Index of Marketplace News for the Year 2006
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2006 MARKETPLACE NEWS INDEX
- Schwab Announces Acquisition of the 401k Company
- EPIC Advisors Names New Director of Business Development
- Single(k) Announces Roth 401k for Owner-only Businesses
- Commonwealth Releases Proprietary Fee-Based Retirement Plan
- Boston Financial Eases Year-End Compliance Testing for Plan Sponsors
- CitiStreet Introduces Web-Based Tools for Sponsors, Participants
- U.S. Leads International Business Community in Migration from DB Plans to DC Plans
- Tree Of Life Appoints NYLIM to Service $100 Million 401k Plan
- Diversified Investment Advisors Adds SVP for Retirement Services
- Metrics Partners Rolls Out Advanced 401k Electronic Marketing
- Participants: Investment Decisions Ok, but Worry About Having Enough to Retire
- ExcellerateHRO Signs Contract With 7-Eleven for Benefits Administration Outsourcing
- Morningstar Enhancing Coverage of Collective Investment Trusts
- CitiStreet Assures Customers PPA is Beneficial and Manageable
- CFDD Announces Major Wraparound Events for the 2007 Advisor Conference
- SaveDaily Targets Real Estate Agents With FreedomK Product
- PAi Extends Relationship with OppenheimerFunds
- Nationwide Financial Introduces Retirement Innovator
- Transamerica Names 401k Plan Veteran as Regional VP of Sales
- John Hancock Launches Lifecycle Portfolios
- The Online 401k Partners With MPAY
- Financial Engines Reaches $7 Billion in Assets Under Management
- Marie Augsberger Joins MassMutual as COO for Retirement Services Division
- 401k Is Now the U.S.'s Leading Private Retirement Plan
- AUL Adds First American and Goldman Sachs Funds to Lineup
- SaveDaily Selected as Recordkeeping Platform by Black Wealth Network
- Wealth Management Systems Expands Rollover Offerings
- ASPPA Supports the Next Generation of Retirement Policy
- Morningstar Announces Retirement Income Strategist
- ExpertPlan Enhances Auto-Enrollment Technology
- Fidelity Unveils Myplan Guidance Program
- Newport Appoints Garrett McDaniel as Managing Director
- Transamerica Adds Record Number of Investment Options
- California Payroll Announces Partnership With The Online 401k
- CPI Expands Employee Education and Enrollment Services
- MassMutual Offers Education Resources in Response to PPA
- DST Introduces "Auto Pilot" Capabilities for Defined Contribution Plans
- SunGard Acquires ProNvest
- Fidelity Investments Launches Fidelity Lifetime Income Solution
- Lincoln Financial Launches Lincoln American Legacy Retirement
- 401kDIRECT Network Partners Launches New Services
- Paychex Adds Roth 401k Option
- Captrust Financial Advisors to Acquire Plan Advisory Services
- Envisage Allies with RolloverSystems
- The McHenry Group Partners With MPI
- Two Rivers Capital Management Introduces ETF-based 401k Platform
- AUL Adds New Regional Sales VP
- BISYS Launches Auto-Enrollment Features For 401k Retirement Plans
- MassMutual Captures #1 Ranking on InformationWeek 500 for Wireless Enrollment Innovation
- Judy Diamond Releases New Edition of TPA Directory
- JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services to Acquire CCA Strategies
- U.S. Pensions & Investments Summit Opens on September 10, 2006
- Retirement Solutions Launches 'Your Personal Economy' Website
- Fidelity Strengthens 401k Platform For Financial Advisors
- Bill Jackson to Lead Nationwide Financial's Retirement Plans Segment
- 401kLoans Releases New Calculations & Documents Module
- Zacks Offers Private Investment Management Services For 401k Plans
- Professional Capital Services Introduces ManagedPlan Program
- Principal Introduces Roth 401k Rollover IRA
- ExpertPlan Partners With Putnam Investments
- Invesmart's RightPath Managed Account Option Hits 57% Participation Rate
- CPI Qualified Plan Consultants Opens Mid-Atlantic Office
- John Hancock Passes 1,600 Plans with Roth 401k Feature
- 401kTechTeam Partners With PlanTools
- Fidelity Poll Reveals Investment Selection Most Pressing Concern
- Joe Fournier Joins Diversified Investment Advisors
- JennisonDryden Introduces Investment Oversight Tool
- Callan Associates Names Lori Lucas to Lead Defined Contribution Practice
- Financial Engines Reaches $5 Billion in Assets Under Management
- ShareBuilder Adds ETF-Based Roth 401k Option
- Lois Towers to Join McHenry Group Management Team
- Ftwilliam.com Announces Competitive Upgrade Program
- DailyAccess Corporation Adopts Newkirk/Masterypoint GuidancePlus Solution
- Zacks Develops Advice Audit Service for Pension Bill Compliance
- Ceridian Sells Retirement Plan Services Business to The Newport Group
- Pension Specialists Opens Chicago Office
- Plan Sponsors React to Retirement Advice Legislation
- Pension Rights Center Launches Revised Website
- Transamerica Implements Online 401k Plan Adoption and Acceptance
- Diversified Investment Advisors Launches New Investment Evaluation Tool
- The McHenry Group Expands Management Team
- CitiStreet Small 401k Plan Sales Jump 21 Percent in Six Months
- AUL Adds Roth Option to its Retirement Planning Lineup
- ExpertPlan Names Julian Onorato as President
- RolloverSystems Names Zerrick Bynum Chief Financial Officer
- Perspective Partners Introduces TANDM-401k
- Presidium Retirement Advisers Launch New Collective Investment Funds
- Ftwilliam.com Announces Release of Batch Amendment Module
- Glencrest Investment in 401k Business a Savvy Business Strategy
- SunGard To Acquire ProNvest
- AUL Selects New Self-directed Brokerage Account Vendor
- SPARK Issues Best Practices for Frequent Trade Monitoring
- LDI, Ltd. Moves $67.5 million 401k to NYLIM
- ADP Teams with Morningstar to Offer 401k Managed Account Option
- Nationwide Adds Roth 401k Calculator to Educational Lineup
- Wells Fargo Offers Target Date Funds That Track Dow Jones Indexes
- Great-West to Acquire MetLife 401k and Defined Benefit Business
- Diversified Investment Advisors Launches PlanXpress
- Co-op America Teams with Social(k)
- Ftwilliam.com Announces the Release of Ftwportal
- J.W. Thompson Investments Launches Retire Rite Documentation Program
- Schwab Introduces Automatic 401k Suite of Services
- ICMA-RC Launches Suite of Investment Advisory Services
- Metrics Partners Announces New Client Retention Program
- DailyAccess Corporation Selects RolloverSystems For Asset Retention Services
- Retirement Solutions Announces Addition of Glenn S. Daily to Board
- CitiStreet Hires Benefit Veterans for Institutional Sales
- Patelco Credit Union and ShareBuilder Partner
- CFDD Announces 2007, 2008 & 2009 Advisor Conference Dates and Locations
- New York Life Enhances Retirement Plan Website For Plan Sponsors
- Metrics Partners Announces 401kAds
- Wachovia Completes Acquisition of Ameriprise Financial's DC Recordkeeping Business
- Fortune Benefits Expanses to South Florida
- Plan Recordkeepers Not Ready for Rule 22c-2
- The Hartford Sees High Interest in Roth 401k
- Invesmart Named Recordkeeper of the Year
- EBRI Recommends PBS' FRONTLINE Retirement Program
- Study Says Workers Ill-Prepared by Their Employer on Retirement Issues
- JPMorgan Funds Launches New Target Date Funds
- PSCA Responds to PBS FRONTLINE's Program "Can You Afford to Retire"
- Seligman Announces Fee Reduction for its TargetHorizon ETF Portfolios
- RolloverSystems Signs OppenheimerFunds
- CFDD Announces Alliance With The McHenry Group
- Chemical Financial Announces Freeze of DB Plan, Enhancements to 401k
- New Option for Creating Investment Policy Statements Announced
- Media General Announces Restructuring of Retirement Plans
- Smithfield Foods Selects Genworth Investment Option
- ICI Reports That Americans Own a Record $14.3 Trillion in Retirement Assets
- Fleetwood Selects CitiStreet As 401k Administrator
- J.C. Penney and J.B. Hunt Win Best of Class Benefits Solution Awards
- Newport Appoints New Chief Marketing Officer
- FRONTLINE presents "Can You Afford to Retire?" Tuesday, May 16, 2006
- UVEST Financial Services Launches Retirement Destinations
- Transamerica Retirement Services Rolls Out Enhanced Roth 401k Offering
- Decimal and Alliance Benefit Group Announce Partnership
- Wachovia to Acquire Ameriprise Financial's DC Recordkeeping Business
- Morningstar Announces Retirement Income Education Center
- Invesmart Adds Roth 401k Plan Option and Online Calculator
- 401kDIRECT Launches Actively Managed ETF Retirement Funds
- Lydall Announces Redesign of Its Retirement Program
- The Online 401k Launches Roth 401k Option
- Hitachi Metals Adds DFA Funds to Retirement Plan Line-up
- SunGard Adds Functionality for SEC Rule 22c-2 Compliance
- Invesmart to be Acquired by StanCorp Financial Group
- PSCA Urges the SEC to Reconsider the Rule on Redemption Fees
- CitiStreet Rolls Out Income Distribution Product for Retiring Participants
- Standard & Poor's Launches Retirement Income Education Program
- UNIFI Companies Adopts Newkirk Participant Education Program
- CitiStreet Launches Self-Directed 401k Brokerage Account Product
- ABG Report Indicates Participant Savings Vary Dramatically by Region
- Russell Retirement Services Adds New Institutional Sales Staff
- Seligman Adds Automatic Enrollment Feature to Growth 401k Plan
- CFDD Announces Alliance With Investment News
- Fiserv Expands CIF Retirement Plan Platform Offerings
- National Penn Capital Advisors Acquires Resources for Retirement, Inc.
- First Mercantile Launches New Participant Education Tool
- American Century Investments Acquires Mason Street Funds
- Newkirk Introduces Calculator and Guide to Address RMD Issues
- CFDD Announces Availability Of The APEX HealthCheck For Retirement Advisors
- AUL Launches Investment Education Toolbox
- ING Offers Roth 401k and 403b
- Vanguard to Launch Five New Target Retirement Funds, Modify Others
- Ceridian Adds Roth 401k to Its Retirement Plan Offerings
- Online 401k Hires Vice President of Sales & National Distribution
- Lincoln Electric to Offer New Retirement Program for U.S. Employees
- Schwab Managed Retirement Trust Funds Surpass $1 Billion in Assets
- BlackRock And Merrill Lynch Investment Manages To Combine
- Alger Funds Added to CPI Retirement Platform
- Smithfield Foods Selects RolloverSystems Automatic Rollover Platform
- OppenheimerFunds Makes Enhancements to Pinnacle Platform
- AUL Adds Managed Account Service to Retirement Plans
- Genworth Financial Brings 401k Enhancement to Paychex Plan
- Morningstar Introduces Rating for U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds
- Seligman TargetHorizon ETF Portfolios Added to CPI Retirement Platform
- U.S. Bank Introduces Roth 401k Retirement Option
- Morningstar Completes Acquisition of Ibbotson Associates
- Fidelity Investments Expands And Enhances Freedom Fund Offerings
- Flexible Plan Adds Three More Sub-Advised Mutual Funds at Nationwide
- CitiStreet Year Marked By Growth in Sales and Services
- 401k and Fiduciary Monitoring Platform Adds Partners and Functionality
- Dorann Cafaro Named Retirement Plan Advisor of the Year
- FRC Releases Comprehensive Study of the Small Business Retirement Plan Market
- Bogdahn Consulting Acquires Sentinel Fiduciary Services
- Newton Launches International Equity Fund Aimed at 401k/DC Market
- Prudential Retirement Unveils Approach for Reinventing the Defined Contribution Plan
- SunGard Introduces Relius Document Management Services
- Book "How To Build A Successful 401k and Retirement Plan Advisory Business" Released
- Zacks Launches Allocation Tool for 401k Plans
- AST Trust Company Acquires Capital Trust Company
- First Charter Bank to Utilize RolloverSystems for Retirement Plan Rollovers
- First Mercantile Releases User Guide for Third Party Administrators
- Igloo Products Corp. Selects Principal to Provide 401k Plan Services
- BISYS Acquires Total Benefit Communications
- 401kLoans Teams with Envisage to Deliver Loan Product Offering
- McHenry Group Alliance Benefit Group Announce Strategic Partnership
- Society for Human Resource Management Selects RolloverSystems' Automatic Rollover Service
- Robert Capone Named Head of DC Group for Mellon Financial
- Ameriprise Retirement Introduces Seminars, Education Tools for Roth 401k Plans
- Americans Think Winning the Lottery is the Most Effective Wealth-Building Strategy
- Columbia Management Adds R Shares to 13 of its Mutual Funds
- Retirement Income Industry Association Announces Founding Members, Upcoming Conference
- ExpertPlan's Social(k) Post Strong Year-end Results
- AIM Investments Launches New Retirement Planning Tool
- 401k Advisors Announces New Entity, Capital Infusion and Expansion of Management Team
- Firms Join Forces to Create Web Retirement Income Planning Toolkit
- MassMutual Names New Managing Director of Institutional Sales for Southeastern U.S.
- Invest N Retire Introduces TandemModels System for Advisors
- AIM Launches Roth 401k Contribution Option
- CPI Announces Retirement Plan Consultant for Chicago Area
- Daland Corporation Adopts RolloverSystems Automated 401k Rollover Platform
- Morningstar Associates Expands Relationship with BISYS
- Ice Miller Expands Its Employee Benefits Practice
- T. Rowe Expands Lineup of Advisor Class Funds
- Fidelity Adds Three Treasury Bond Index Funds
- Principal Unveils Seminars To Help Increase Retirement Savings by Decreasing Debt
- New Principal Program Offers Special Pricing for Retirement Plans That Spur Employee Savings
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