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 To meet increasing Boomer demand for retirement income, TD Ameritrade is offering fixed and variable annuities from a range of insurance carriers.  

The iPhone 5 attracted more than two million buyers last Friday, but how many of its dazzling new features will they actually use?

 Joshua Silva was hired as senior portfolio strategist by Attalus Capital LP. 

 Fewer American families are participating in a retirement plan at work, but more of those with a plan are in a 401(k), a report found.  

MullinTBG, a unit of Prudential Retirement, updated its participant website to improve user experience and streamline nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan online account details.

Many Americans choose to retire when the economic markets are peaking, an action that can cause problems for their long-term financial stability, a researcher found.

Third-party administrator Trinity Pension Consultants released the Cash Balance (CB) Navigator mobile application, enabling advisers to generate a client’s maximum annual contribution amount.

Setting a higher starting point for retirement plan contributions would make a significant difference in improving workers’ likelihood of a financially viable retirement, research found.

WD Financial joined Pensionmark Retirement Group’s network of advisers with W. Dean Salyer III as the branch’s managing director.

Saturna Capital Corp. has appointed Paul Meeks, CFA, to the new dual role of director of institutional investing and senior equity analyst.

SunGard released a new version of its Omni Web Solution for defined contribution and defined benefit plan participants, plan sponsors and customer representatives.

North American investor confidence continued to decline this month, according to State Street Global Markets.

LPL Financial LLC added two portfolios from LPL Financial Research and two managed alternative investment portfolios from Fortigent to its Model Wealth Portfolios (MWP) platform.

Three in four U.S. institutional investors (74%) have changed their approach to risk management over the past five years.

Neil Chaffee will fill Newport Group’s newly created position of vice president, leading the marketing and business development of the firm’s financial institution areas.