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National Financial Partners Corp. and its subsidiary, NFP Securities, Inc., recently launched NFP IndeSuite, a wealth management platform for the independent registered investment adviser (RIA).

Retirement plan advisers can use industry resources and social-networking tools to gain new plan sponsor clients.

If you are on one of these flights, you can probably count on it being late.

Offering a strong retirement package can be the key to success.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Todd Thompson as regional sales director, to serve Wisconsin and surrounding markets.

Wells Fargo and Bank of America (BofA)’s Merrill Lynch plan to add more brokers to catch up to Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

Emerging Global Shares has launched the Brazil Infrastructure Index Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE: BRXX).

CUNA Mutual Group has launched a fully guaranteed stable value account designed for 401(k) plans.

A survey conducted by MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division found differences in how men and women like to invest, and where they like to go to for advice.

Fidelity Investments has developed an application that will allow investors to place stock, option, exchange-traded fund (ETF), or mutual fund trades via an iPhone or iPod touch.

Prudential Retirement's Total Retirement Solutions (TRS) offering has been enhanced to include a new nonqualified product.

While $1 million is frequently referenced by Americans as a standard level of retirement savings for average families, a new survey finds most registered investment advisers (RIAs) do...

In examining the performance of its suite of target-date funds during the previous two years, Schwab found many funds outperformed the overall market and recovered nearly all losses.

Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of two industry veterans to expand the leadership team within its Investment Management business

A new survey from AARP suggests that—regardless of political persuasion—Americans age 50 and older want 401(k) providers to explain their fees.

A long-brewing regulatory conflict ended today as a U.S. District Judge approved Bank of America’s (BofA) $150 million settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Equity/mixed, bond, and other long-term mutual funds around the world captured $900 billion in net flows during 2009, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company.

Once again, 401(k) participants that were inclined to rebalance their accounts tended to chase the market.

The labor-force participation rate is increasing for Americans ages 55 and older as they are faced with higher health costs and economic losses, according to a study published...

The U. S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued guidance for 403(b) plans subject to new Form 5500 reporting requirements.