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That great sucking sound you heard in July appears to have been money fleeing mutual fund investments.

JennisonDryden has added Z share classes to its Jennison Equity Income Fund, making the income-oriented equity fund available to mutual fund wrap programs and retirement platforms that use...

Participants are embracing automatic savings and investment tools, according to a Vanguard analysis.

An overwhelming 85% of surveyed members of Generations X and Y think it’s a good idea for employers to voluntarily enroll workers in a retirement savings plan, according...

It’s painful to watch a friend make a life-altering mistake.

Those kids many parents are sending off to college for the first time this month – are part of a diverse, internet-savvy and privacy-free group of nearly two...

A new research paper from the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management suggests that the cost of greater fee disclosure born by defined contribution retirement plan participants would...

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has announced the anticipated listing of four new equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide access to companies involved in the agriculture, coal,...

MassMutual Retirement Services Division is reaching out to its existing 403(b) plan sponsor clients and their advisers to offer step-by-step support for getting into compliance with new 403(b)...

Slightly more than half (48%) of 401(k) have a financial adviser, according to a report from Spectrem Group.

MassMutual will present a one-hour WebEx session Thursday and next week for its clients.

If advisers can convince their clients to stay in the market, investors might find it pays off.

Will guaranteed income wrappers for managed accounts gain widespread acceptance among fee-based advisers?

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $3.9 billion in July, according to Finance Research Corporation (FRC) data.

TowerGroup research says managed account sponsors should consider new managed account fee solutions that can help the adviser manage clients more effectively.

Spectrem Group announced that for the first time since it began tracking data in 1989, fees ranked as the number one reason defined contribution plan sponsors switch providers.

ETF provider Claymore Securities, Inc., unveiled the Claymore/Delta Global Shipping Index ETF available on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

An online survey tool created by Charles Schwab&Co., Inc., will let you compare your retirement preparations with others of your generation.

How well your clients can handle change is going to affect how they should prepare for retirement.

Last week, the Department of Labor took another step toward finishing another piece of unfinished business.