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Last week, I attended a media briefing sponsored by BGI titled “Restoring Confidence: Saving the Future of Retirement.″

Walter Donovan, Fidelity Investments’ equity chief, has left the firm to join Putnam Investments.

A Fairfield, Connecticut, podiatrist has been ordered to restore assets to his firm’s 401(k) plan that were stolen by an investment management firm and to pay a civil...

According to a new survey, more than half of Americans think capitalism is better than socialism.

The top official of a Horsham, Pennsylvania-based medical management consulting firm has been indicted in federal court on charges that he stole employees' retirement contributions.

Already facing a number of lawsuits over subprime mortgage investments, State Street Corp. now has to face an order of nuns in court.

UBS plans to lay off lower-producing financial advisers later this month, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, an independent investment research and fee-based advisory firm, has hired adviser David A. Camper.

Although most starting salary offers to the college Class of 2009 have decreased slightly from those offers extended to the Class of 2008, business disciplines have seen increases...

A survey of investment managers by Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) found that nearly half of those polled are less risk-averse than they were three months ago.

The majority of financial services companies (66%) don’t mention the financial crisis on their corporate Web site home pages.

U.K. bank Barclays agreed Thursday to sell its iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) business to European private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners.

Advisers who sell Securian retirement plans will find new client support tools at SecurianRetirementCenter.com.

Anheuser-Busch plans to freeze its pension plan for salaried employees, eliminate retiree health coverage for new employees and ask retirees to contribute more to their health benefits –...

Barclays PLC is expected to announce as soon as tomorrow that it has reached an agreement to sell iShares.

A federal judge in Illinois has ruled that employees challenging the fee levels in Lockheed Martin’s 401(k) plans can proceed as a class action.

A Boston federal court jury turned aside NewRiver’s patent infringement lawsuit against Newkirk.

The Utah Symphony&Opera is cutting its budget, including its 403(b) contributions.

USA Tax&Insurance Services (USA Tax) rolled out a system to help advisers sell managed portfolios and acquire assets under management, the company said.

401(k) balances aren't the only things that are down.