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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.

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

The Staples office supply company has been cleared of wrongdoing in refusing to allow an ex-employee the right to exercise his stock options after he was fired for...

New research from Fidelity says equity compensation plans encourage employee loyalty and productivity, but many employees are not reaping the rewards of this incentive due to lack of...

Cerulli Associates estimates that target-date funds will grow to more than $1.1 trillion by 2012 from an estimated $277 billion at the end of 2008.

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. (LFA) said John R. DiMonda was named managing director for the North Central Ohio Regional Planning Group, effective immediately.

The Baby Boomers are the only group who like their name.

Two proposed regulations released Thursday from the Department of Labor (DoL) include a model for advisers to satisfy the fee disclosure requirement for independent retirement account (IRA) and...

In a continuing trend of federal court rulings backing cash balance plans, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the plans do not discriminate against older...