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Most 401(k) Participants Ignore 2Q Volatility

Sep 2, 2010 – Retirement plan investors are calming down, MassMutual data shows.

Vanguard No. 1 ETF Provider for Advisers: Cogent

Sep 1, 2010 – Among the top five providers of exchange-traded funds, Vanguard is the only one to make gains in 2010, climbing 10 percentage points to become a “true iShares challenger.”

Adviser Groups Spar Over Fiduciary Solution

Sep 1, 2010 – Two advisor trade groups - the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and Financial Planning Coalition, which consists of the Certified Planner Board of Standards, the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors - finally sent in their comment letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Section 913 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or what the Commission should do about enforcing a blanket…

Loomis Carves Out Credit Research Role

Sep 1, 2010 – Chris Gootkind is the latest addition at Loomis, Sayles & Co., where he has joined the firm’s fixed-income group as the director of credit research and a credit strategist.

Network Promises London to Frankfurt in 4.2 Milliseconds

Sep 1, 2010 – The operator of a pan-European data network has deployed high-speed optical networking gear, to achieve trip times of 4.22 thousandths of a second between London and Frankfurt and 2.65 milliseconds between Paris and Brussels.

Money Funds Off Hook on SEC Credit Rating Rule

Sep 1, 2010 – SEC reprieve for money funds that would require them to approve of the credit rating agencies they must use to determine whether a security is eligible for investment.

LIMRA Offers Secure E-Mail Archiving

Sep 1, 2010 – In light of recent enforcement cases against Goldman Sachs and others, LIMRA is offering secure e-mail archiving to its members.

Fidelity Makes Block Orders Easier on WealthCentral

Aug 31, 2010 – RIA customers can also receive alerts on short-term redemption fees.

Bloomberg Sheds Light on Dark Pools

Aug 31, 2010 – Bloomberg has signed deals with dark pools to allow institutional investors to view trade matches in real-time.

Investors Warming Up to MBS

Aug 31, 2010 – Price may be high, but yields are 150 basis points over Treasuries.

SEC Associate Enforcement Director Conte Steps Down

Aug 31, 2010 – Christopher R. Conte, an 18-year SEC veteran, figured prominently in the mutual and hedge fund market-timing scandal of 2003.

ESP Technologies Hacks Away at Setllement Fees

Aug 31, 2010 – ESP Technologies tackles an important but overlooked area of the back office: settlement fees.

LCH.Clearnet Slashes Fees

Aug 31, 2010 – LCH.Clearnet will cut fees for many customers by as much as two-thirds and eliminate charges for high-volume equity traders amidst the possible loss of key clients.

Wall Street Wirehouses Continue to Dominate SMA Market

Aug 30, 2010 – Wall Street wirehouse bulge-bracket firms continue to top the list of sponsors of separately managed accounts for the second quarter of this year, according to a research report just issued by the Money Management Institute and Dover Financial Research.The report, whose findings were called preliminary, listed the top five sponsors of separately managed accounts as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, BoA Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, UBS Financial and Charles Schwab, respectively based on the value…

Automatic IRAs a Good Start, But Need Improvement: Aite Group

Aug 30, 2010 – Government’s effort to boost retirement savings could overburden small employers.