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Wilmington Trust has hired Karen S. Bonn as a client development officer at Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Company (WTRIS).

If you're looking for some assistance in dealing with the new plan fee disclosure regulations, there is a a new solution on the market. 

Journal Communications, a Milwaukee-based media company, is freezing its defined benefit plan and boosting its 401(k) match, effective January 1, 2011.

A 401(k) provider has unveiled a bundled 100% index fund 401(k) program where employees pay only the expense ratios of the index funds.

Plan Sponsor Advisors, LLC (PSA) has hired Theresa “Tess” Malone as its new National Practice Leader.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) on Thursday released its long-awaited final rule governing a wide variety of investment option disclosures, including fees to workers in participant-directed individual...

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced two appointments to its fixed income and equity investment teams.

Pension software provider BLAZE SSI and preapproved document provider McKay Hochman have worked out an agreement allowing the two companies to exchange data between their respective systems.

State Street Global Markets announced the launch of its Systemic Risk Index that measures the U.S. equity market’s vulnerability to market shocks.

GE Asset Management (GEAM) has hired Steve Johnson as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales – U.S. and Asia.

Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors China ETF.

Morningstar introduced a portfolio management and performance reporting service for broker/dealers.

FundQuest, a provider of research and wealth management solutions, announced that Investment Professionals Inc. (IPI) has launched its Private Asset Management (PAM) platform in partnership with the firm. 

Sixty-eight percent of institutional investors believe a double-dip recession is unlikely, according to a Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) poll.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division published a white paper on the latest 403(b) regulations and the impact on fiduciary duties, including Form 5500 reporting/audit requirements and Internal Revenue Service...

Aon Corporation has announced a $325 million restructuring plan, undertaken in connection with its acquisition of Hewitt Associates, in which 1,500 to 1,800 jobs are expected to be...

Rich Linton, the recently appointed head of Business Retirement Solutions at Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, has announced organizational changes to his team.

Engineering giant Bechtel has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of an excessive 401(k) fee suit.

A panel at the recent PLANADVISER National Conference discussed things retirement plan advisers may be doing wrong without knowing it.

In a recently released study called, “Mental Retirement,” researchers found a link between the age at which a population retires and the population’s cognitive skills capacity.