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Matrix Settlement&Clearance Services, LLC (Matrix), a Matrix Financial Solutions affiliate company, announced an expansion of its Money Market Portal product, Money Fund Monitor.

UBS Corporate Employee Financial Services (CEFS), a provider of equity compensation plan administration and wealth management services, has named Michael F. Barry to the position of executive director,...

More than half (59%) of Americans responding to a survey by TD AMERITRADE said their top New Year’s resolution for 2009 was to either start or build up...

SPDR University, State Street's educational resource for investment professionals, introduced an on-demand Webcast to help financial advisers retain client relationships during uncertain times.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsor and index developer WisdomTree has announced a name change to a number of its portfolios.

Van Eck Global has launched what it calls the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on Indonesia.

The DALBAR Adviser Audit has been updated to comply with new advice rules.

Ibbotson Associates is now offering its custom target maturity portfolio construction service to financial institutions serving defined contribution plans of all sizes.

Pension Analytix, Inc., a marketing and analytical insights firm targeting companies that provide retirement services, has launched Acquisition Engine.

Data from more than 19,000 defined contribution (DC) plans recordkept at Fidelity investments showed participants “did not initially overreact″ to market volatility.

Citing an “extremely tough business climate in 2009,″ Richmond, Virginia-based Media General said it will stop matching employee deferrals to its 401(k) retirement plans starting April 1.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a maker of computer chips, said it is suspending its 401(k) match because of a decline in demand for computers.

With the ink barely dry on the Department of Labor’s final regulations on investment advice, two Democratic Congressmen have promised to block it.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering entrepreneurs free online training and other resources to assist them in more effectively managing their firms in the current economy.

Two private-sector study groups have released a finalized version of a series of industry best practices for asset managers and hedge fund investors designed to increase industry accountability...

The growing popularity of automatic enrollment in defined contribution plans – and target-date default choices in those plans – should fuel a surge in retirement plan assets, according...

A soon-to-be published rule from the Department of Labor (DoL) adds an exemption for investment advice to the Pension Protection Act (PPA).

Colonial Surety, an insurance provider specializing in performance bonds, has redesigned its main corporate Web site, the company said.

Upscale retailer Saks has joined a host of U.S. employers in suspending its 401(k) match as part of a broad $50-million to $60-million cost-cutting campaign that includes axing...