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Mutual Fund Excellence Award Winners: S&P Capital IQ
By Joyce HansonVanguard, Manning & Napier, T. Rowe Price and Tweedy Browne all won multiple awards in this year's S&P Capital IQ U.S. Mutual Fund Excellence Awards Program.
October 11, 2011
Vanguard Launches 401(k) Plan for Small BusinessesVanguard launched a small business 401(k) plan service in September that provides a low-cost plan, including index funds and target-date funds, in a bundled retirement plan package. The service is provided directly to sponsors of 401(k) and profit-sharing plans with assets up to $20 million, as well as to advisors...
October 11, 2011
Multi-Family Offices Moving to Pooled Investment Vehicles: CerulliFamily offices increasing use of pooled investment vehicles presents an opportunity for wealth managers, Cerulli reports. Family offices also pick vehicles with potential for superior after-tax performance.
October 11, 2011
PIMCO’s El-Erian: Listen to Occupy Wall StreetAlthough some think that the movement will simply dissipate without effect, El-Erian said that instead it was part of a worldwide drive for greater social justice.
October 01, 2011
'Go Anywhere' Funds: Easy to Like, Harder to QualifyThe popularity of such funds puts an extra onus on wealth managers to thoroughly vet a strategy and properly set expectations for its role in a clients portfolio.
September 30, 2011
Finding Value in a Loser’s GameAs John Kenneth Galbraith famously pointed out, we have two classes of forecasters: those who dont know and those who dont know they dont know.
September 30, 2011
Who’s More Reckless: Stockbrokers or Psychopaths?Study at a Swiss University offers surprising results.
September 30, 2011
Chess Champ? Hedge Funds May Want YouWall Street loves chess, and chess champions and other gaming experts may very well have developed skills that assist them to excel in the kind of analytical decisions required by high-level investing of the type that hedge funds make.