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For decades, the question of investor access to company proxies has been a Pandora's box for the Securities and Exchange Commission, chock-full of competing interests and opinions from the investment community.
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Bank and trust-controlled collective investment trusts (CITs) may give retail mutual fund companies a run for their money in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans.
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Automatic 401(k) enrollment programs are making headway among corporations across America and are expected to gain increasing traction, helping more investors be better prepared for retirement, according to Fidelity Investments.
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While we will certainly give credit to Eliot "The Steamroller" Spitzer for taking on illicit trading and sales activities in the mutual fund industry while he was New York attorney general, we wondered why, when he was running for governor, he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from hedge funds, which, after all, were at the heart of the scandal. It's entirely possible some of the funds that showered Spitzer with money conducted market timing or late trading. That would make his acceptance of their contributions a serious conflict of interest and, possibly, a tacit agreement not to indict them.
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While the Millennial generation, those born between 1982 and 2000, are still a young population, eventually they will grow up to become the next generation of mass-affluent investors, following the current Baby Boomers.
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With an eye firming fixed on the first wave of Baby Boomers about to retire, the insurance industry is repackaging its offerings as “retirement planning” tools, TheMotleyFool.com reports.
July 27 - Money Management Executive
Janus’ second-quarter earnings jumped 57% to $48.8 million, or 27 cents a share, up from $31.1 million, or 15 cents a share, in the second quarter of 2006, Reuters reports. This beat analysts’ forecast of 24 cents a share.
July 27