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Akre Capital Management, LLC, has launched the Akre Focus Fund.

ThriveOn, Inc., has added Open Enrollment and New Hire Training modules to its online Benefits Learning Center solution.

MassMutual has tapped Joel Almeida to undertake a new sales role focused on Southern California and Hawaii.

A new whitepaper from Wealth2k says advisers should not ignore the Web in their retirement income communication strategies.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has encouraged broker/dealer (B/D) bosses to rein in their reps.

The latest Ponzi schemes keep with the theme of brokers allegedly bilking from the elderly, including those close to them.

Next week PLANSPONSOR and PLANADVISER will open nominations for our Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year awards.

CAPTRUST said Mike Curran will lead the firm’s efforts to broaden nonqualified deferred compensation services.

With a recent decision ruling in favor of a Motorola employee, federal court judges continue refining their approach to handling benefits award cases involving a conflict of interest...

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has begun its list of approved software for use in electronic filing of Form 5500.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to hire University of Texas professor Henry Hu to oversee risk analysis and seek out market areas where abuses...

Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced that Dominic Martellaro, executive vice president and managing director of Janus Global Advisors, will step down from his position effective...

A Nashville, Tennessee, service provider has tapped Courtenay Shipley as vice president, Retirement Services.

A federal judge on Wednesday combined 12 lawsuits over the failed Reserve Primary Fund, Reuters reported.

When asked what most concerns them in the long-term future, two in five (41%) surveyed workers expressed concern over saving for retirement, their child's education, or other large,...

Many financial advisers and brokers might be confused about what regulators have to say about using social networking.

As Charles Schwab reports seeing an uptick in advisers going independent, the firm released a white paper to help advisers considering the transition.

If they lost their job, more than a third (34%) of those participating in a recent poll said their rainy day fund would last a week or less.

Americans with a written financial plan from an adviser are more likely to include health-care costs as part of their retirement planning, according to a new survey.

Fidelity has launched a guidance program "to help investors better understand and consider fixed-income investments as part of their investment goals."