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The Principal Financial Group has created an ERISA 404(a) Participant Disclosure Regulation Resource Center.

Generations X and Y have embraced the concept of self-directed retirement savings more so than their parents and grandparents.  

Eighteen percent of Americans say planning for retirement is an area they want to work on in 2012.

Janus Capital Group launched three funds. 

A “Sample Glossary of Investment-Related Terms for Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants” is available to help plan sponsors comply with new Department of Labor fee-disclosure regulations.  

Russell Investment’s Retirement Plan Architecture System takes a three-pronged approach to retirement plans: selling, implementing and servicing plans.

Freedom One Financial Group added Joshua Mietelski, Casey Progodzinski and Eric Thompson to its team of sales consultants. 

A federal court found the owner of a business, as trustee to its retirement plan, may be held liable for a breach of fiduciary duty related to a...

The U.S. Senate passed legislation Saturday extending a Social Security payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for just two months.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a reminder for taxpayers to take advantage of the saver's credit for 2011. 

Dale E. Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), issued a statement regarding Boston Consulting Group’s report about the potential costs of a new self-regulatory organization...

Jeffrey Rosenberg has joined BlackRock as a managing director and chief investment strategist for fixed income. 

Creating a self-regulatory organization (SRO) to oversee investment advisers could potentially cost twice as much as adequately funding an enhanced Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) examination program.  

The majority (61%) of middle-market retirement plan sponsors do not feel prepared for new fee disclosure rules. 

Americans close to retirement expect to retire six years later than current retirees did.