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Intercare Insurance Solutions, a benefits consulting firm, has acquired retirement planning firm SFG Benefits Financial.

Hard to believe, but the Standard&Poor’s 500 index will celebrate its 50th anniversary/birthday this weekend.

Charlotte, North Carolina-based RolloverSystems has announced that AllianceBernstein Investments will offer its IRA product on the RolloverMarket Professional Network.

Perspective Partners, LLC., has released a tool that helps financial advisers work with plan sponsors to assess if a 401(k) plan is working effectively to prepare participants for retirement.

The Depository Trust&Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) Insurance Services platform will now support registered broker/dealers that create and sell non-insurance retirement and other benefit programs.

The five finalists for the Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year award shared some of their best practices at the 401(k) SUMMIT yesterday.

Are you a persuader or a partner?

Advisers should be proactive on helping their clients understand their plan fees in the coming year.

Advisers in the retirement plan industry make a difference

Advisers in the retirement plan industry make a difference

National Retirement Partners, Inc. (NRP), announced its acquisition of Bryan, Ohio-based broker/dealer Oberlin Financial Corp.

ProShares has announced the addition of 12 exchange traded funds (ETFs) to the ProShares lineup.

Standard&Poor's is selling its mutual fund data business to Morningstar, including mutual fund data on performance, rankings and holdings on more than 135,000 funds in over 30 countries, as well as desktop applications and data feed products, for $55 million in cash.

Retirement plan advisers can anticipate a continued focus on fee transparency in the coming months.

It used to be that a messy desk was considered to be the sign of a cluttered and inefficient mind (at least by so-called efficiency experts).

Charles Schwab Corp. has tapped Walt Bettinger II, head of its investor services unit, as president and chief operating officer.

A New York investment company has unveiled six domestic earnings-weighted ETFs that are scheduled to be listed on the American Stock Exchange on Friday.

Investors increasingly turn to income investments and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Only 10% of U.S. adults planning to retire have worked with a financial adviser to develop a plan.

Generation Xers might be more likely to save for retirement if IRAs were simpler.