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The benefits provider and human resources firm are joining forces to offer expanded options to small and mid-sized plans.

Hewitt EnnisKnupp hired Karen Rode as the leader of its Global Private Equity group.

Benjamin Woloshin joins New York Life Insurance Company as senior vice president and head of relationship management for its Retirement Income Security (RIS) business.

Investors poured more than $25 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs, boosting total year-to-date net inflows to roughly $65 billion, according to new Morningstar data.

Long-term funds had inflows of $14.3 billion in September; the fourth consecutive month of positive long-term inflows, according to data from Morningstar.

iShares said today that the current tax environment, combined with the characteristics of 529 college savings plans, can be most useful during this time of year. 

Joyce Frost and Frank Iacono, former executives with Morgan Stanley, along with Chris Frost, former Managing Director at Societe Generale, have formed Riverside Risk Advisors LLC.

A new survey of employees and managers finds workers want supervisors who guide them with clear goals and provide them with the motivation and tools to get there.

Putnam Investments is introducing a module on its plan participant Web site that it says will offer transparent and comprehensive disclosure of fees and...

With a Friday filing deadline looming, a retirement services trade group has asked for more time for 403(b) sponsors to file the Form 5500.

Investors added $26 billion to U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in September, resuming the trend of monthly net inflows interrupted by $1 billion in August outflows, according to Strategic...

Propelled by demand for bond funds and international exposure, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $16 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds...

Every adviser needs a plan – but what sort of plan are we talking about?  An investment plan?  A benchmarking plan? And how short- or long-term should a...

Chris Schneeman, Mark Boser, and Steve Sawyer of SevenHills Plan Advisors are joining the Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG), using Financial Telesis, Inc. (FTI) as their broker/dealer.  

The paper by ERISA attorney Jamey Delaplane is part of several additions to Principal’s Web site dedicated to fee disclosure education.   

The latest data from the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index for September indicates that asset movement slightly favored fixed income, despite the strength of equity markets during the month.

Fifty percent of U.S.-based financial services professionals are expecting higher bonuses for this year’s performance as compared to last year, according to a new survey.

BrightScope announced the launch of BrightScope Beacon, a fund-focused analytics software product designed to help defined contribution investment-only firms better understand the distribution of their funds within 401(k)...

Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, has hired Michael Kim as senior vice president of business and channel development.

ING has named William (Bill) Leslie as Head of Pricing for the U.S. Retirement Services division, effective Monday.