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Asset management fees remained stable in 2008 but are likely to be under pressure in 2009, according to a report by Mercer.

More than half of advisers said the current market has caused clients to delay retirement plans, according to a report from Cerulli.

Morningstar, Inc. has launched a family of asset allocation indexes, designed to benchmark target-date and target-risk investment products.

ADP Employer Services and GuidedChoice, a provider of investment advice and managed account services, have announced a partnership to provide personalized advice to ADP retirement plan recordkeeping clients...

Retirement plan participants have a low awareness of retirement income strategies, a report from Spectrem suggests.

Blackberry maker, Research in Motion (RIM), and four of its senior executives have agreed to settle stock option backdating charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission...

A Jackson, Michigan-based electronics maker has become the latest to suspend its 401(k) match.

U.S. Retirement Partners, a 403(b) benefits administrator, announced that it has acquired a Florida group to be part of its national network of providers serving the K-12 teacher...

More than half of affluent 60-year-olds are changing their retirement plans—double the number from the same survey almost a year ago, according to Bell Investment Advisors.

As a busy adviser, it might be easy to drop by and pick up some fast food, but how many of you actually do?

Investors in U.S. stock mutual funds added modestly to their portfolios during the latest month, reversing seven straight months of net redemptions, according to Strategic Insight data.

Greenwich Associates’ new U.S. Defined Contribution Pension Plan Research Study indicates almost 79% of eligible employees participated in their companies’ 401(k) plans in 2008, a slight increase over...

The average asset manager experienced a 23% drop in assets under management in 2008, according to a new survey of defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) executives by Sway Research...

Mercer on Tuesday announced an agreement to acquire long-time industry player Callan Associates.

National Retirement Partners (NRP) is now recruiting producing third-party administrators (TPAs) to become member firms.

Is most of your office life managed in Outlook? Well AdviceAmerica now offers a client relationship management solution that can be operated there too.

Automated Compliance Solutions (ACS) said its new compliance program management software for broker/dealers can give smaller broker/dealers bigger tools.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his companies—including the broker/dealer and investment adviser arms—for orchestrating a massive fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently cleared up some confusion about its relief of the written plan document requirement for 403(b) plans.

Atlanta Convention&Visitors Bureau announced Friday it will cut contributions to employee 401(k) and profit-sharing plans for the year to make up for an expected $600,000 shortfall of revenue...