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The SPARK Institute has released “Best Practices for 403(b) Plans Information Sharing -- Minimum and Comprehensive Data Elements Version 1.03.”

Ohio-based Oswald Financial, Inc., a consultant in the design, implementation, and management of retirement plans, has launched a retirement plan hotline for employers and retirement plan fiduciaries.

A Vanguard analysis finds participants are heeding expert advice to stay the course during the market turmoil, and are not trading and withdrawing funds in a panic.

A federal judge in Kentucky has cleared an employer of charges it violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by not including early retirement benefits in a...

Merrill Lynch&Co., Inc., announced that its acquisition by Bank of America (BoA) has been approved.

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Aon Consulting Worldwide, the global human capital consulting organization of Aon Corporation, appointed Matt Smith as senior vice president and leader of the defined contribution practice in the...

ING Group announced a reshuffling of its U.S. Wealth Management unit that, among other things, separates annuities from retirement services and includes the departure of the unit’s chief...

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division announced two sales appointments.

Although many polled Americans express anxiety about retirement, more than four in 10 do not work with an adviser, a Bank of America (BoA) survey found.

The Principal Financial Group introduced a planning analysis designed to assess widening business and personal financial gaps for business owners.

Citigroup Global Wealth Management combined its retirement units into one group, which its Managing Director Anne Greenwood said will be more focused on holistic planning and collaboration among...

Newark-based insurance company Prudential Financial today said it plans to sell its minority stake in Wachovia Securities to Wells Fargo.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has selected Cain Hayes to lead its bundled retirement plan services.

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Lincoln Financial Group announced that Tom McGirr has joined the company as head of IRA Strategies, Retirement Solutions.

WisdomTree, an ETF sponsor and index developer, announced the Thursday launch of the WisdomTree LargeCap Growth Fund (ROI) on the NYSE Arca.

ProFunds Group is launching what it calls the first exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. to provide short or leveraged exposure to gold or silver.

Nine in 10 U.S. workers in their employer retirement plan have not tapped into their nest egg despite the economic downturn, and 11% are actually upping their deferral...

PlanSource said it will now be able to manage a broker’s entire book of business under one solution.