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A federal court has permanently barred William Alexander from selling or administering pension plans or employee welfare-benefit plans.

Being knowledgeable and trustworthy are the most important factors people consider when searching for a financial adviser, the First Command Financial Behaviors Index found.   

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and the Wharton School of Business have published a study that found 17% of investors use two or more financial advisers–and most don’t...

Van Eck Global has launched what it says is the first U.S.-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to give investors pure-play exposure to the developing Russian economy.

Chances are, one out of four employees think you’re not doing a good job.  

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has hired a new managing director in the southeast region – and says it will add three new sales support roles in the...

Nationwide Financial Services has hired five wholesalers to support advisers in the life insurance, annuities, and retirement plans businesses.

Never being able to afford retirement is the nation’s most common financial concern for the second year in a row, according to a survey from the American Institute...

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, has formed a strategic alliance with Roubini Global Economics, an independent, global economic research firm.

Russell Investments has hired Chris Barlow as a defined contribution specialist for the firm’s U.S. adviser-sold business.

Nearly 83% of sponsors in a recent survey said participants are at least satisfied with retirement planning tools available to them; however, 79% also said participants do not...

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Waste Management exchange-traded fund (ETF).

RidgeWorth Investments has hired Robert Zakem as Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, and Joseph O'Donnell as Chief Compliance Officer for RidgeWorth Funds.  

Investment management giant PIMCO has expanded its emerging market fixed income team through the hiring of three additional portfolio managers.

UBS Investment Bank is introducing a Securities Research app compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices.

Approximately 70% of institutional investment managers believe that the risk of inflation will increase over the next six months, according to a Northern Trust survey.

Although the pace of flows into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has decelerated in the past several months, March saw the pace pick back up, Morningstar Direct reports.

The pace of long-term inflows slowed slightly to $27 billion in March, from nearly $28 billion in February, due largely to a drop in U.S. stock flows, according...

Towers Watson announced that Helen Mills has joined the company as an account director for its greater New York metropolitan area.

U.S. mutual fund investors added an estimated $23 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in March 2011, according to Strategic Insight, an...