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Patti Starts the WILD Next Stage of Leveraged ETF Evolution
The VistaShares chief and his team launch an ETF and prep another...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Reader Rating: 5
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Watch For a $1.4T-AUM AM to Add More Alts In TDFs
The team at the multinational asset manager, which is part of a publicly traded insurer, is also looking at the DC guaranteed income space...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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How Are 401k and 403b Participants Reacting to Market Volatility?
New research suggests that the vast majority of DC participants made no changes at all in Q1. The average contribution rate even went up!..
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Wilson Welcomes a Cali Principal Alum to Voya
The new hire joins the emerging markets sales team for wealth solutions and is based near Sacramento...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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1.5Y In, an Income ETF Suite Enters 10-Figure Territory
The folks at a Mid-Atlantic fund firm are celebrating a big milestone for a trio of index funds that incorporate daily covered call options...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Peterson Brings Back an Ex-FA to Sells Stable Value And ...
Updated | A Securian alumnus returns, joining the Midwestern insurer's institutional retirement solutions wholesaling team...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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On Friday, ProShares Will Double Its Ether ETF Lineup
The team at the Mid-Atlantic fund firm are preparing to roll out two more ETFs focused on this cryptocurrency...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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Finway, NFP, and Voya Prep For Two Bright PEP Futures
The trio will power a pair of new pooled employer plans expected to debut next month...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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Murphy Adds an M* Vet to His C-Suite
The new hire is filling a newly created leadership role at Empower...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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APIA and a $1.2B-AUA DC RIA Forge a Deal
A 21-year-old, Peach State firm is being acquired by an insurance brokerage's retirement services division...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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This Outflows Streak Reaches 120 Weeks
The LSEG Lipper folks reveal the latest weekly U.S. fund flows data...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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An Empire State TPA Reports a 13-Participant Data Breach
According to the provider, the breach occurred and was discovered on the same day last month...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
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A 21-Fund Firm Expands a $2.9B-AUM Relationship
An Empire State fund firm brings a familiar subadvisor into another fund...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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An Fi360 Alum Joins an Invesco-Backed Fintech
The new hire serves as a VP at the FA-focused firm...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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Helping Plan Sponsors Tackle Ret. Income Misconceptions
A bundled provider's team offers a new framework...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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An Empire State KPA Joins SRP
The advisor also now affiliates with SRP ally GRPF, too...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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$150T By 2030?
A veteran industry researcher looks back and forwards...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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A Fin Wellness Shop's New Interactive Portal Goes Live
The idea is to help participants build emergency savings...
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Friday, June 4, 2021
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CIT 101
For KPAs looking to help their plan sponsors use collective investment trusts, here are some considerations to keep in mind...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Brady Hires a Successor For a Key 28-Year Thornburg Vet
The New Mexico-based mutual fund firm's chief hires a new CMO...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Salaries May Be Less Crucial Than We Think In Determining Saving Levels
A think tank and a money center bank's asset management arm team up. They also released their first joint research...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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McCool Buys, But ...
The retired former Schwab retirement chief has acquired a California business...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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OneAmerica Upgrades Participant Support
Sandy McCarthy unveils the provider's new approach to "individualized and relevant support."..
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Reader Rating: 1.73
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A Jersey MF Team Mourns a 26-Year Company Vet
A mutual fund firm analyst, partner, and PM died last week at the age of 56...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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A $500MM Team Joins GRPF
A KPA and his colleagues switch their OSJ/RIA, but they're sticking with the same B-D...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020
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Reader Rating: 5
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An Ascensus Shop Expands to a Second Office
New Jersey is home to a second office for a TPA...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Bang! Calamos Seals a Deal
The midwestern fund firm buys a boutique and adopts its fund. Perhaps a new fund or two will come next...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Callahan Promotes a 14-Year Transamerica Vet
The rising exec now serves as national sales director for large-market retirement plans...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Kass Versus Fundsters
The hedge fundster calls asset management commoditized...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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Archer Gains an ERISA Partner
The New York City branch of the firm welcomes a 20-year vet...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2019
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RAC's Newest Member is a 25-Year Vet
This new member is president of SBS...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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Wealthfront's Flows Nearly Triple
M* updates open-end mutual fund and ETF flows data for April...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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A Giant State's Planned SARP Faces a Court Battle
Updated | A lobbying group focused on taxation files a federal lawsuit against the state's treasurer to try stop the program from getting off the ground later this year. Meanwhile, the state just issued an RFP...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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WSJ Smiles on Collective Trusts
Defined contribution industry insiders talk to the national business newspaper about the growth of these special funds mostly found in 401(k) plans...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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Week In Preview, June 4-10
This week the teams at the 30% Club, BlackRock, the FPA, the FSI, the MFDF, Pershing, and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services are all hosting events...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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Week In Preview, June 4-10
This week a prominent ERISA attorney and the teams at ASPPA, NAPA, and the SVIA are all hosting events...
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Monday, June 4, 2018
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Heads Up: A B-D Support Giant Enters 401k
The new platform may bring more blind squirrels and aspiring KPAs into the defined contribution space. Experienced KPAs should keep their eyes peeled...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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Enter Phase One of Highland's Massive ETF Rollout
The alts-focused asset manager unveils its second, third, and fourth ETFs. 14 more are the in pipeline...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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Who Will Lead Product at Lincoln?
The insurer's retirement plan unit makes another change in the wake of Chuck Cornelio's departure...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Millennials Are More Open to Consolidating Their Retirement Accounts
Yet a new study suggests that many retirement plan participants, including millennials, believe the current roll-in process is confusing and time consuming...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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Reader Rating: 5
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Booth and Bettinger Are Both Looking East
Don't expect either DFA or Schwab to move HQs just yet, but leadership at both firms is reportedly looking to add or expand significant operations in other cities...
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
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How Do You Engage Participants? Sponsors Share Tips and Woes
Effective communication to participants is something 401k plan sponsors covet, but many are finding it difficult to be successful. This week, a few large and jumbo plan sponsors discuss their communication strategies as well as their travails. ..
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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BMO's Jones Hires a CUNA Mutual Vet
The U.S. retirement services unit of the giant Canadian bank has a new national sales director...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Vanguard Revamps Online Enrollment
A new action-oriented feature is setting participants up for better savings...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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The Pershing FundVest 200 List
There are actually 211 funds, and there will likely be more...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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An RKing TPA Compares Fees
A new fee comparison service for plan sponsors has officially been released...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Chatham Says Sponsors Still Sing Praise for MassMutual Post-Acquisition
The provider's annual client satisfaction survey shows an unwavering level of satisfaction among plan sponsors following on last year's acquisition of The Hartford. ..
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Sell401k Befriends Mobile
A new program has just been launched ...and it's mobile friendly...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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An Ex-Goldman DC I-O Exec Joins an Advisory Shop
He will head up distribution and marketing at Oak Ridge Investments...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Reader Rating: 1
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Morningstar and HelloWallet Shake Hands
...and finalize the $52.5MM acquisition...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Pershing Completes Fund Selection List
During its annual advisor conference, the leading custodian unveils its FundVest 200 list. Pershing enjoys 46% sales growth, and a 108% spike in alts sales. It also unveils a cornucopia of goodies for advisors, including the FundVest 200 List. FYI: The firm hearts alts...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Stifel Buys a Piece of Legg
Legg Mason will shed its wealth advisory biz and focus on asset management boutiques...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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The DoL Wins a $5.25MM ESOP Settlement
The DoL has gotten a $5.25MM settlement from GreatBanc Trust Co. for fiduciary breach involving the ESOP of a California-based aluminum manufacturer. ..
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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CBIZ Acquires an Ohio TPA
An Ohio-based business services firm acquired a TPA...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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T. Rowe's Rogers Quits a $30B Job But Continues Chairing
Brian Rogers, T. Rowe Price's chairman and chief investment officer, will give up his PM duties on the firm's second largest fund, but will retain his other posts...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Franklin Templeton PMs Chat Over Lunch
The Franklin Templeton Portfolio Managers Hold a Luncheon to Talk ..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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A Colorado Shop Hires Four Honchos
One hire will handle client portfolios, another strategic development. The third will support a product devoted to alts and the fourth will be focused on RIAs and institutions...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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CUNA Hires on the West Coast
The RKer has hired a regional VP to cover the west. ..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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SwanDog Says Wholesalers Matter
Study sales wholesalers still play a number of critical roles for advisors, and are an important driver in at least one kind of decision they make for clients...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Reader Rating: 5
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Analysts Shuffle on Seligman Communications & Information Fund
Vishal Saluja has left Columbia [profile] and the analyst team for the Columbia Seligman Communications & Information Fund. Meanwhile, analysts Shekhar Pramanick and Sanjay Devgan have been added to the PM list on the fund's prospectus. Lead PM Paul Wick and co-PM Richard Parower continue to lead the fund's PM team. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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A Sandalwood Fund Loses a PM
Mihir Meswani is no longer PM for the Sandalwood Opportunity Fund at Sandalwood Securities Inc. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Global ETP Market Passes $2T
Sponsors are pulling out all the stops, according to Cerulli. Active ETF providers in U.S. are looking to break into Europe..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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A $2B Shop Launches Its Third Mutual Fund
Updated | A 20-year-old Big Apple firm unveils a new global real estate fund...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Vanguard Dissolves the TIPS Transition Fund
The Vanguard Group Inc has liquidated and dissolved the Vanguard TIPS Transition Fund as of June 4, 2013. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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CMG Creates a Simple Relationship to Find Alpha
The fund shop's latest mutual fund taps a subadvisor and brings the family to three. ..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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PM Says Bye Bye to Northwestern Mutual
Ron Sachs is no longer the PM for the Focused Appreciation Portfolio at Northwestern Mutual. Taking the position for PM is A. Douglas Rao who had been employed by Janus since 2013. Rao was previosuly PM with Chautauqua Capital Management and Marsico Capital Management, LLC. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Lazard Ups PM Count of an Equity Fund
Kevin J. Matthews has been added as a PM for American Beacon International Equity Fund. Lazard Asset Management LLC is the sub-advisor for the fund. Matthews has been with Lazard Asset Management LLC since 2001. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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A Boston Firm Picks Wellington
The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC, Fayez Sarofim & Co., William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Wellington Management Company, LLP have been approved as sub-advisors for the Northwestern Mutual Series Fund, Inc. They will begin to provide sub-advisory services to the Fund's Growth Stock, Large Cap Core Stock, Mid Cap Growth Stock and Small Cap Growth Stock Portfolios on or about July 1, 2013. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Franklin Templeton Investments Adds a PM
Justin Ma has been added as PM for the Franklin Floating Rate Daily Access Fund. Ma has been with Franklin Templeton Investments since 2006. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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SunAmerica Rebrands a Fund
SunAmerica Asset Management Corp has changed the name of the Protected Asset Allocation SAST Portfolio to the VCPsm Managed Asset Allocation SAST Portfolio. The name change will be effective on or about August 12, 2013. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Guardian's Plan to Help Americans Save
Guardian rolls out a new website to help plan participants learn and save. ..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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BlackRock Adds PMs to Opportunities Fund
Nigel Hart and Ian Jamieson have been added as PMs for the BlackRock U.S. Opportunities Portfolio. Jamieson has been with BlackRock Inc since 2004. Hart previously was the PM at ReachCapital Management LP before joining BlackRock Inc in 2012. Tony Kim has been added as PM for the BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Portfolio. Kim joined BlackRock Inc in 2013 and previously was the senior research analyst at Artisan Partners. [SEC Filing]...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Sungard Hires an American Funds Alum
A veteran operations exec takes a post at the recordkeeping software giant...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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T-Bonds Bite Vanguard and Gross, Not Gundlach or Fuss
May was a tough month for some fixed income fundsters...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Jaffe Jabs Malkiel
Malkiel gets some points right, but he doesn't consider today's investment world in full, Jaffe argues. ..
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Arrowpoint Jumps into Retail Fund Business, Buys Aster
The two new hires will manage mutual fund that comes in the deal...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Rekenthaler Throws All-Cap Funds a Bone
The M* researcher also tackles hedge fund returns and money funds' woes in his latest column...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Fido's Data Center Gets Trade Journal Press
The data center community is watching Fido build...
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
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Retirement is a "Huge Focus" for a $1B Private Equity Player
The shop invests in an RKer. What's next?..
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Chiricotti Launches a Trade Group
The CFDD chief unveils a new association focused on QDIAs...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Goldman's Ex-DC I-O Chief Lands
A 401k provider hires the Axa, Fidelity and Hewitt alum...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Chetney and Reich Hire an SVP
An Aetna and ING alum joins LPL's retirement unit...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Butch Touts a New Ivy Fund and a Rebranded One
Ivy Funds is launching a new fund and modifying another...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Reader Rating: 5
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Musto Confirms a Top Hire
A former Goldman Sachs exec is going the bundled provider as the head of sales and client solutions"..
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Cooper Leaves Invesco
The mutual fund shop has a new head of retail sales...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Did Pimco Say "No Vacays" and Tank the Stock Market?
Some hedge funds pros and a guy from Minyanville are tweeting about what they heard at lunch on Friday...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Reader Rating: 2
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Invesco and Schwab Execs Fight the SEC on Money Funds
Leaders believe reforms will cause "rapid flight" to banks..
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Reader Rating: 4
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Putnam's CEO Stays in the Spotlight
Bob Reynolds has kept busy in May according to press reports...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Pozen Pushes a New Type of Charity
The Fido vet and ex-MFS chair supports a move that would encourage foundations give more to private enterprise...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Artisan's Samra Exacts "Revenge of the Nerds"
The International Value Fund co-PM talks to a trade pub...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Funds That Take the Risk Out
"Risk-Lite" funds are just as filling and taste great without the bad stuff...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Barron's Notices ICI Words in Hedge Fund Ad Spat
A new federal law could allow hedge funds to advertise more broadly...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Arnott Says Don't Try to Find the Next Apple
The Pimco sub-advisor recommends emerging markets but not U.S. growth stocks...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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Earhart Updates Advisors' iShares Connections
The BlackRock ETF unti improves a platform for connecting advisors to ETF investment strategists...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
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LPL's Going Public
The godfather of all indie B-Ds is filing for an IPO...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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A Wirehouse Hunts for a Mutual Fund Chief
A promotion opens up a top spot in the broker-dealer's home office...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Hartford is Hiring on the West Coast
The Connecticut-headquartered plan provider is in the midst of a search for a wholesaler to cover a territory on the West Coast...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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12b-1s Inspire 'Subversive' Cognitive Dissidence
An RIA attacks contingent deferred sales charges for mutual funds...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Reader Rating: 5
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W.P. Stewart Relocates From Bermuda
The mutual fund advisor is simplifying its ownership structure and cutting overhead. Names a new CIO. ..
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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SEC Accuses a TPA of Running a $5.5M Ponzi Scheme
An RIA who also administers DC plans stands accused of securities fraud...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Reader Rating: 2.4
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BNY Mellon Sells Stock to Pay PNC
BNY Mellon on Friday unveiled plans to sell $700 million of its common stock...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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The Progress of the Fee Disclosure Bill Sparks Opposition
Last week's passage of fee reform by the House has caused an industry trade group makes its views known to the Senate...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Reader Rating: 3
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A Pell-Mell Deal: Artio Sells Shares in Secondary
The now independent mutual fund advisor is selling more shares to outside investors...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Neuberger Art to Hit Sotheby's
Some of the artwork from the asset manager's collection will go to auction in the fall...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Reader Rating: 1
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Analyst Sees Poor Omens for Mutual Funds in May Tea Leaves
The Wall Street Journal picks up on an analyst report that sees a cloudy future for fund firms based on shareholder behavior over the past four weeks...
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Friday, June 4, 2010
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Charlie Nelson Pushes 'Second Generation' Target Date Funds
Updated | On the heels of an official launch, the provider chief opens up about his new take on the popular default options...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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ProShares Goes Ultra International
Four new leveraged international funds may be the first of a wave of overseas options...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Tschider Sheds Wilmington
Updated | The executive who brought AST to Wilmington is on his out from the Delaware-based trust company...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Reader Rating: 5
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Fidelity and Schwab Rank High in an Online Transparency Study
A research think tank ranks retirement websites based on transparency...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Hotchkis Expands Its High-Yield Fund Business
The LA fund firm adds a new hire and product...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Rollover School Is In Session
A rollover specialist seeks to instruct industry insiders on managing clients' costs and risks...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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The Latest Principal Cuts Hit Retirement Services
The Des Moines insurer makes a new round of staff reductions...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Reader Rating: 4.33
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Great-West Execs See Hope at Putnam Thanks to Reynolds
Great-West Lifeco's Loney sees good things happening at Putnam Investments as he prepares for the insurer's investors day report...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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BNY Mellon's Chief Hunts for Asset Managers
The giant custody bank fans the rumor flames that put it on the short list of firms bidding on two big pending asset management deals...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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SwanDog Sees An Inconvenient Truth For Mutual Funds
A new paper urges change in the industry to prevent an "imminent" collapse. ..
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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FPA's CEO Warns Active Managers to Shake Up Their Practices
The fall fund shop's star PM calls out other fund managers for hewing to asset allocations over responding to broader market conditions...
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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Hartford Lifts Asset Floor for Purchased Platforms
The Connecticut-headquartered recordkeeper has hiked the minimum plan size for two recordkeeping platforms it acquired...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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TPA Sales Trio Leaves Fidelity
The unit formerly known as FRIAG lost three team members last week.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 2
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BenefitStreet Ops Exec Departs
The chief of Bay Area outsourced recordkeeper plans not to replace one employee heading to the consulting world...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Pershing Adds a Quad of Fund Families to FundVest
The Jersey City-based Bank of New York Mellon subsidiary has added four new fund families to its FundVest platform...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3
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More Merrimack Cuts for Fidelity
Some employees in the Merrimack, New Hampshire office were laid off yesterday...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 1.5
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UPDATE 1 | Done Deal: San Fran Fund Shop Steps Forward to Gain Sales Access
The Getty-backed fund shop has inked a deal to place another two dozen funds under its umbrella...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 3.5
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Vanguard Splits Three ETF NAVs ... Why?
Could their be a hidden, or should we say, more obscure reason for Vanguard to split the shares in its Total Stock, Extended Market and Emerging Markets ETFs?..
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Cambridge Names New Compliance Chief
The Iowa-based b-d has tapped a new compliance following as Marcia Martin takes on a new role. Cambridge is also developing a partner support center that it plans to launch in the summer...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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American Funds Takes a Step Back From Multi-Vendor 403bs
As new regulations loom, the mutual fund titan unveils its new strategy for the non-profit DC sector.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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The Weiss Group Wins a Midwestern Plan
An Illinois-based plan sponsor taps the nearby TPA for its deferred comp plan.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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New FRC Study Hits the Target
A new FRC study zeroes in on trends in target date and target risk funds...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Monoyios Bids Adieu to Main Street
The 10-year OppenheimerFunds vet is retiring at the end of the month...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Hennessy Makes New Hire With an Eye Toward Growth
Hennessy Advisors has snagged an industry heavyweight to be the president of the Hennessy Funds...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Reader Rating: 5
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WSJ Emphasizes Three Rs in BRIC
Three Russian-focused mutual funds gain WSJ exposure in the Fund Track Column...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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SEC Picks New Enforcement Deputies
The commission has named replacements for Peter Bresnan and Walter Ricciardi.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
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Ex-Putnam Portfolio Managers Settle with the SEC
Two former managing directors and portfolio managers at Putnam Investments have settled allegations that they engaged in inappropriate mutual fund trading...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Reader Rating: 3
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FSI Weighs in on 12b-1 Fees
The Financial Services Institute has entered the 12b-1 fee battle representing Mr.Fee...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Reader Rating: 2.75
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NYSE EuroNext the Target of $4 Billion Lawsuit
NYSE Euronext, the parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has been named in an $4 billion dollar lawsuit filed by Sea Carriers LP and its affiliate Sea Carriers Corp...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Gabelli Launches SRI Fund
Mario Gabelli, one of the highest paid fund managers in the business, has added another dollar bill to his cap...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Sales Vet Moves on from New York Life
The exec has recently left the Parsippany, New Jersey-based provider after spending close to five years at the firm...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Pru's TPA Channel Chief Departs
The official tasked with enhancing distribution opportunities and strengthening TPA alliances has left the Newark, New Jersey-based provider...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Advisors Navigate Fiduciary Waters
A Prairie State firm offer a new service to help sponsors deal with being fiduciaries.
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Johnson Wants Fidelity to Take on Schwab
Ned Johnson has decided it's time to get Fidelity's custodial assets platform in shape to give Charles Schwab a run for his money...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Janney Hires New REIT Analyst
Janney Montgomery Scott has hired Stephanie Krewson as a research analyst covering equity real estate investment trusts...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Media Watch: Money-Media Shifts Resources to Ignites
What are your favorite reporters and PR people up to this week?..
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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401k and Payroll Private-Labelers Unite
An outsourced recordkeeper's founder explains discusses a brand new partnership and how it fits into his overall plan.
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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American Century To Add a Dozen Funds to Advisor-Sold Lineup
The Kansas City-based firm is planning to sell 12 more of its funds through advisors only...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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SEC Channels Inner Detective to Investigate SMAs
The SEC has taken out its magnifying glass and fine-tooth comb to go over the specifics of SMAs and mutual fund wrap programs...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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T. Rowe Goes to Boca to Woo Walk Ins
T. Rowe Price has opened a new investor center in Boca Raton...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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FPA to SEC: Go Ahead Take a Time Out
The trade group will not stand in the way of the SEC's request for a four month delay in issuing a court ruling on the B-D rule...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Familiar Faces at Funds Find Satisfied Investors
Stability is a virtue not to be ignored when it comes to fund managers, according to some investors...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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The ICI Strikes Back at Stable Value
The QDIA fight has dragged in another government agency, and the mutual fund industry trade group is not about to give up...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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Canada's Fund Power Brokers
A Canadian paper ranks the Power 30 and only a handful of genuine mutual funders make the cut...
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Monday, June 4, 2007
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ICI Prez Will Address Press
The new head will deliver a speech at the National Press Club...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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RFPs Reported This Week
Bundled provider searches, Dreyfus funds added...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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TIAA-CREF Debuts Lifecycle Funds
Files a draft prospectus for funds targeted at retirees in 2010 to 2040...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Great-West Intros Managed Accounts
Great-West Retirement Services will offer a managed account for retirement plans using Ibbotson Associates technology...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Wirehouse Worries
What does the rumored MLIM and Legg Mason deal signal to industry watchers?
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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ING Shakes Up Sales Force
The retirement division at ING has reorganized its sales force to better focus on its growth areas...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Principal’s New Platform for Nonqual Plans
The Principal Financial Group and Executive Benefit Services are rolling out a platform for clients with both qualified and nonqualified plans...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Milberg Slaps Suit on Citibank
Smith Barney brokers allegedly maneuvered unwitting investors to in-house funds.
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Whither NAV Transfers?
Fund firms are climbing over each other to end NAV transfers...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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NY District Attorney Questions AIM
The inquiry concerns a third party...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Janus Finds Institutional Sales Head
John Zimmerman has been hired to fill a new position similar to the one vacated by Lars Soderberg...
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Friday, June 4, 2004
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Cat Opens New Platform
Caterpillar is converting the first client onto the platform of its third outsourced recordkeeping partner...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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Outsourcer Shines Its Brand
The Kansas City-based firm is bringing a new name to the market to go along with its revamped product line...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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PFPC Picks up New Fund Client
The firm was recently tapped to provide fund accounting, administrations, custody and transfer-agency services to this $1.6 billion closed-end fund...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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CRA Helps Managers Assess Competition
CRA BSG is launching a tiered suite of services to boost the competitive performance of asset managers...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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A Michigan County Selects 457 Vendor
This county in the Midwest consolidates its 457 program administration to two providers from five...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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Midwest Firm Integrates B-D Units
This North Dakota-based fund manager is merging a pair of broker-dealer subsidiaries to trim costs and bolster efficiency...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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ING Goes Outside for Large Cap Fund
The firm has tapped an outside manager for its large-company growth fund, which frankly, needs a performance tonic...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2003
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Managers Pulls Plug on Sub
One sub-advisor out of 25 doesn't survive the crucible of the bear market...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Business Building
Century Capital evaluated service providers not as vendor options, but as investment opportunities...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Social Security Privatization
43% of investors favor privatization ... Investment Advisor and S&P team up ... State Street tinkers ... Dow Jones launches...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Social Security Privatization
43% of investors favor privatization ... Investment Advisor and S&P team up ... State Street tinkers ... Dow Jones launches...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Checking Out Advice
An electronics company considers the services of advice giants...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Galileo Gazes at Advisors
The TCW funds group is working to become a major constellation in the night sky of advisors...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Direction Retirement
Compass Group has chosen a new provider...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Nationwide Looks Local
The vendor gets chosen for a large DC plan in Great Lakes region...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Launch Pad
The CitiStreet site for small plans is up and running...
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Monday, June 4, 2001
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Week of June 4, 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, June 4, 1999
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New Fund Family - Familiar Face
Bernham Securities, founded by I.W. Burnham and his son, and including three generations of Burnhams, is launching its own fund family...
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Friday, June 4, 1999
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Shay Funds Select BISYS
Shay Asset Management has chosen BISYS as its backoffice for its $1.6 billion family of funds...
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Friday, June 4, 1999
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Aon Corp. Taps Vendor for Its Own 401k
Chicago, Illinois-based Aon Corporation (NYSE: AOC) has selected INVESCO to be the recordkeeper for its 401(k) plan, John Reschke, vice president, told the 401kWire.com. The plan has 22,800 participants and $1.35 billoin in assets...
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Friday, June 4, 1999
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Odd Lots, June 4, 1999
Three index beaters with less volatility ... Fidelity wants to increase fees for our boys overseas ... Time for late cycle stocks ... Getting fund companies to trade on-line is like taking them to the dentist...
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Friday, June 4, 1999
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DB Replacing Bankers Trust Name
The Deutsche Bank name will replace the Bankers Trust and Morgan Grenfell brands for most units of the new company, but BT Alex Brown keeps its name for the time being...
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Friday, June 4, 1999
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Arkansas Concern Considers Out-Sourcing
El Dorado, AR-headquartered Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) is looking to out-source the administration of its 401(k) plan, Mark Vaughan, benefits manager, told the 401kWire. The plan has approximately $115 million in assets with 1,300 participants...
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Thursday, June 4, 1998
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New Team Joins Watson-Wyatt
Three executives from Towers Perrin are joining Watson-Wyatt in its Atlanta office. Jim Charles, formerly a consultant for the Asset Consulting Practice, will be assuming responsibility for research for defined contribution products. His duties at his new employer began May 14...
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Thursday, June 4, 1998
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