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GE Asset Management (GEAM) has hired Steve Johnson as Senior Vice President and Head of Sales – U.S. and Asia.

Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors China ETF.

Morningstar introduced a portfolio management and performance reporting service for broker/dealers.

FundQuest, a provider of research and wealth management solutions, announced that Investment Professionals Inc. (IPI) has launched its Private Asset Management (PAM) platform in partnership with the firm. 

Sixty-eight percent of institutional investors believe a double-dip recession is unlikely, according to a Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) poll.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division published a white paper on the latest 403(b) regulations and the impact on fiduciary duties, including Form 5500 reporting/audit requirements and Internal Revenue Service...

Aon Corporation has announced a $325 million restructuring plan, undertaken in connection with its acquisition of Hewitt Associates, in which 1,500 to 1,800 jobs are expected to be...

Rich Linton, the recently appointed head of Business Retirement Solutions at Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch, has announced organizational changes to his team.

Engineering giant Bechtel has agreed to an $18.5 million settlement of an excessive 401(k) fee suit.

A panel at the recent PLANADVISER National Conference discussed things retirement plan advisers may be doing wrong without knowing it.

In a recently released study called, “Mental Retirement,” researchers found a link between the age at which a population retires and the population’s cognitive skills capacity.

The benefits provider and human resources firm are joining forces to offer expanded options to small and mid-sized plans.

Hewitt EnnisKnupp hired Karen Rode as the leader of its Global Private Equity group.

Benjamin Woloshin joins New York Life Insurance Company as senior vice president and head of relationship management for its Retirement Income Security (RIS) business.

Investors poured more than $25 billion into U.S.-listed ETFs, boosting total year-to-date net inflows to roughly $65 billion, according to new Morningstar data.

Long-term funds had inflows of $14.3 billion in September; the fourth consecutive month of positive long-term inflows, according to data from Morningstar.

iShares said today that the current tax environment, combined with the characteristics of 529 college savings plans, can be most useful during this time of year. 

Joyce Frost and Frank Iacono, former executives with Morgan Stanley, along with Chris Frost, former Managing Director at Societe Generale, have formed Riverside Risk Advisors LLC.

A new survey of employees and managers finds workers want supervisors who guide them with clear goals and provide them with the motivation and tools to get there.

Putnam Investments is introducing a module on its plan participant Web site that it says will offer transparent and comprehensive disclosure of fees and...