Data & Research

IRA Assets Reach $4.75T

Total assets in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) grew 12.5% in 2007, reaching a record $4.75 trillion, according to a study released Thursday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute...

UMAs Need More Standardization

New research says rapid growth in unified managed accounts (UMAs) will be stinted if the need for industry standardization and automation isn’t addressed.

'Pop' Charting

You may still be trying to figure out where Senator Barack Obama stands on the Russian invasion of Georgia.

Watch Out Mutual Funds!

They’ve been slow to catch on in 401(k) plans, but a new report says that exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are a potential threat to mutual funds in investor...

College 'Education'

Those kids many parents are sending off to college for the first time this month – are part of a diverse, internet-savvy and privacy-free group of nearly two...