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ETF flows eased their pace for the second consecutive month, but ended in the black with a roughly $6.8 billion monthly inflow, according to the Morningstar Direct Fund...

Flows into long-term mutual funds hit $27.9 billion in February, nearly matching January’s total of $29.8 billion, according to the Morningstar Direct Fund Flows Update.

Transamerica Retirement Services unveiled a mobile application that it says allows employees to enroll in a retirement plan in as little as three minutes.

Fidelity Investments' fourth Millionaire Outlook survey reveals 42% of millionaires do not feel wealthy, compared to 46% who said they didn’t feel wealthy in 2009.

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) is celebrating National Employee Benefits Day with a special Web site for the occasion.

LIMRA’s 401(k) Scorecard for Q4 2010 shows sales had both positive and negative results.

State Street Global Advisors, the investment management business of State Street Corporation, appointed Olivia Engel as head of Active Australian Equities.

A lawsuit questioning Macy’s decision to continue offering company stock in its retirement plans following the acquisition of a troubled department store has won class action status.

U.S. Capital Advisors (USCA) has hired Lea Conner as a corporate retirement and benefits plan consultant.

PLANSPONSOR  today proudly announces the 2011 winners of its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards across five distinct workplace segments:  

There’s been a lot of talk coming from Washington of late about the need to have “an adult conversation” with the American people. 

National Advisors Trust's assets have gone from a low of $3.7 billion in March 2009, to $7.2 billion in March 2011. 

401(k) assets continued to shift toward equity investments in February, a trend that began last October, according to Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index data.

A financial industry "insider" and a communications professional "outsider" gave actionable ideas on tackling a social media strategy at the ASPPA 401(k) Summit in Las Vegas.  

Morningstar evaluated markets worldwide and found the U.S. and Singapore as the best for investors.

At the ASPPA 401(k) Summit in Las Vegas this week, Brian Graff, CEO of ASPPA, and Greg Dean, General Counsel for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor...

Securian Financial Group has added its voice to the chorus of others urging employees to channel their Social Security tax savings received this year into their retirement plan...

Merrill Lynch hosted a Webcast this week called, “It’s Your Future: What Young Americans Need to Know About Retirement,” hosted by former ABC News anchor, Charles Gibson.  

Crowell & Moring LLP has made Seth T. Perretta a partner for the firm's Corporate, Labor & Employment, and Health Care groups in the Washington, D.C. office.

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimates that investors added $6 billion to U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in February 2011, the sixth straight month of positive flows.