Benefit Plans Plus (BPP) and Qualified Plan Services (QPS) have merged to become the second-largest locally owned third-party administrator (TPA) in the St. Louis region.
MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has been selected by The Austen Riggs Center, based in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as the new full-service provider for the company's $7 million defined benefit...
Standard Insurance Company, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., said it has been selected by a consortium of 15 school districts in southeast Michigan to become their...
Mercer and Putnam Investments announced Wednesday that Mercer will now provide all plan services for existing Taft-Harley clients that had been serviced by both firms.
A Los Angeles law firm well known in the retirement services space for its expertise in Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary issues has reorganized and now...
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney launched Graystone Consulting to provide investment consulting advice to institutional investors and the upper-tier private wealth market.
BlackRock, Inc., confirmed that it has been engaged in discussions with Barclays Bank about BlackRock's potential purchase of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including the iShares business.
Troy Redstone joined Lockton Companies in Kansas City as a producer specializing in employer-sponsored retirement plans and investment advisory consultation.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the formation of an Investor Advisory Committee to give investors “a greater voice in the Commission's work.″
Stephen L. Deschenes has been named senior vice president and general manager of the Annuities Division for the U.S. operating unit of Sun Life Financial, the company announced...
Abigail Johnson, daughter of Fidelity Investments Chairman Edward C. Johnson III, was named the new chair of the Fidelity board that oversees its 161 fixed-income and asset-allocated funds.