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JennisonDryden plans to reopen the Jennison Small Company Fund.

Invesco Aim has announced changes to the management strategy of AIM Limited Maturity Treasury Fund that it said will allow for more active management of the portfolio.

Brinker Capital released the year-end results of its Brinker Capital Retirement Indicator, a gauge of financial adviser sentiment regarding retirement-related issues.

The Depository Trust&Clearing Corporation (DTCC) announced today a change in its rules that will give investment managers who oversee managed accounts programs direct access to Fund/SERV and other...

The trend of suspending company match contributions to save money during the financial crisis has spread to 403(b) plan sponsors, as St. Peter’s Health Care Services announced it...

A group of technology providers to the independent financial advisory industry banded together to launch the Independent Advisor Technology Forum (IATF).

As my wife and I drove to pick up our eldest for the Thanksgiving break, I saw something I never thought I would see again.

Almost one year to the day after Internal Revenue Service (IRS) officials first proposed a series of procedures for correcting income inclusion issues with additional taxes under Section...

The SPARK Institute has released “Best Practices for 403(b) Plans Information Sharing -- Minimum and Comprehensive Data Elements Version 1.03.”

Ohio-based Oswald Financial, Inc., a consultant in the design, implementation, and management of retirement plans, has launched a retirement plan hotline for employers and retirement plan fiduciaries.

A Vanguard analysis finds participants are heeding expert advice to stay the course during the market turmoil, and are not trading and withdrawing funds in a panic.

A federal judge in Kentucky has cleared an employer of charges it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by not including early retirement benefits in a...

Merrill Lynch&Co., Inc., announced that its acquisition by Bank of America (BoA) has been approved.

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Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation, appointed Matt Smith as senior vice president and leader of the defined contribution practice in the...

ING Group announced a reshuffling of its U.S. Wealth Management unit that, among other things, separates annuities from retirement services and includes the departure of the unit’s chief...

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division announced two sales appointments.

Although many polled Americans express anxiety about retirement, more than four in 10 do not work with an adviser, a Bank of America (BoA) survey found.

The Principal Financial Group introduced a planning analysis designed to assess widening business and personal financial gaps for business owners.

Citigroup Global Wealth Management combined its retirement units into one group, which its Managing Director Anne Greenwood said will be more focused on holistic planning and collaboration among...