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  • March 7, 2024

REITs might be right for advisors searching for yield, earnings growth

Office may have issues, but other property sectors have pricing power and can raise rents greater than inflation.

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  • September 21, 2022

Equitable, American Century prepare for SECURE 2.0 with new retirement tools

Equitable's new program is aimed at the micro 401(k) market, while American Century launched a product to help select guaranteed income products for plans.

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Fintech Bytes: Ric Edelman partners with Flourish, American Century gets a robo

For your three-day weekend reading, here's a recap of some of the adviser fintech news you may have missed.

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  • April 1, 2022

American Century’s Avantis adds ESG ETFs

The Avantis Responsible U.S. Equity, International Equity and Emerging Markets ETFs join Avantis’ current line of 11 exchange-traded ETFs.

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  • February 16, 2022

The ‘Great Resignation’ is an opportunity as well as a risk

In her new role as head of ESG at American Century Investments, Sarah Bratton Hughes says she's ready to push the firm into the megatrends that will dominate the next 20 years.

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Are asset managers giving plain old funds a green tint?

The greenwashing trend is raising eyebrows among advisers who wonder whether firms are just jumping on the ESG bandwagon.

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American Century rigs hiring at its employees’ expense

I thought we were all supposed to be free-wheeling capitalists in the financial advice industry — unless you recently worked for mutual fund giant American Century Companies and at least one of its local competitors.

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  • August 10, 2021

Market risk, longevity still worry plan participants

About 40% of retirement plan participants say they're unsure how to make their money last, an American Century study finds.

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  • March 19, 2021

Investor appetite for ETFs on the rise: Schwab

ETFs expected to make up a growing share of investor portfolios in the year ahead, according to Charles Schwab & Co.’s ETF Investor Study.

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  • March 11, 2021

American Century: Evolution paves the way

The Overall Large Company and Equity Large Company winner undertook several innovative initiatives.

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  • March 11, 2021

ESG rises to the top of Lipper Awards

Calvert and American Century bring home overall fund company awards, and a record 21 funds sweep their categories.

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  • March 3, 2021

Target-dates with guaranteed income, the new 401(k) pitch

American Century, Prime Capital Investment Advisors, Nationwide and Lincoln Financial Group collaborated, along with others, on the QDIA.

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  • July 17, 2020

American Century doubles down on semitransparent ETF lineup with ESG versions

The jury is still out on whether financial advisers will buy into the unique new fund wrapper

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  • April 2, 2020

American Century puts nontransparent ETFs on the map

The asset manager launches the first two such funds; says it expects the active strategies to shine amid the crisis

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  • March 31, 2020

New ETF offerings dried up amid March volatility

But April may be livelier, with American Century announcing that the first active nontransparent ETFs will begin trading Thursday

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  • February 14, 2020

American Century lifts the curtain on nontransparent ETFs

The asset manager has high hopes for the first two ETFs it's preparing to launch with the unique new wrapper

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  • January 27, 2020

Asset managers lock horns over potential $7 trillion opportunity

Big fund companies are competing to promote a new type of actively managed ETF

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Top advisers know which clients are worth keeping, and which to let go

Although most advisers are hesitant to let go of any revenue, three-quarters say they have ended a relationship with a client.

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  • June 26, 2019

American Century taps DFA vets for new factor-based business

Avantis Investors has an independent look, but has plenty of support from American Century

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  • April 12, 2019

Who benefits the most from non-transparent ETFs?

Look past the opaqueness of the portfolio and think of them as better than mutual funds.