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Speaking at the Security Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) annual meeting earlier this week, Senator Chris Dodd (D-Connecticut) attempted to explain the Dodd-Frank act to a skeptical...

Mercer announced a number of management changes in its Investments and Retirement, Risk & Finance businesses.

Pre-retiree participants who continuously held a 401(k) plan with Fidelity Investments for the past 10 years more than doubled their account balances, according to a Fidelity news release.

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of an employer sued for its use of a year-old stock valuation when making...

Forty-six percent of 50 to 60 year olds have a target retirement date or age in mind, 38% have a target nest egg in mind, and 34% have...

If you are a man with a moustache, November is your time to shine.  

A retirement industry trade group says that a proposal in the Deficit Reduction Commission Proposals could eliminate 401(k) plans.

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The global mutual fund industry is on pace for $850 billion in net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds in 2010, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an...

Northern Trust announced that it has enhanced its collateral management system to provide real-time access and transparent reporting of the daily over-the-counter (OTC) derivative collateral call process.

FolioDynamix and Scott & Stringfellow announced today the launch of a new unified managed account (UMA).

Exchange-traded funds saw net inflows of $13.1 billion in October, on the heels of September's inflows of $25.5 billion, according to the latest Morningstar data.

Investors contributed $26.8 billion to long-term mutual funds in October, about twice the previous month's tally, according to the latest Morningstar fund flow data.

More than one-third of Generation X and Y (Gen X/Y) investors surveyed by MFS Investment Management say their need for advice has increased since the downturn.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney’s Global Investment Committee hosted a press briefing today to discuss its outlook for 2011.  

Nationwide Financial Services hired five Field Service Representatives (FSRs) for its private sector retirement plans sales force.

Lawyers representing Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis have asked the 9th Circuit to overturn a three-judge panel's decision embracing the “presumption of prudence” standard often seen in employer...

Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to deliver a family of five factor-based indexes.

Lincoln Financial Group announced that Sharon Scanlon has joined the company as Vice President and Business Leader for the Large-Market Defined Contribution (DC) business.

Morningstar, Inc. announced that Peng Chen will be taking up the post, leaving his current role as president of Morningstar's Ibbotson Associates unit.