Vanguard refused to tell us how much of the fee went to Financial Engines.
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Or, you could offer them the sort of managed accounts pioneered by Financial Engines.
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Mr Sharpe has started a company, Financial Engines, to provide an Internet service to fill this gap.
Rowe Price and you want to know which Vanguard funds to buy, Financial Engines' computers will provide suggestions.
For a couple, when different ages and benefits are considered, there are some 8, 000 different choices, Financial Engines figures.
Financial Engines and a new crop of online investment advisors make and manage investment recommendations for their clients.
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We called Bill Sharpe, the Nobel Prize winning founder of Financial Engines, for an explanation regarding this lack of transparency.
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Dozens of big corporate 401(k) plans, including those at IBM, Merck and Xerox offer employees Financial Engines' advice, sometimes at minimal or no cost.
Those retirement planning tools from outfits like Financial Engines use something called Monte Carlo methods to calculate the probability that you will outlive your savings.
Some portion of the 40 basis points charged by Vanguard for managed accounts is paid to a firm named Financial Engines for independent portfolio optimization.
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Why should Vanguard be so shy about fee-splitting with Financial Engines?
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The rules should also give a boost to the use of managed accounts, such as those offered by Financial Engines , the pioneering Web-investment advice software company.
Remember the recent enthusiastic response to the Financial Engines IPO?
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Rest assured, we were told, the fee splitting arrangement with Financial Engines met the guidelines for independent advice the Department of Labor had established in their SunAmerica advisory opinion.
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Financial Engines Chief Investment Officer Christopher Jones says his company has so far signed deals to offer managed accounts to 2 million workers, including those at Motorola and JC Penney.
Here's the story: Almost half of 401(k)s and other employee-directed retirement plans now offer investment advice to participants, often through computer models created by such outside vendors as Financial Engines, Inc.
It's a complex calculation, says Financial Engines' Mr. Jones.
As a recent Financial Engines analysis of more than 2.8 million 401(k) participants found, automatic enrollment is already having an impact on the participation rate, savings and asset allocation of new, primarily younger hires.
Financial Engines, a Palo Alto, Calif. firm that delivers portfolio advice over the Web, recently bought Fortify to look for logic flaws and exploitable holes in its applications, now totaling a million and a half lines.
Financial Engines, a Palo Alto, California firm that delivers portfolio advice over the Web, recently bought Fortify to look for logic flaws and exploitable holes in its applications, now totaling a million and a half lines.
Knowing this safety net will fall into place, you might be able to withdraw a higher percentage of your savings earlier in retirement than you would otherwise, says Jason Scott, managing director of the Retiree Research Center at Financial Engines Inc.
According to a study by Hewitt Associates and Financial Engines, the median 401(k) participant who used investment help through their employer earned close to an average of 2% more per year in their accounts (net of fees) with less risk.
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