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Investors poured $12.2 billion into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in April 2010, bringing total year-to-date net inflows to $19.9 billion, according to Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.

Federal employees are outpacing the general population in putting dollars toward retirement and long-term debt, according to the First Command Financial Behaviors Index.

Scott Holsopple will assume the position of chief executive officer of Smart401k immediately.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has announced that the EFAST2 electronic filing system for Forms 5500 and 5500-SF employee benefit plan annual reports has a new e-signature...

Fidelity Investments announced the launch of the Fidelity Corporate Bond Fund with retail and adviser shares and the addition of an adviser class to the Fidelity Real...

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PIMCO has hired Sebastien Page as an executive vice president and head of the Client Analytics Group.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, announced that Lynn Blake will assume the role of global head of Index Equity following...

The Hartford Financial Services Group is introducing investment options from three faith-based investment fund families into its retirement plans.

SteelPath has announced the launch of the SteelPath MLP Alpha Fund.

401(k) participant transfers were strongly equity-oriented in April, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

While many advisers are still not embracing annuities in retirement income planning, almost 30% said they have increased their use of guaranteed income streams amid the market crisis,...

Pensionmark Retirement Group, a National Retirement Partners (NRP) member firm, has added offices in Houston, Boston, and Austin through its Advisor Support Program (ASP).

Nationwide Financial is hosting a conference call Monday to help retirement plan advisers get ahead of upcoming retirement plan regulation and legislative changes, such as fee disclosure.

MG Advisory Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Matrix Financial Solutions, Inc., will add vWise Inc’s SmartPlan Advisor, a communication and education solution, to its platform.

 Ivy Asset Management, a unit of Bank of New York Mellon, is facing a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo related to the Bernard L. Madoff...

While logic would tell you that staying healthy holds down health care costs in retirement, new research suggests that healthy retirees actually face higher total health care costs...

Wealth Management Systems Inc. (WMSI) has partnered with The Retirement Plan Company LLC (TRPC) to offer its rollover platform through TRPC’s Web site.

As part of National Retirement Partners’ nonqualified initiative, the network of independent advisers has teamed up with MullinTBG, a Prudential Financial company, to be its preferred nonqualified provider.

A federal judge in North Dakota has granted class-action status to plaintiffs in a company stock lawsuit against Tharaldson Motels Inc. (TMI), but split the plaintiffs into current...