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DB Risk Management Increasingly Focused on Liabilities
Plan sponsors of the largest U.S. defined benefit (DB) pension plans are deepening their risk-management focus on plan liabilities.
Funding Shortfalls Increase for Largest Pensions
Liabilities still outpaced the growth in assets for the 16 publicly listed U.S. corporations with pension liabilities of more than $20 billion, according to an analysis conducted by...
Pensionmark Expands Adviser Network
Mary Francisco joined Pensionmark Retirement Group in its Santa Barbara, California corporate office.
GSAM Launches Managed Futures Strategy Fund
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (GSAM) launched the Goldman Sachs Managed Futures Strategy Fund.
Nationwide Financial Launches Investment Tool
Nationwide Financial Services Inc. launched Investment Solutions Builder, a web-based investment tool that allows Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) to build and manage retirement plan fund lineups and asset...
ERISA Attorney Offers Multiple-Employer Plan
Ary Rosenbaum, a New York-based Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) attorney, is introducing a new 401(k) plan for small- to mid-sized employers.
J.P. Morgan Reorganizes Sales Force
J.P. Morgan Asset Management completed a reorganization of its Retirement Plan Services sales force to be fully aligned with retirement plan advisers.
Americans Cut Costs to Save For Retirement
Americans are cutting simple costs to help save more for retirement.
VALIC Releases Smartphone App for Plan Participants
VALIC released a new mobile application designed for the iPhone and Android-based smartphones.
Mutual of Omaha Appoints 401(k) Sales Director
Mutual of Omaha Retirement Plans Division appointed Seth Friedman as 401(k) national sales director.
Small-Business Owners Concerned About Their Retirement
Recent research shows a majority of small-business owners are concerned about retirement, yet one-third of women and one-quarter of men surveyed have not estimated how much they will...
Number of Advisers Becoming RIAs Expected to Rise
A Charles Schwab survey of advisers at major financial firms found that more than three-fourths (76%) of those surveyed expect a continued increase in the number of advisers...
Cammack LaRhette Hires Director of Business Development
Isaiah Davis joined Cammack LaRhette Consulting as director of business development for its New England office, based in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
State Street Forex Practices Investigated
State Street Corp. said on Monday the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the New York attorney general are investigating its foreign-exchange trades.