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-–WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT GATEWAY TO LEADERSHIP FUNDRAISER DINNER MAY 11, 2011—

Washington, D.C., April 28, 2011 – MMI, the national organization for the managed investment solutions and wealth management industry, today announced the nominations for the industry’s leading firms in the following categories:

Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year – The Top Advisory Solutions Firm of the Year

• Nominees: Pershing Managed Account Solutions, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Fiserv

Advisory Solutions Product of the Year- The firm that launched the most innovative product that contributed to the growth of the industry.

• Nominees: LPL Financial– Model Wealth Portfolios (MWP), Folio Dynamix – FDX Connect, Citi- Openwealth

Advisory Solutions Technology Innovation or Operations Improvement of the Year- The firm that exhibited the greatest gain in efficiency or growth due to a technology or operations improvement.

• Nominees: Citi, SEI, Fiserv

Advisory Solutions Service Provider of the Year Award-The vendor or partner who best contributed to the innovation, growth and long-term sustainability of the advisory solutions industry.

• Nominees: . Citi, SEI, Folio Dynamix

Advisory Solutions All-Star Achiever Award – The individual who has gone above and beyond in support of an industry issue or MMI initiative.

• Nominees: Jim Seuffert of Pershing Managed Account Solutions, Rick Austin of Citi, Aaron Schumm of Folio Dynamix

Advisory Solutions Investment Manager of the Year – The Investment Manager exhibiting the qualities most valued by program sponsors (Voted on by sponsors only)

• Nominees: Neuberger Berman, BlackRock, JP Morgan

Advisory Solutions Emerging Manager Exhibiting Greatest Growth – The investment manager with assets less than $2B who has shown the greatest growth in assets.

• Nominees: TIAA-CREF, Forward Management, Riverfront Investment Group

Advisory Solutions Established Manager Exhibiting Greatest Growth – The investment manager with assets greater than $2B who has shown the greatest growth in assets.

• Nominees: BlackRock, Nuveen, PIMCO

Advisory Solutions Field Sales Team of the Year – The firm exhibiting the most effective field sales strategy and execution resulting in a significant growth in sales.

• Nominees: Pershing Managed Account Solutions, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Consulting Group, JP Morgan

Advisory Solutions Marketing Program of the Year – The firm whose marketing program best promotes the growth and development of advisory solutions.

• Nominees: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Consulting Group, USAA – Serving our Military, LPL – ClientsFirst

As in past years, the MMI Board of Governors named recipients for the following awards, which will also be presented at the Gateway dinner:

MMI Pioneer Award- The 2011 Career Achievement Award will be presented to John E. Coyne, III, President of Brinker Capital and Brinker Capital Securities. Mr. Coyne has responsibility for policy and oversight for sales, marketing, and key account management at Brinker. Additionally, he is chairman of the firm’s Best Practices committee and a member of the firm’s investment, management and finance committees.  With 29 years of industry experience working at Butcher & Singer, Van Kampen, Morris Stone (now Van Kampen), Fidelity Leasing, and Mutual Benefit Capital Companies, Mr. Coyne has been an active and vocal member of MMI and a strong advocate for advisory solutions.

MMI will announce the winners in the Advisory Solutions industry who have demonstrated innovation, growth and long-term viability with its second annual industry leadership dinner and celebration. The fundraiser will be held on the first night of the MMI Annual Convention in Boston.

Proceeds from this industry leadership awards dinner will benefit MMI’s workplace diversity program, Gateway to Leadership, a 501(c)(3) charity.

Thank you for attending!

- Managed Investment Solutions Workshop –

San Francisco, CA

Charles Schwab Offices: 215 Fremont Street, 1^st Floor

September 22nd, 2011

MMI launched The Managed Advisory Solutions Institute for Education to help member firms cost effectively train personnel and leverage experience from industry experts. MMI delivered nine successful Managed Advisory Solutions workshops and is pleased to announce the next workshop will be held on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 in San Francisco CA at the Charles Schwab offices.

The MMI has teamed with Maureen Wilke of Wilke and Associates, an experienced industry trainer and practice management firm, to deliver this workshop. This is a one-day workshop designed to educate new hires or employees new to managed solutions including sales teams, operations staff, product and marketing personnel and customer service representatives from investment manager, sponsor firms and service providers.

The workshop provides a well-rounded industry overview in a facilitator-led format that will include background information, platforms, terminology, business processes, industry data/statistics and advisor best practices.

As a follow up to the workshop, participants will be sent session highlights, which include the key ideas to reinforce the important learning points.

MMI Central Year End 2010 Issue Available

2010 saw Advisory Solutions assets under management top two trillion dollars, finishing the year that began with AUM of $1.8T.  Assets grew at more than 26% beating the S&P 500 which grew at just over 15%.  A stronger economic climate and government initiatives helped US equities beat broader international indices.

The fourth quarter growth in Advisory Solutions of 9.3% was fueled by UMA and the rep-driven programs Rep as Advisor and Rep as Portfolio Manager.  MMI Central 2010 Year End Early Edition is available by clicking below. A final version will be available soon.

  MMI Central 1Q 2011 (462.5 KiB)
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This is the second issue of Central – Early Release. The purpose of the early release is to help MMI member firms more quickly assess industry trends. Central – Early Release includes sponsor-related exhibits and an abbreviated overview of the industry. In addition, estimates have been made for firms that were unable to meet the quarterly data deadline. A final Central will be issued which will include updated statistics.

  MMI_Central_4Q10_EarlyFINAL.pdf (1.2 MiB)
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One of the most critical roles that MMI serves for its membership is as the industry’s liaison to regulatory and policy makers.

A proposed rule revision by the Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (EBSA) if passed could have a significant impact on our industry. As part of the comment process, MMI has submitted a comment letter drafted by John A. Ehinger Jr. SVP, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Placemark Investments, Inc. of MMI’s Legal and Regulatory Committee.

The letter is available for review on the MMI website.

MMI EBSA Comment Letter