based Investment Horizons, Inc. (IH). The alliance with IH will be more oriented toward education, while the one with FLI will center more on advice...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Vestek Adds Two to Fold
Two mutual fund companies have signed on for Vestek Select's fund data collection and distribution services...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Odd Lots, July 26, 1999
Swimming through SEC files ... Numeric shifts into overdrive ...Money from fees pours into fund ... The questions that lead to profits...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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Confusion Reigns When it Comes to 401k Plan Fees
Nearly 80% of plan sponsors do not know how much their plan costs are, according to the Department of Labor's 1998 "Study of 401(k) Plan Fees and Expenses". This ignorance is believed to be caused by the numerous methods vendors use to charge fees, leaving plan sponsors unsure of which questions to ask...
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Monday, July 26, 1999
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Reader Rating: 3
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