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A growing number of employers are providing their employees with 401(k) plan features to help drive positive plan participation and encourage savings.

Gary D. Black joined Calamos Investments as global co-chief investment officer and a member of the firm’s investment committee.

Wells Fargo Retirement has seen a 10% year-on-year uptick in the number of loans.

Form PF is a challenge, but it will provide registered investment advisers with detailed—and marketable—portfolio insight, Thomson Reuters said...

LiveWell Models, a series of risk-based asset class model portfolios created for the LiveWell Retirement Series, were introduced by Sammons Retirement Solutions Inc.

Households that defer less than 10% of their salary for retirement savings are at risk for not meeting their retirement goals, Putnam Investments’ research found.  

Baring Asset Management (Barings) appointed Christopher Mahon to director of asset allocation research.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management LP (GSAM) has repositioned the Goldman Sachs Balanced Fund as the Goldman Sachs Income Builder Fund (Class A Shares: GSBFX).

Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said Wednesday the commission called off a vote to reform the structure of money market funds.

Participants who choose their own investment options are generally exposed to greater risk than target-date fund (TDF) investors, according to research from Principal Financial Group.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a retirement plans phone forum, “EPCRS: Correction of 401(k) Plan Mistakes,” for September 7.

They have grown up with and in cyberspace, one-quarter already has some hearing loss, and most of these freshmen have never seen an airplane “ticket.”

Thirteen trade associations filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), outlining objections to a proposal that would increase regulation on money market funds.

What do crash test dummies talk about when they’re not crash-testing vehicles? Apparently they share tips on saving for a secure retirement.

Marvin W. Tuttle, Jr., executive director and chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), said he would step down on October 2.