U.S. Companies Add $9.6B to Dividend Payments in Q3
October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P Indices announced dividend increases rose 17.1% during the third quarter of 2011, with 350...
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Litman Gregory Launches Alternative Strategies Fund
October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Litman Gregory Fund Advisors has launched its Litman Gregory Masters Alternative Strategies Fund.
Investors Losing Confidence; Blame Weak Economy and Political Divides
October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor optimism has plummeted according to a Wells Fargo/Gallup poll, which found two in three...
Operational Risk in Managed Accounts Can Cause Problems
October 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Cerulli report contends that while managed accounts are stable from an investment-risk and a...
T. Rowe Price Names Head of New Fixed Income Solutions Group
October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - T. Rowe Price has created a new Fixed Income Solutions Group and hired industry veteran...
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Putnam Launches Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund
October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Putnam Investments announced that it has launched the Putnam Dynamic Risk Allocation Fund (Class A:...
Casey Quirk Predicts Target Date Retirement Fund Growth
October 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target date retirement funds (TDRFs) will represent nearly half of the total $7.7 trillion in...
Mercer Announces Partner in Investment Consulting Business
October 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sue Crosby has joined Mercer as...
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Web site Launches for Management of Retirement Investments
September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Web site, 401KGPS.com, has...
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Vanguard LifeStrategy Funds to Adopt All-Index Approach
September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The four funds in the Vanguard...
World’s Largest Pension to Invest in Emerging Stocks
September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The world’s largest public pension fund,...
Investment Managers Say U.S. Economy not Entering Double-Dip Recession
September 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three quarters (79%) of investment managers surveyed in the latest Russell Investments Investment...
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Guardian Enhances Fund Lineup
September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. (GIAC) has introduced an enhanced fund line-up and...
Study Finds Increase in Investors Who Use Technology
September 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Hearts & Wallets quantitative study of more than 4,400 U.S. investor households shows...
SEC Charges RBC over Sale of Unsuitable CDO Investments
September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities and Exchange Commission charged RBC Capital Markets LLC for misconduct in the sale...
Another Suit against Rating Agencies Dismissed
September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Corp., and Fitch Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit alleging their ratings of...
Russell Paper Outlines Volatility-Responsive Asset Allocation
September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments’ latest research for institutional investors, entitled “Volatility-Responsive Asset Allocation,” explores the possibility of...
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Mercer Establishes Investment Management Biz in Korea
September 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer has strengthened its financial services arm by establishing an Investment Management business in Korea...
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Vanguard DC Participants Hold Fast during August Market Volatility
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fewer than 3% of participants in Vanguard-administered defined contribution plans made one or more portfolio...
J.P. Morgan Announces Expansion of Fixed Income Team
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced that Anthony Gould will join the New York/London/Asia Global Fixed...