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| Products, Deals and People |
| Mutual of Omaha Retirement Services announced that it has expanded its retirement platform with Stadion Money Management’s StoryLine 401(k) solution aimed at participants in adviser-sold, small-market plans. This solution uses SPDR exchange traded funds (ETFs).Read more > |
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| Market Mirror |
Wednesday, the Dow gained 163.74 points (0.90%) to finish at 18,293.70, the NASDAQ closed 53.83 points (1.03%) higher at 5,295.18, and the S&P 500 increased 23.35 points (1.09%) to 2,163.11. The Russell 2000 was up 16.71 points (1.36%) at 1,245.03, and the Wilshire 5000 climbed 251.87 points (1.13%) to 22,505.25.
On the NYSE, 3.1 billion shares traded, with advancing issues outnumbering declining issues nearly 6 to 1. On the NASDAQ, 2.9 billion shares changed hands, with a more than 2 to 1 lead for advancers.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note increased 10/32, bringing its yield down to 1.656%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond climbed 1 2/32, decreasing its yield to 2.383%. |
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| Sponsored message from Empower |
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| Compliance |
| The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has sued a Bridgeport nursing home and one of its officers alleging that they diverted millions of dollars from the company’s retirement plan improperly to a religious corporation and to themselves.Read more > |
| IRS Extends Nondiscrimination Relief for Closed DBs |
| The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is extending temporary nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit (DB) plans by making that relief available for plan years beginning before 2018, if certain conditions are satisfied.Read more > |
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| From the Magazine |
| The Pension Protection Act (PPA) and the resulting qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) regulation turned the prevailing wisdom about defined contribution (DC) default investments on its head. Of the three QDIA options—balanced funds, target-date funds (TDFs), and managed accounts—TDFs get used most, but could a balanced fund be just as good for many participants?Read more > |
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| Investing |
| Bond ETFs Becoming Popular With Institutional Investors |
| The difficult trading environment in bond markets is fueling the use of bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in institutional portfolios. The 104 institutional investors participating in the Greenwich Associates 2016 U.S. Bond ETF Study are experiencing longer execution times, increased execution costs and more difficulty sourcing bond securities and completing trades—especially large ones.Read more > |
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| Small Talk |
| ON THIS DATE: In 1789, the U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General. In 1862, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863. In 1927, in Chicago, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight. In 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a congressional act that established the Peace Corps. In 1969, Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run. In 1998, the U.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia’s nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country. |
| SURVEY SAYS: Studies indicate that first-born children and only children tend to be more successful in their careers than middle children or the last-born. This week, I’d like to know in which category do you fall, and is this finding true in your family? You may respond to this week’s survey by 6 p.m. Pacific time today.Read more > |
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