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Looks like the New Year is going to kick off on a litigious note.  

Mintel Comperemedia, a marketing research firm, predicts that exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets will experience double digit growth over the next five years. 

If 2010 was not quite the return to “normal” we might have hoped, there was more than enough—both new and old—to draw the attention of plan sponsors.   

On January 3, 2011, the Fairholme Allocation Fund will be open to investors.  

Steven Rattner, former founding principal of private equity firm Quadrangle Group and former Obama administration "car czar," has agreed to a $10 million settlement of pension pay-to-play charges...

A federal judge has issued an order involving damages in a cash balance lawsuit – and it could be bigger than anticipated. 

A review of the Form 5500 filings from 2008 confirms what even the most casual pension observer knows.

Savannah, Georgia-based Memorial Health will suspend its matching contributions to employees’ retirement accounts for at least a year, beginning February 1. 

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $11.3 billion in November, according to the latest fund flow data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

From newborns to the elderly, athletes to Navy officers, no one was safe from the Blizzard of 2010.  Here are some of the most memorable storm-stories to close...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Revenue Ruling 2011-3 with the table of covered compensation for the 2011 plan year.

A lawyer accused of financial wrongdoing should receive a 401(k) distribution of his plan savings from his old law firm, but not the employer’s contributions, a federal judge...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has cleared the way for a 401(k) participant to pursue his claim that plan trustees violated their fiduciary duties.

Federal officials have issued a corrected document on final regulations for hybrid defined benefit plans since a previous version contained errors “that may prove to be misleading and...

The U.S. broad-market Russell 3000 Index began the decade with technology as the most heavily weighted sector, but now the financial sector has emerged as leader.

Seventy-one percent of those participating in a recent poll believe Baby Boomers should be encouraged to work past normal retirement age.

A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled that Alcatel-Lucent USA did not breach its Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties through its severance plan disclosures to four...

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has announced the acquisition of another adviser team. 

A 401(k) participant claimed Morgan Stanley caused significant losses to his account after his request to move money out of the stock market was not acted upon. 

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) has created the site for people turning 65 years old who want more information about benefits for which they are now eligible.