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Sometimes, tracking your income can be the hardest part of serving the retirement plan market

22c-2 reverberates with retirement plan advisers

Advertising prohibitions can snare the unwary

Retirement plan relationships are evolving from a casual give-and-take toward something more formal

Advisers share their favorite providers

Pension reforms pose opportunities, threats for advisers

Pension reforms pose opportunities, threats for advisers

General information about Exchange Traded Funds.

A new fund offering looks to capitalize on two emerging industry trends — lifecycle offerings and exchange-traded offerings.

The most alluring feature of ETF-based retirement accounts is their cost advantage. Darwin Abrahamson, CEO of Invest n Retire in Portland, Oregon, and a 401(k) innovator, contends he is able to deliver a plan for a combined cost to participants and sponsors of between 65 and 105 basis points per year, depending on the size of the plan.

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, appear to be enjoying a resurgence in popularity among 401(k) providers.

Seligman Advisors, Inc. has added two new funds to its TargetHorizon ETF Portfolios offering.

Current trends are leading to an emerging generation of longer-working individuals forced to become personal

If you administer a plan with over 100 participants, the deadline is approaching for providing those participants with one of the required documents, a Summary Annual Report (SAR).

In 44 B.C. a soothsayer advised Julius Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March." It's an admonition that can still apply to 401(k) plan administration today when it comes the to Actual Deferral Percentage Test (ADP).

"Fiduciary" is a word that is generally used in the company of ominous terms like "responsibility" or "liability." But is it a word that describes your role, and if so, is that a good thing?

Nearly four in 10 (38%) of the chief financial officers (CFO) in a recent survey said their firms expected to add 401(k) automatic enrollment programs as a result of the recently enacted Pension Protection Act (PPA).

A survey conducted by Towers Perrin immediately following President Bush's signing of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) found more employers are likely to maintain their defined benefit pension plans than freeze them in response to the Act's more stringent funding requirements.

A recent study, "Spending and Investing in Retirement" by LIMRA and the Society of Actuaries offers insight into how people determine they are ready to retire and how they are faring in retirement.