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Fidelity Investments has rolled out a program to give financial advisers and brokers access to market intelligence and industry insights about topics such as retirement planning.

Saying the company "will continue to be committed to being highly competitive and paying for performance," J.P.Morgan Chase's Director of HR John Donnelly informed employees that 401(k) match...

November 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company (GIAC) announced that Stadion Money Management, Inc., is introducing collective investment funds to Stadion’s managed account services...

Franklin Templeton Investments recently added Matthew Beaulieu to its team of regional defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) specialists to cover the Western U.S. region.

The latest exchange-traded-fund (ETF) data from State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) show that industry-wide total assets were down $5.3 billion, or 0.08%, to $689 billion for October.

More than other age groups, Generation Y is increasingly interested in asking for guidance from a financial adviser, according to a MetLife survey.

Edward Jones entered into a distribution agreement with Pacific Life Insurance Company, giving financial advisers access to a selection of Pacific Life’s protection and retirement products.

A Mercer study found value funds outperformed growth funds in the third quarter, as the median large-cap value fund posted a gain of 16.3% compared to a gain...

Mutual of Omaha has added a 457(b) retirement platform to its lineup of retirement solutions.  

Old Mutual Asset Management (OMAM) named Brian Carroll, Paul Williams, and Mark Bentley as heads of the Institutional, Non-US, and Retail distribution teams, respectively.

Pen-Cal, a San Francisco-based plan provider, has turned to Stephen C. Nell as its East Coast managing director.

Fiduciary Benchmarks, a 401(k) plan benchmarking firm, has compiled the data and reporting necessary to benchmark more than 98% of U.S. 401(k) plans.

Retirement plan investors seemed of two minds in October, with asset transfers out of 401(k) plans showing equal numbers favoring equities as fixed income, according to the latest...

A new study in three countries found that sending a simple text message can remind individuals to save.

Envestnet has unveiled a retirement income solution for registered investment advisers (RIAs) to help clients plan for retirement.

Heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. has agreed to a $16.5 million settlement of an excessive fee lawsuit in federal court in Illinois.

I’m sure you’ve seen that commercial where a series of more-or-less everyday events and their price tags are presented.

Amid the continuing industry debate over getting workers to retirement versus through retirement, John Hancock has extended its target-date portfolio glide path for another 20 years.

The typical adviser receives more than 100 e-mails, mailings, wholesaler visits and internal sales desk calls every month from product providers—and that’s just from the firms they work...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly working on a final revenue procedure for Section 403(b) prototype plans that takes into account comments received.