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Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) and Dow Jones Indexes announced the creation of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Enlarged Index (DJSI World Enlarged).

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has voted to propose new rules to “strengthen the SEC's oversight of investment advisers and fill key gaps in the regulatory landscape”.

Government auditors warned Congress that boosting the Social Security retirement age would harm poor and minority Americans as well as raise disability claims from older disabled people who...

Thanksgiving has been called a “uniquely American” holiday, and one on which, IMHO, it is fitting to reflect on all for which we have to...

Russell Investment Group is stepping up its efforts to enter the ETF market as a direct provider.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final versions of Form 3921 and 3922 on which employers are required to report information relating to incentive stock options (ISO) and...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and 32 other GOP senators filed a brief on Thursday in favor of a court case challenging health care reform.

Across all income groups, retirement income from employer-sponsored retirement plans is more prevalent among retirees today than in the mid-1970s, according to an Investment Company Institute (ICI) study.

Salient Partners, L.P. announced its acquisition of Integrity Capital Services, LLC and named Integrity’s founder, Lee Partridge, as Salient’s Chief Investment Officer.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a rule that mandates hedge fund and private equity managers to register with the agency and be subject to unannounced examinations.

The median return of the BNY Mellon Master Trust Universe was 8.48% for the third quarter of 2010, reversing course from the -4.87 % return reported for Q2.

Nyhart, an Indianapolis-based independent actuarial and employee benefits consulting firm, announced what it calls standards for the Next Generation 401(k).

Yogi Berra, Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees, once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

A federal indictment unsealed this week in the District of Minnesota alleges that a 62-year-old New Prague, Minnesota man embezzled approximately $642,166 from his company’s employee benefit...

AllianceBernstein L.P. has launched the AllianceBernstein International Discovery Equity Portfolio. 

Asked how often they formally evaluated their DC provider, larger programs were again this year noticeably less likely to say they did so on an annual basis.

A new report suggests that workplace retirement plan participation is down, but better than it has been in the past decade. 

Total 529 college savings plan assets increased to an estimated $127 billion as of 3Q10, reflecting an 8.5% increase from 2Q10 assets of $117 billion, according to the...

IndexIQ, a developer of index-based alternative investments, has partnered with institutional consultant Rocaton Investment Advisors.

E*TRADE Securities LLC expanded its retirement planning center, centralizing access to the free educational resources, planning tools, and products, the company announced.