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The number of financial advisers in the U.S. declined from 256,569 in 2005 to 245, 831 last year.

Pacific Life Insurance Company and Pacific Life&Annuity Company now offer a sales kit featuring life insurance materials for financial professionals.

A federal judge has permanently barred a District of Columbia lawyer from servicing any Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) plans after the attorney was charged with helping...

When home equity and government assistance are taken out of the picture, the snapshot for retirement looks much bleaker, according to a new study from Barclays Global Investors...

Fidelity Investments has introduced 403(b) Quick, a Web-based plan document tool designed to help tax-exempt employers generate recordkeeping agreements and plan documents to help them comply with new...

John (Jack) F. O’Connor has joined Pioneer Investments as Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Institutional, effective April 28, 2008.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DoL) Employee Benefits Security Administration has released a Q&A dealing with technical corrections to the final regulation on qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs).

Causeway Capital Management LLC announced the launch of the Causeway Global Value Fund (Institutional Class: CGVIX).

Newkirk has announced the availability of its N1 Profiler, designed to identify specific plan participants for targeted communication purposes.

ExpertPlan, provider of private-label recordkeeping solutions for retirement plans has announced its acquisition of Pennsylvania-based TSCI, formerly Trust Service Company, Inc.

Saying the retirement business is a “strategic priority″ for the firm’s Global Wealth Management (GWM) group, Merrill Lynch has confirmed that Steve Bodurtha has assumed responsibility as head...

The use of independent advisers by millionaires has grown, with 26% of millionaires now working with such advisers, compared to 22% last year, according to a survey by...

George Jamgochian has been named head of U.S. institutional sales for Principal Global Investors.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) unveiled a Web-facilitated training program for its 401(k) third party administrators (TPAs) called Forum Coach.

A lawsuit by former 401(k) participants against the Principal Financial Group over allegations that the company duped participants into IRA rollovers into Principal’s proprietary mutual funds appears poised...

Three-quarters of employers in a recent survey said they offer retirement or financial planning to their employees or savings plan participants.

Although a majority of Americans are saving for their retirement, more than one-quarter are not, according to a new survey.

Eighty percent of investment consultants expect to increase their defined contribution (DC) business in the wake of the pension fund crisis, according to Cerulli’s 2007 survey of investment...

The defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) market offers dramatically higher profit margins for asset managers than those found in other platform markets, and firms will be growing their personnel...

I was discussing the subject of retirement the other day with a friend.