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Politicians have always been fond of second chances. 

VALIC has launched an education campaign that caters to the specific financial and retirement planning needs of women.

Dreman Value Management L.L.C., a contrarian value asset management company, launched the Dreman Contrarian Value Equity Fund.

Citi added socially responsible investment (SRI) solutions to its securities lending cash collateral investment program.

IndexIQ has introduced the IQ Global Oil Small Cap ETF (NYSE Arca: IOIL).

On a total return basis, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index gained 5.11% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 4.89% in April, compared to...

Motorola 401(k) Profit-Sharing Plan participants are excluded from the class specified in a securities lawsuit brought against the company, so they cannot share in the settlement of that...

William Gallagher Associates (WGA) announced that James Kinney has joined the firm as a Senior Vice President.

Corporate Compensation Plans has introduced an executive compensation benefit program to protect highly paid employees' income and wealth accumulation plans.

Janus has launched what it says is the first U.S.-based capital protection mutual fund to offer daily liquidity with no set maturity date.   

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S&P Indices announced the launch of the S&P 500 Oil Hedged Index.

A Sun Life Financial survey suggests that over nine in ten American workers either have no idea what their health care costs are likely to be in retirement,...

The retirement services division of American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has selected Scott Pawlich to be its regional sales director for Michigan.

AGF Investments Inc. (AGF) selected Chris Boyle to be Senior Vice-President (SVP) of the firm’s institutional business.

Forward Management, LLC has relaunched the former Forward International Fixed-Income Fund with a new name, a new strategy, and a new sub-adviser.

Brian Lighty has joined ING U.S. Retirement Services as the Independent Channel Regional Vice President covering northern Illinois.

Having a goal for retirement savings can cause participants to be more engaged in actively planning for their retirement, according to a survey from Diversified’s Retirement Research Council.

Putnam Investments has hired Michael Shamon and Daniel McDermott for senior positions in defined contribution sales and client relations.

J.P. Morgan Worldwide Securities Services has launched a cash allocation and rebalancing solution (CARS) that supports target-date funds, both custom and open architecture.