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EGShares has launched the India Small Cap ETF (NYSE: SCIN).

Federal officials are investigating Franklin, Tennessee-based Sommet Group for allegations of stealing and embezzling money intended for employee benefit plans.

 Investment Risk Management Systems Inc. has released a new Web-based tool that uses risk, return and persistence ratings to identify funds with low risk and high returns.

 A CPA has been disbarred after the government found he failed to exercise due diligence in preparing tax returns for a corporation and its married shareholders. 

UBS Wealth Management Americas has entered into a strategic partnership with Richard Bernstein Advisors.

Anyone who has been paying attention to 401(k) plan litigation these past several years knows that a common trigger—perhaps the most common trigger—for litigation is the presence...

Retirement plan participants can move forward in their stock drop suit against drugmaker Schering-Plough after bringing forth new evidence.

Stull, Stull & Brody has started an investigation relating to the 401(k) defined contribution retirement plans of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America has named Jeannee Hoppe as the new senior director of Market Management and Product Innovation.

Recent research reveals that while life satisfaction usually rises with income, day-to-day happiness comes from other things.

Lawyers representing U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis have argued that the holding of company stock in a defined contribution plan is not entitled to a presumption of prudence.

Relying on U.S. Supreme Court precedents, a federal appellate court has affirmed the award of benefits and attorneys’ fees to a long-term disability plan participant.

Another law firm has launched an investigation into possible violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by BP PLC and fiduciaries of the its Employee Savings Plan.

 Standard & Poor's has launched a series of credit default swap sector indexes. 

Yet another law firm is poking around to see if there might be a fiduciary breach at the BP 401(k) plan. 

The Retirement Advantage, Inc. (TRA) announced the addition of Brenda Brumm and Jay Bloom to its wholesale team.

Britain's financial regulator has fined and banned a former broker for manipulating oil prices by buying more than seven million barrels while on a drinking binge.

Informa Research Services has released a report that examines U.S. household asset allocation and preferences.

 Fidelity Investments has announced it has restructured its 20‐year‐old Select Environmental Portfolio to increase exposure to faster growing industries, such as alternative energy and energy efficiency, while reducing...

Transamerica Retirement Services recently launched two new resources to help third party administrators build and expand their own retirement plan business.