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PLANADVISER National Conference: Optimizing Plan and Practice OutcomesBest practices for retirement plan advisersRegister now! MORE
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Here are PLANADVISER's 2013 Top 100 Advisers—drawn from the pool of nominations for PLANSPONSOR's Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year!Register here for the 2013 PLANADVISER National Conference, taking place September 9-11. The 2013 Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers can register for free. MORE
Here are PLANADVISER's 2013 Top 100 Advisers—drawn from the pool of nominations for PLANSPONSOR's Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year!
Register here for the 2013 PLANADVISER National Conference, taking place September 9-11. The 2013 Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers can register for free.
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Congratulations Charlie for being recognized with The Vision Award, and for your leadership and contributions to the pension industry over the past 20 years. Leave a message for Charlie here! MORE
Congratulations Charlie for being recognized with The Vision Award, and for your leadership and contributions to the pension industry over the past 20 years. Leave a message for Charlie here!
May 23, 2013 -- Apparently there is a potential breaking point at which people think gas prices are too high, and it’s $3.44 per gallon.
May 22, 2013 -- Cetera Financial Group has debuted an unbundled, open architecture solution for advisers who serve as 3(21) fiduciaries to offer more customized advice to plan sponsors.
May 22, 2013 -- Advisers have an untapped opportunity to help 403(b) plan sponsors, especially because these plans increasingly have features in common with 401(k)s.
May 22, 2013 -- VestmarkONE Advisor was rolled out as a solution offering flexibility and intuitive design that lets financial advisers manage all fee-based advisory accounts.
May 22, 2013 -- Frank Frecentese has joined Lyxor Asset Management’s New York office as the deputy head of hedge fund research.
May 22, 2013 -- The ClearDirection 401(k), introduced by CUNA Mutual Group, offers support for plan advisers such as optional co-fiduciary options and an open architecture design.
May 22, 2013 -- 403(b) plan sponsors continue to make changes to improve the value of their plans and the retirement readiness of participants, according to the latest benchmarking survey.
May 22, 2013 -- Investment returns in defined benefit (DB) retirement plans outperformed those in defined contribution (DC) plans in 2011 by the widest margin since the mid-1990s, according to a new analysis.
May 22, 2013 -- Unified Trust Company hired Andrew Windsor as a retirement investment analyst.
May 22, 2013 -- The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) filed a comment letter with the Internal Revenue Service about in-plan Roth conversions.
May 21, 2013 -- Frances P. LaFleur joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.
May 21, 2013 -- The Merrill Lynch Advisor Alliance program at Lincoln Financial Group has been expanded to include a group variable annuity and an enhanced net asset value-based program.
May 21, 2013 -- Plan sponsors are increasingly adopting features to help overcome participant inertia, a survey found.
May 21, 2013 -- Mercer named Sabrina Bailey a principal in its Seattle Investments business.
May 21, 2013 -- T. Rowe Price International Ltd named Arif Husain head of international fixed income.
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Have you changed your broker/dealer in the past 12 months?
Interview with Elaine Sarsynski, Executive Vice President of Retirement Services Division of MassMutual.
Charlie Ruffel speaks with Mary Dunn, 2013 DB Plan Sponsor of the Year winner
In the post-fee-disclosure world, all costs are on the table.
Stephen Moylan, SVP for PLANADVISER, interviews Hal Bjornson, JP Morgan Asset Management.
Charlie Ruffel speaks with Philip Altschuler, 2013 Corporate 401(k) <$50MM Plan Sponsor of the Year finalist
The proliferation of target-date funds (TDFs) over the past few years has led to a lot of choices for plan sponsors selecting a retirement plan lineup—but not all funds are the same.