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The Guardian Insurance & Annuity Company, Inc. is introducing an enhanced fund lineup for its group retirement product platform.

RidgeWorth Investments hired Brandon Shea to fill the newly-created role of National Sales Manager for its Defined Contribution Investment Only team.

Morley Financial Services has appointed Ron Heath as its managing director - sales and marketing, effective December 27, 2010.

Bukaty Companies today announced that Vincent Morris will serve as president of the company’s Retirement Plan Services division.  

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-90, which provides a cumulative list of changes in plan qualification requirements.

Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) launched its new platform, ModelxChange, which allows 401(k) professionals to incorporate mutual fund and/or exchange-traded fund investment models into a plan through a Web-based...

Consulting firm kasina has published a report examining the methods asset managers should use to sell to registered investment advisers (RIAs).  

Diversified Investment Advisors announced that Greg T. Hodges has joined the company as a sales executive for the west coast.

Executive Vice President John Y. Kim will take on the role of Chairman of New York Life Investments effective January 1, 2011, the company announced today.

Dow Jones Indexes is launching a new index in collaboration with the Global Fund, which will help generate resources for the Global Fund's work.

MSCI Inc. announced the launch of Barra Portfolio Manager, which is designed to help fund managers and their teams manage, monitor and build better equity portfolios.

A federal judge in Massachusetts has thrown out the remaining claim in a stock drop lawsuit against State Street Corp.

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $40.2 billion in October, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Not so long ago, plan sponsors gauged the success of their defined contribution offerings by a single metric: participation rate.   

In his second attempt to bring suit against a custodian used by a rogue plan administrator, bankruptcy-appointed trustee John C. McLemore is again getting support from the U.S....

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that cleared ING of wrongdoing in a stock-drop lawsuit.

In an Amicus Brief, the U.S. Department of Labor said a court that cleared Home Depot of wrongdoing in a stock drop suit misinterpreted the Employee Retirement Income...

Investors added $7.2 billion into U.S.exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in November, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Propelled by demand for international exposure, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $7 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond funds in November.

Beacon Hill Fund Services has developed a compliance consulting module for registered investment advisers (RIAs) for form ADV Part 2 amendments.