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Analysis: Latest 401(k) Lawsuit Highlights Ongoing Fee Concerns (Reuters)
By Staff WriterMore than three dozen lawsuits have been filed in recent years over investment decisions that have caused 401(k) values to plummet. The most recent was filed last week against Ameriprise Financial Inc., led by a group of employees who argue that the firm pushed workers into expensive and untested proprietary...
September 29, 2011
Pietrangelo named MDRT Foundation presidentBarbara A. Pietrangelo, CFP, ChFC, has been named the 2011-2012 MDRT Foundation president. Click the headline for more details.
September 27, 2011
‘Trader’ Alessio Rastani Prays for Recession, Says Millions Will Lose SavingsSome are questioning whether the arrestingly earnest trader is really a member of the Yes Men, anticapitalist activists who impersonate the people they dislike as a means of exposing what they view as the real truth about corporations.
September 26, 2011
Senate Approves Deal on Spending, Averts ShutdownEnding weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.
September 02, 2011
GAO Study: More DB Plans Are Investing in Hedge Funds, Private Equity FundsA growing number of defined benefit plans, predominately large ones, are investing through hedge funds and in private equity funds.
August 30, 2011
401(k) Investors Who Choose TDFs Stay With ThemRetirement plan participants who invest in target-date funds tend to stay with them, the Employee Benefit Research Institute announced Tuesday.
August 29, 2011
BlackRock Seeks to Run ETFs Using Own IndexesBlackRock, the worlds largest money manager, filed an application with the SEC for its iShares exchange-traded funds to follow its own indexes rather than those developed by third parties such as Standard & Poors.
August 04, 2011
‘Soros Won’t Be Last’ to Quit Over Dodd-Frank: Deloitte ManagerGeorge Soros’ recent announcement that he would henceforth manage only his family’s money did not surprise Ellen Schubert, chief advisor to Deloitte’s hedge fund practice. Schubert, in an interview with AdvisorOne, says others will follow.