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Schwab is making additional resources and tools available to investors, independent investment adviser clients, and 401(k) plan participants designed to help navigate Roth IRA conversion decisions.

Baden Retirement Plan Services (Baden), an Ascensus company, is rolling out its services nationally through Ascensus’ sales force of 12 regional vice presidents (RVPs).

Throughout much of the 2009 market rally, activity as measured by fund flows within the Callan DC Index, was above average as participants sought to increase their exposure...

For a change, 401(k) participants who realigned their balances didn’t seem to be tracking the market.

Amid the financial crisis, financial advisers reported they are increasingly relying on internal wholesalers at asset management firms, according to a study by the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Fidelity Investments has announced promotions at Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (FIWS), the firm’s trading, custody, and brokerage arm for registered investment advisers (RIAs), and National Financial (NF), the...

Americans are no longer dwelling on concerns about the economy and instead are focused on rebuilding their finances for the future, according to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being...

Particularly in the small-plan market, retirement plan providers are seeing more business come through third-party administrators (TPAs)—and, as a result, are ramping up their efforts to attract TPAs.

David McPhillips has been named director of Consultant Relations for Northern Trust's Corporate & Institutional Services business unit in North America.

DWS Investments, the U.S. retail unit of Deutsche Bank’s global Asset Management division, has announced the appointment of Scott Brooks as a director responsible for Third Party Insurance...

Eagle Asset Management's Eagle Investment Grade Bond Fund opened to investors March 1.

ACR-Alpine Capital Research has hired industry veteran Darryl S. Grayson as chief operating officer and national marketing director.

Folio Institutional and Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas have teamed up to offer Folio(k).

Americans' reluctance to use home equity to fund retirement could result in more not being able to maintain their standard of living in retirement, according to a new...

A bill making its way through the U.S. Senate could make it possible to do a conversion to a Roth IRA within 401(k) plans.

ERISA law firm Reish & Reicher has added another attorney to its Employee Benefits practice.

BrightScope has linked up with Acceleration Retirement to offer prospecting and acquisition tools for retirement plan advisers.

As Americans regain confidence in their ability to retire, more workers and retirees turn to advisers for help, according to the 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey, released today by...

RidgeWorth Investments said its new whitepaper highlights how a portfolio with an allocation to mid-caps had a better risk/reward relationship than a portfolio without—over both short and long...

State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot report reveals assets in the U.S. exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry totaled $752 billion as of February 28—up $21.5 billion or 2.9% during the month.