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RESEARCH

Tax Advisers Expect More than a Third of Clients to Convert to Roth

March 10, 2010 -- A Fidelity Investments study found 40% of investors working with tax advisers are now eligible for Roth IRA conversions, and more than a third (35%) are expected to complete a conversion by year-end.

PRODUCTS

Fidelity to Offer Seminar on Tax-Diversified Retirement Portfolios

March 10, 2010 -- To help educate investors about the potential benefits of building a tax-diversified retirement portfolio, Fidelity is launching a "Tax-Smart Investing" seminar.

PRODUCTS

Schwab Offers Roth IRA Conversion Resources

March 10, 2010 -- Schwab is making additional resources and tools available to investors, independent investment adviser clients, and 401(k) plan participants designed to help navigate Roth IRA conversion decisions.

DEALS/PEOPLE

Baden Expands Reach of TPA Solutions

March 10, 2010 -- Baden Retirement Plan Services (Baden), an Ascensus company, is rolling out its services nationally through Ascensus’ sales force of 12 regional vice presidents (RVPs).

INVESTING

DC Participants Sought More Risk in 2009

March 10, 2010 -- Throughout much of the 2009 market rally, activity as measured by fund flows within the Callan DC Index, was above average as participants sought to increase their exposure to risky assets.

INVESTING

Transferring Participants Have a Fixed Sense in February

March 10, 2010 -- For a change, 401(k) participants who realigned their balances didn’t seem to be tracking the market.

SELLING

Advisers Look for More than Product-Pushing from Wholesalers

March 10, 2010 -- Amid the financial crisis, financial advisers reported they are increasingly relying on internal wholesalers at asset management firms, according to a study by the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

DEALS/PEOPLE

Fidelity Appoints Relationship Management Heads for Brokerage Units

March 10, 2010 -- Fidelity Investments has announced promotions at Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (FIWS), the firm’s trading, custody, and brokerage arm for registered investment advisers (RIAs), and National Financial (NF), the firm’s clearing unit for broker/dealers.

RESEARCH

Americans Focused on Rebuilding Finances

March 10, 2010 -- Americans are no longer dwelling on concerns about the economy and instead are focused on rebuilding their finances for the future, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index.

SELLING

Providers Vie for TPA Attention

March 09, 2010 -- Particularly in the small-plan market, retirement plan providers are seeing more business come through third-party administrators (TPAs)—and, as a result, are ramping up their efforts to attract TPAs.

DEALS/PEOPLE

Northern Trust Announces Head of Consultant Relations

March 09, 2010 -- David McPhillips has been named director of Consultant Relations for Northern Trust's Corporate & Institutional Services business unit in North America.

DEALS/PEOPLE

Brooks Joins DWS Investments

March 09, 2010 -- DWS Investments, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank’s global Asset Management division, has announced the appointment of Scott Brooks as a director responsible for Third Party Insurance National Accounts.

PRODUCTS

Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund Launched

March 09, 2010 -- Eagle Asset Management's Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund opened to investors March 1.

DEALS/PEOPLE

ACR Taps Grayson as COO

March 09, 2010 -- ACR-Alpine Capital Research has hired industry veteran Darryl S. Grayson as chief operating officer and national marketing director.

PRODUCTS

Folio Institutional and ABG Carolinas Introduce Folio(k)

March 09, 2010 -- Folio Institutional and Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas have teamed up to offer Folio(k).


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