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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the latest federal appellate court to decide that former employees who allege that fiduciary breaches reduced their lump-sum distributions from...

Prudential Retirement has issued a new Planning and Resource Guide to help its 403(b) clients manage plan transitions in the new regulatory environment.

RolloverSystems Inc. now offers an online calculator that workers who are laid off, switching jobs, or struggling financially can use to determine how much money they will receive...

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation, launched 10 SPDR exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Institutional investors are becoming more hands-on in their fixed-income investing, a study says.

Lincoln Financial Groups realigned its Employer Markets and Individual Markets divisions into two new divisions: Retirement Solutions and Insurance Solutions.

PSA Insurance&Financial Services acquired the Baltimore office of Alliance Benefit Group Mid-Atlantic (ABG), the company said.

The Principal Financial Group released Variable Universal Life Income IISM (VUL Income II) to address the retirement income challenges for small- and mid-sized businesses, the company said.

In response to participant allegations, Wal-Mart said ERISA doesn’t require fiduciaries to select the cheapest option.

John Hancock Variable Annuities said it designed a new tool to help advisers develop guaranteed retirement income plans for their clients.

RESOURCES for Retirement, a plan advisory and consulting firm, brought on Abraham Nel to provide plan investment analytics to its expanding client base, the company said.

By some accounts, I just spent the past week in “retirement″.

A House Committee approved a measure to auto enroll new federal workers in the Thrift Savings Plan with a 3% deferral.

Class action law firm Keller Rohrback kicked off an investigation of allegations that IndyMac Bancorp executives breached their fiduciary duties by keeping company stock in their 401(k) plan...

M Financial Group today reintroduced Barry, Evans, Josephs&Snipes as its member firm.

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) urged the Department of Labor (DoL) to provide workers and retirees with more access to advice and education about managing assets and income...

A Cerulli study says the role of financial planning is becoming more important in client relationships.

Institutional investors are abandoning traditional soft dollars in favor of commission-sharing arrangements (CSAs), according to a study by Greenwich Associates

When a participant suggests taking a 401(k) loan, maybe it’s time to bring out the numbers.

The Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations for corporations that issue statutory stock options.