News

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued two alerts for investors and firms on social media risks.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged an investment adviser for offering fictitious securities through social media websites.

Through a partnership, Mutual of Omaha’s retirement plans will be available to Securities America’s financial professionals nationwide.

The Principal Financial Group has entered a retirement plan sales alliance relationship with Edward Jones.

SPARK and The SPARK Institute were purchased from Robert Wuelfing and reorganized as a single non-profit, member-driven association.

 Granite Investment Advisors introduced The Granite Value Fund, an actively managed equity value fund.

A North Carolina man was arrested after police say he tried to use a fake million-dollar bill to buy $476 worth of Walmart items.

The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns.

The Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) debuted a new website and education opportunities for members. 

ExpertPlan was selected by First Allied to provide recordkeeping services for its clients.

Lincoln Financial Group appointed Emily Pachuta as head of the Consumer Insights group within the Insurance Solutions/Retirement Solutions (IS/RS) division. 

Annuity Think Tank, a website dedicated to annuities, has acquired Private Pension Plan, an educational resource company specializing in private pension plans.

Consensus is a new benchmarking tool to help retirement plan advisers gauge client satisfaction.

Great-West Retirement Services enhanced its websites for plan sponsor clients, advisers and third-party administrator (TPA) partners.   

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a number of Revenue Procedures revising procedures for furnishing advice to employee plans.