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Securian Financial Group’s Fiduciary Clarity program offers advisers the means to help educate employers to manage their investment and administrative fiduciary responsibilities.

A new study concludes that while offering convenient savings options to low-income workers should help improve their retirement security, fewer individuals may take advantage of the opportunity than...

Janney Capital Markets has named Jennifer Feeley, Director, Institutional Equity Sales.

Wilmington Trust has hired Benjamin D. Gorton to help lead business development initiatives at Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services Company (WTRIS).  

Steven Kjar has joined Lockton in San Francisco as a Vice President and Retirement Plan Producer. 

 Russell Investments has kicked off an expanded manager due diligence service. 

NewRiver, Inc. and Newkirk Products, Inc. have entered into an agreement for Newkirk to distribute NewRiver's Prospectus Express product in the 401(k) and 403(b) markets via Newkirk's Fund...

Natixis Global Associates (NGA) has unveiled a mutual fund in conjunction with Westpeak Global Advisors. 

CBIZ, Inc. has acquired South Winds, Inc., a Baltimore, Maryland-based retirement plan consulting firm, effective August 1, 2010.   

When the IRS points out retirement plan mistakes, avoid the ‘flight or fight’ urge

David Tyrie is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch to lead Personal Retirement Solutions.

Black Diamond Performance Reporting announced that RIA industry veteran, Nancy Ma-Apfel, has joined the firm as Director of Client Service.

A new Hartford Financial Services Group survey found that 27% of Americans have had to take withdrawals from savings, investment, or retirement accounts to get by.  

Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a subsidiary of Genworth Financial, Inc., has added Eaton Vance as a Portfolio Strategist for client accounts.

Symetra Life Insurance Company announced its Daily Value Fixed Account (Daily Value) feature for retirement plans is now available on the CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., retirement program...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has launched an online index for locating individual exemptions granted under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). ...

The investing environment for the next 10 years won’t match the boom conditions of the 1980s and 1990s, but will be much better than that of the decade...

Defined benefit sponsors have the potential to receive billions of dollars in temporary pension funding relief as a result of legislation signed into law last month, according to...

Invesco PowerShares announced that effective August 2, 2010, the PowerShares High Yield Corporate Bond Portfolio (PHB) began tracking the RAFI High Yield Bond Index and was renamed the...

In this as, perhaps, many professional endeavors, it seems that the more you know, the more you know you don’t know.