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The Mutual Fund Store, a network of registered investment advisers, has unveiled its Retirement Paycheck product intended to help retirees in their distributive phase.

Fewer than half of plan sponsors said their benefits budgets increased over 2008, down from the two-thirds of those polled about their 2007 and 2006 spending, a Prudential...

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc,. has appointed J. Michael Shamburger as national sales manager for corporate retirement programs in its Retirement Plans Group (RPG).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Thursday provided sponsors with two sample plan amendments to help them implement the one-year waiver of the required minimum distribution (RMD).

Russell Investments has developed a methodology to provide investors with a way to measure and compare target-date fund families.

A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its current defined benefit plan.  

Lafayette, California-based McHenry Partners LLC has named Geoff Eukel as research director.  

Consultant Mercer has tapped Toni Brown  from Callan Associates to serve in the new position of director of client consulting for its investment consulting business in the U.S. 

Before you reach for the junk food after a rough day at the office, chew on this: A new study found that overweight people gain more when stressed...

Fidelity Investments is increasing the international equity exposure and adding Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities to its lifecycle funds.

Jersey City, New Jersey-based investment management firm Lord, Abbett & Co. announced Wednesday it is getting out of the small-401(k) market to concentrate on its defined contribution investment-only...

Nearly half (47%) of employers are now automatically enrolling participants into a retirement plan and another third are seriously considering it, a new survey found.

The Hartford has released a new package of educational materials designed to help advisers teach clients about the finer points of fixed-income diversification.

Financial advisers might have significant opportunity helping Americans figure out where their investments are and where they need to go, a Hartford poll suggests.

A new partnership between Prudential Retirement and MullinTBG should allow sponsors and advisers to better handle qualified and nonqualified programs, according to a news release.

The Web site myStockOptions.com can serve as a resource for advisers seeking clients with stock compensation and referrals from other professionals.

Federal securities regulators said they will take the opportunity of pre-trial fact-finding in their existing case against the Bank of America (BofA) to see if any additional charges...

Paul Steven Henry has been tapped as managing director of Retirement Services for LIMRA, the Connecticut-based insurance and financial services marketing organization.

iShares and Barclays Global Investors launched new adviser-focused 529 plan tools, including a comparison calculator.

Putnam Investments has developed what the firm calls the first suite of target-date funds that integrate target absolute return strategies with traditional mutual funds.