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MSCI Barra Puts Out Managed Volatility Indexes
MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Global Minimum Volatility Indices, a new global benchmark offering for managed volatility investment strategies.
World Equity Markets Off to a Bad Start
The world’s emerging and developed equity markets lost 10.56% and 8.95%, respectively, during the first three months of the year, according to Standard&Poor’s.
Goldman Sachs Pulls Account from 401(k) Offering
Citing months of poor performance, Goldman Sachs announced it has stopped offering an investment account that AQR Capital Management created for the bank's 401(k) lineup.
PIMCO Launches Target-Date Suite
Renowned bond manager PIMCO has launched a target-date solution that the firm says “…differ from many older and less diversified types of target date funds.â€
New Savers Behavior Index Finds Optimism Among Affluent Investors
Affluent active savers are much more optimistic about their ability to reach their financial goals and their control level towards their finances than they are about the state...
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Balancing Act
The classic 60/40 balanced fund benchmark may not work anymore, but advisers can utilize other gauges
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2009 Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year
Fiduciary Investment Advisors (Windsor, Connecticut)
Study Finds Gaps in Professional Wealth Management
The assets owned by high net worth individuals (HNWI) reached $50 trillion in 2007, according to a study of the global private banking and wealth management market by...
SEI Opens Resource Center for Advisers
SEI has launched the SEI Advisor Resource Center (ARC), a Web-based marketing system for the SEI Advisor Network's more than 6,500 independent adviser clients.
Stocks Down in Feb. but Equity Inflows Continued
The equities markets may be on a long-term fritz, but that hasn’t stopped fund investors from taking stock positions in their portfolios, according to new Strategic Insight data.
Move From DB Often Includes Improved DC Offering
Many employers who have followed the trend of moving from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement benefits have also beefed up their DC offering, but it is still...
Perspective: Cost and Concentration: Pros or Cons in Target-Dates?
Target-date mutual funds, also called lifecycle funds, are exploding in popularity.
Fiserv Target-Date Funds Include Claymore ETFs
Claymore Securities, Inc. has announced that eight of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are included as underlying investments in the Fiserv Trust Target Date Blueprint Funds.
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Exchange Rates
ETFs continue to be touted as the next best investment for retirement plans, but they are slow to gain traction
Gateway Investment Advisers Acquired By Natixis Global Asset Management
Today, Natixis Global Asset Management announced its acquisition of Cincinnati-based investment manager Gateway Investment Advisers.
MFS Launches Diversified Target Return Fund
MFS Investment Management has launched the MFS Diversified Target Return Fund.
MFS Launches Diversified Target Return Fund
MFS Investment Management has launched the MFS Diversified Target Return Fund.
IMHO: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!
If you’ve been asked in the past two weeks what to do about the market (and who hasn’t), I’m sure your response has been something along the lines...
IMHO: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!
If you’ve been asked in the past two weeks what to do about the market (and who hasn’t), I’m sure your response has been something along the lines...