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401(k) Provider Releases ‘All-In’ Fee Calculation
By John SullivanLincoln Trust Co., a Denver-based third-party administrator, introduced the Personalized Expense Ratio (PER) Wednesday, which allows participants, plan sponsors, and advisors to see the actual cost of their plans without having to perform calculations themselves.
June 22, 2011
Morgan Keegan Agrees to Pay $210M Fine; Could Be Sold by Parent FirmAfter a big fine relating to mortgage-backed securities, Regions Financial brings on Goldman Sachs to explore "strategic alternatives" for the broker-dealer.
June 21, 2011
Bank of America to Double Size of Merrill Edge Advisor GroupThe mass-affluent group should have 1,000 advisors by year-end
June 17, 2011
Fidelity, Russell Surveys Find Disparity in Advisor-Client POVsFidelity Investments announced on Thursday the results of its third Insights on Advice survey.
June 09, 2011
Fairholme’s Berkowitz Defends Performance, Details Decisions: Morningstar ConferenceBerkowitz, suffering from laryngitis, nonetheless answered questions from Morningstar’s Don Phillips about the investments he makes, his macroeconomic viewpoint and the criticism he’s received over his fund’s poor performance during the past six months.
June 09, 2011
Morgan Stanley to Fire More Advisors Who UnderperformedThe layoff news comes just three months after a few hundred low-producing FAs were cut from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
June 01, 2011
Robert Jenkins to Lead FRCA former Fidelity Investments executive is taking over as president of Financial Research Corp.
June 01, 2011
LPL Posts Strong First-Quarter ProfitsLPL Financial reported first-quarter 2011 profits of $49.0 million, 91.7 percent higher than the $25.6 million in profits it reported a year ago. In addition,…