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Target-Date ETFs: Ahead of Their Time?
By Staff WriterTraditional mutual funds still rule the $2.5 trillion 401(k) marketplace, but that could soon change. Target-date ETFs have crashed the party. In October, XShares Advisors launched...
January 01, 2008
Transamerica, FOLIOfn Team UpTransamerica Financial Advisors has picked FOLIOfn Institutional as its partner of choice as it launches its new Transamerica I-Series, a separately managed account program utilizing...
January 01, 2008
Expenses Level OffDuring the fourth quarter, expense ratios in most ETF categories increased modestly or remained the same from the third quarter. The "industry and sector" group had...
January 01, 2008
Feeling Great About '08Years ending in 8, like 2008, are good stock market years. Only years ending in 5 have been able to beat years ending in 8....
January 01, 2008
New Year's DelusionsHere we go again... another brand new year. Along with a new number to forget to write on our checks, there are many positive things...
January 01, 2008
Pandit Tapped for Citi's CEO SlotCitigroup says Vikram Pandit, 50, is the company's new chief executive officer and member of the board of directors, effective December 11, 2007. Sir Win...
January 01, 2008
James Gorman Moves Up, as Zoe Cruz Bows OutAs of December 1, wealth-management head James Gorman, 49, and Morgan Stanley International chief Walid Chammah, 53, are co-presidents. They replace "retiring" co-president Zoe Cruz...
January 01, 2008
Thain Tapped as Merrill's New CEOMerrill Lynch is now led by John A. Thain, 52, the former chief executive officer, director and member of the management committeee of NYSE Euronext...