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ETFs, Lifecycle Funds May Be a Winning Combination
Two hot retirement plan trends appear to be converging in a way that could dramatically alter the investment management complexion of 401(k) plans: exchange-traded funds and lifecycle funds.
IMHO: An Inconvenient Truth
There appear to be two great debates of our time—Is global warming (oops, I mean global climate change) real? and How much do people need to save for...
UBS Seeking Both Assets and Advisers in Ultra-High Net Worth Market
By the end of 2010, UBS, the world's largest money manager, plans to have $250 billion in ultra-high net worth client assets under management, and about 400 advisers...
Segal Issues Reminder about PPA Changes to Participant Benefit Statements
Segal has issued a reminder that the Department of Labor’s (DoL) new requirements for individual benefit statements require changes to participant plan statements.
Fiduciary Breach Costs CPA $5,000
A California CPA firm will have to pay $5,000 in restitution to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), to resolve a lawsuit alleging that the CPA firm knowingly...
All Equity Markets Gain in Q406
Modest overall economic growth and a subsiding of inflation fears contributed to strong performance from U.S. equity markets in the last quarter of 2006, according to Mercer Investment...
CDM Retirement Consultants Offers Fee Transparency Tools for Advisers
CDM Retirement Consultants, Inc. has come out with two new programs, the CDM Level Compensation Program and the CDM Fee-Based Program, to help advisers comply with fee transparency...
Post-Holiday Surges Lift Transfer Volumes Higher
While “inert″ participants seem to be the order of the day, those inclined to direct activity in their 401(k) accounts entered the New Year in a mood for...
Bad Behaviors Thwart Performance
Recent research from UBS Global Asset Management suggests that when individual investors pursue performance over portfolio discipline, they underperform the market – and their own investments.
Latter 2006 Sees Slower Hedge Fund Growth
New hedge funds had a difficult time raising money in the second half of 2006 after the equity market slowdown at midyear and the later meltdown of Amaranth...
DALBAR Says Adviser Certifications FAB-Ready
In light of the Department of Labor’s (DoL) latest regulatory pronouncement on offering participant investment advice, DALBAR has already updated its two plan adviser certification programs.
A Billion Here, A Billion There…
The New York Stock Exchange has fined Morgan Stanley $300,000 for its failure to stop a trader from entering an order to buy $10.8 billion in stocks –...
A Valentine’s Day Primer
Regardless of your relationship status, Valentine’s Day is coming – and for those of you in some kind of committed relationship (or wanting to be), here are some...
XShares to Develop ETF Based on Carbon Emission Credits
XShares Advisors LLC will develop exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on carbon emission credits, which allow firms and other organizations the right to emit a stated amount of carbon...
Northern Trust Releases Long/Short Equity Strategy
Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) has unveiled a Quantitative 130/30 Core Equity Strategy.
ETFs See Asset Uptick in January
Assets of U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were up slightly to $422 billion in January, according to new data from State Street Global Advisors.
Four Fidelity B-Ds Fined $3.75M by NASD
The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has fined four Fidelity broker-dealers a combined $3.75 million for faltering on some of their recordkeeping responsibilities for clients and ordered...
DTCC to Launch Fund Prospectus Database
The Depository Trust&Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has unveiled plans for a July launch of its redesigned Mutual Fund Profile Service database, which it says will be a centralized repository...
State Street to Buy Investors Financial for $4.5B
Boston-based State Street Corporation announced Monday that it has agreed to buy Investors Financial Services Corporation in a stock transaction worth approximately $4.5 billion.
Dow Jones Unveils New Version of Wealth Manager
Dow Jones has announced the release of a new Web version of Dow Jones Wealth Manager, which it says provides financial advisers with the ability to match news...