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Employees have disparate preferences when it comes to benefits communications, indicating a need for a multi-faceted approach, MetLife found.

U.S. Bank Wealth Management named Daniel J. Rauchle as head of investment management for its Ultra High Net Worth Group. 

Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell us how much time is spent in preparations for the NCAA basketball tournament—and,...

The adoption of cash balance plans has slowed to a trickle since the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, according to Sibson Consulting, a division of...

Average fees and expenses incurred by investors in long-term mutual funds declined in 2010, according to a recent study.

The composition of a company’s employees are more of an influence on whether an employer-sponsored plan is available than the size of the company, according to the Investment...

This year, in honor of the publication's fifth anniversary, PLANADVISER has opened its Hall of Fame.

PLANSPONSOR has named the winners of the 2011 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year awards.

Buck Consultants is offering advisers global research and expertise on asset allocation policy and fund manager selection for pension plans and endowments. 

Financial Research Corporation (FRC) foresees significant changes in the roles, responsibilities, and services provided by brokers, advisers, asset managers, and others in the investment industry as a result...

Delroy Joseph Sand, Jr., pled guilty to embezzling approximately $642,166.81 from his company’s employee benefit plan between 2008 and 2009. 

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Life Quotes, Inc., a life insurance resource center, compiled a list of the 10 dumbest insurance fraud schemes of all time.  

Deutsche Bank and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, LLC have launched six exchange-traded notes (ETNs) linked to the foreign sovereign bond futures.

Women are increasingly making their own decisions about how to invest money, and are more likely to use advisers than men, according to Mintel, a market research firm. 

According to Cogent Research, institutional investors are more concerned about an asset manager's stability than its performance record.

A survey from The Principal finds that non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) solutions continue to be viewed by employers and participants as a valuable benefit.

Prudential Investments added two mutual funds to its real estate offerings.

Jackson National Life Insurance Company developed an online tool to help advisers build customized investment portfolios for their clients.  

In its “Advisor Assets in Motion” report, Cogent Research found nearly 50% of advisers are not winning as many rollover assets as they could be.