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Russell Investments has announced the schedule for its annual index reconstitution process, which it says will “capture and reflect the past year’s shift for equity markets globally.”

Health-care costs for retiring Americans, including nursing home care, average $260,000 and can exceed $500,000, according to research conducted by the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston...

Although Baby Boomers are typically treated as one big generation, they actually comprise three different demographic groups, according to a new study from the MetLife Mature Market Institute.

Bernie Clark, head of Charles Schwab Advisor Services, expects to continue gain more assets from the wirehouse channel, he said at an event today in New York City.

A new report from Morningstar warns those who flocked to bond funds in 2009 that even those investments aren't immune to volatility.

The Hartford Mutual Funds has launched Class I shares for two of its funds.

Yet another employer has fallen prey to the one-two punch of a sharp drop in stock price—and the sting of a 401(k) stock-drop lawsuit.

U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) closed out 2009 with $785 billion in assets, up from roughly $533 billion at the end of 2008, according to Morningstar Fund Flows and...

A survey by AXA Equitable found that Americans who work with financial professionals are more confident about their ability to invest in equities.

Retirement Management Systems, Inc., said it launched an asset management program to help advisers manage the 401(k) assets of their clients.

Dow Jones Indexes has updated its Dow Jones Target Date index series.

The recession has taken a toll on small-business owners' retirement savings and personal health, according to a new survey.

Nuveen Investments has extended its offerings to non-U.S. investors with the availability of two new strategies.

On Friday, the Department of Labor, as part of the White House’s Middle Class Task Force, formally unveiled a couple of initiatives.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Jeff Baumgartner as regional sales director for its 401(k) business.

The White House today proposed a new rule to implement the exemption for investment advice in the Pension Protection Act (PPA).

The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) reported recovering $1.36 billion in 2009 for employee benefits plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security...

The mutual fund industry gathered $4.2 trillion in net cash flows worldwide in the second half of the decade, according to a new report from Strategic Insight (SI),...

Wells Fargo & Company said it enhanced its online retirement site with interactive planning tools.

Online brokerage Folio Investing has added Business Logic Corp.'s MarketGlide Folios to its inventory of brand-name investment strategies from third-party market professionals.