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A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that AT&T did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)...

Transamerica Retirement Services has hired Chad Brown as regional vice president in the company’s southern region to oversee all sales and distribution activities in western and central Texas....

Workplace law firm Jackson Lewis has opened its 46th office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

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Most workers (56%) surveyed by CareerBuilder said they are more in need of a vacation in 2010 than they have been in past years.

Employers considering finding a new defined contribution (DC) provider in the next two years are almost equally concerned with understanding legislation, costs/fees, and encouraging employee participation, according to...

American United Life (AUL) Retirement Services has recently teamed with Mesirow Financial’s Investment Strategies department to launch its Fiduciary Partnership Service.

Robert Stanley has been promoted to senior vice president of Sales Development, John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS), the company announced.

Most (68%) registered investment advisers (RIAs) said they have increased the number of clients over the last six months, up 13% over the previous quarter, according to a...

A federal court judge has given preliminary approval to a $7.25-million settlement of an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) action against the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie...

The board of trustees of Vanguard International Explorer Fund has approved adoption of a multimanager structure and the addition of Wellington Management Company, LLP, to the fund’s investment...

Pershing now offers Dow Jones Adviser on its NetX360 platform for broker/dealers and registered investment advisers (RIAs).

Of advisers asked in a recent survey who or what their biggest competition is, more than one-third (35%) said it is clients’ fears, which results in lack of...

TIAA-CREF has unveiled its Spanish-language initiative to increase U.S. Hispanics/Latinos’ access to retirement-planning information and tools, including a new Spanish-language Web site.

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 7% in May, 401(k) participant transfers became strongly fixed income-oriented, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Equity Administration Solutions, Inc. (EASi) has launched an equity compensation plan exercise wizard with a design that anticipates the different needs that a participant, a financial adviser, and...

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Kristi Mitchem to senior managing director and global head of its defined contribution business.

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry assets fell $46 billion for the month of May, or 5.5%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

Total not-for-profit retirement plan assets exceeded $1 trillion as of March 31—the first time since 2007, according to a quarterly survey of plan service providers by LIMRA.

Putnam Investments has added an asset allocation application to its Lifetime Income Analysis Tool, its retirement planning platform.