ADVISORY/ AdvisorCentral.com Launches With Conference Call; New Funds Portal Is Joint Venture of Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Putnam and PFPC.Business Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) --(BUSINESS WIRE)--AdvisorCentral.com WHAT: The Chief Executive Officer of AdvisorCentral.Com -- a new Internet portal for financial advisors that was founded by Fidelity Investments(R), Franklin Templeton Investors Services, Inc., Putnam Investments and PFPC Inc., a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. -- will host a conference call with media to introduce the platform. WHEN: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 at 1:00 p.m. ET. HOW: Call 1-800-334-8305 and ask for the AdvisorCentral.Com conference call or conference #4605137. There will be a short introduction, followed by an opportunity for questions and answers. WHO: The new Chief Executive Officer of AdvisorCentral LLC, Joseph T. Grause Jr., as well as executives from Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, PFPC and Putnam. FOUNDING COMPANIES About Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. Institutional Services Company, Inc. (FIIS FIIS Fire Island National Seashore (US National Park Service) ): FIIS is a division of Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest providers of financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. with custodied assets of $1.3 trillion, including managed assets of $813.1 billion. FIIS is a leading provider of investment management services to more than 4,200 financial institutions, including wirehouses, regional and independent broker/dealers, banks, trust companies and insurance companies. FIIS' total assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. were $177.1 billion as of September 30, 2001. For more information, advisors can go to www.advisorxpress.com. About Franklin Templeton Investments Franklin Resources Inc. NYSE: BEN is an investment firm originally founded in New York in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the NYSE under the ticker BEN as in Benjamin Franklin, whom founder Charlie Johnson admired. : Franklin Templeton Investors Services, Inc., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BEN), a global investment organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Through its subsidiaries, Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment, shareholder, custody and distribution services to the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series and Fiduciary products, high net worth and institutional accounts, as well as separate account management services. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company has over 50 years of investment experience and over $246 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2001. For more information, please visit www.franklintempleton.com. About PFPC PFPC Professional Financial Planning Course (Canadian Securities Institute) : Providing a wide range of global fund services to the investment management industry, PFPC is the nation's largest full-service mutual fund transfer agent and second-largest provider of mutual fund accounting and administrative services. A member of The PNC Financial Services PNC Financial Services (NYSE: PNC) is a U.S.-based financial services corporation, with assets of $92.0 billion. PNC operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in eight states and the District of Columbia, specialized financial businesses serving Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC PNC Purdue University North Central (Westville, Indiana) PnC Point 'n Click PNC Police National Computer PNC People's National Congress (Guyana) PNC People's National Congress ), PFPC is also a leading provider of retirement services, subaccounting, print mail services, shareholder services, custody, securities lending Securities Lending When a brokerage lends securities owned by its clients to short sellers. Notes: This allows brokers to create additional revenue (commissions) on the short sale transaction. , integrated banking transaction services and alternative investment services. PFPC clients comprise some of the world's most successful financial services companies, including brokerage firms, pension and investment managers, insurance companies and banks. For additional information, please visit www.pfpc.com. About Putnam Investments: Founded in 1937, Putnam Investments is one of the nation's oldest and largest money management firms. As of October 31, Putnam managed $293 billion for 14 million individual shareholder accounts and 2,500 institutional clients. Putnam has headquarters in Boston and offices in London and Tokyo. For more information, go to www.putnaminvestments.com. |
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