Bridget Bearden

• Lifecycle Products Grew 8% in Q4 to $842 Billion

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 26, 2012

  Target-date and target-risk products grew 5% in 2011 and 8% in fourth quarter, according to New York-based Strategic Insight.

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  Lifecycle Funds Grew 8% in Q4 to $842B

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2012

  Assets in target-date mutual funds remain highly concentrated among five firms, says Strategic Insight.

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  New Hire Roundup: Oliner, Kleinke Join AEI; Bozek Advances at Prudential

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  February 2, 2012

  This week in new hires, Stephen Oliner and JD Kleinke went to AEI; Joan Bozek was promoted at Prudential Retirement; Steven McKay and Joseph Kaplan went to Putnam Investments.

• Pace of Mutual Fund Flows to Slow, FRC Study Says

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  June 8, 2010

  Mutual fund net sales posted a record-high year in 2009 and despite their strong flows year-to-date through April this year ($187 billion), Financial Research Corporation (FRC) expects they will slow down overall by the end of 2010.

• From the Silver Lining Department

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2009

  While the market performance of the last 18 months (at least until March 9) has hurt just about every investor and advisor across the board,...