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The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators has published an Issue Brochure explaining rules regarding newly-allowed Roth contributions to 457 plans.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and other groups are urging a federal appellate court to rehear a case which found fiduciaries at Kraft Foods may have breached their...

RBC Dexia Investor Services has launched Investment Analytics - Interactive, a Web-based portfolio analysis tool.

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Based on the earnings results of publicly-traded asset managers, kasina found that the first quarter of 2011 witnessed a slight drop in asset manager margins despite growth in...

Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) finds that immediate annuities or longevity annuities would be effective at reaching desired income adequacy targets, especially for lower-income retirees.

Fidelity Investments is rolling out its first fund in the global high-yield category, the Fidelity Global High Income Fund.

An Aon Hewitt report highlights how loans, hardship withdrawals, and cashouts can be detrimental to retirement savings.

In its 2011 Defined Contribution Survey, BlackRock asked plan sponsors and participants to describe the allocation of responsibility they see in retirement plans.   

Workers will be limited in tapping their 401(k) retirement plans for loans under legislation introduced by Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike Enzi (R-WY).

In its quarterly Sentiment Survey of registered investment advisers (RIAs), TD Ameritrade found 73% of respondents said business has grown in the last six months.  

Conscientious and generally responsible Americans save more for retirement than others, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center.

USI Consulting Group announced Michael W. Fischer has joined the company as a Defined Contribution Consultant, based in New York City.

Baden Retirement Plan Services, a third party administration firm, has appointed Brian Smith as Sales Manager.

On average, defined contribution plan participants include 5.3 funds in their accounts in 2011 - nearly double what they had in 1996, according to a Spectrem study.

A federal judge in South Carolina approved a $30 million settlement against Duke Energy over its conversion to a cash balance retirement plan.

The Principal Financial Group found that plans who start auto-enrollment at a 3% deferral rate have a lower average deferral rate than plans without an automatic enrollment feature.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report on plan participant contribution activities found many plan sponsors are using a combination of automated and...

Inflows for U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) accelerated to $23.3 billion in April after reaching just $6.9 billion in March.

Long-term mutual funds saw inflows of $23.9 billion in April, which trailed March’s $27.0 billion, according to data from Morningstar.