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Law firm launches lawsuits over 401(k) fees

Study finds more actively-managed funds have higher performance

Little thought bent toward retirement

Hot off the Presses: New products, highlights, announcements

Sometimes, tracking your income can be the hardest part of serving the retirement plan market

22c-2 reverberates with retirement plan advisers

Advertising prohibitions can snare the unwary

Retirement plan relationships are evolving from a casual give-and-take toward something more formal

Advisers share their favorite providers

Pension reforms pose opportunities, threats for advisers

Pension reforms pose opportunities, threats for advisers

General information about Exchange Traded Funds.

A new fund offering looks to capitalize on two emerging industry trends — lifecycle offerings and exchange-traded offerings.

The most alluring feature of ETF-based retirement accounts is their cost advantage. Darwin Abrahamson, CEO of Invest n Retire in Portland, Oregon, and a 401(k) innovator, contends he is able to deliver a plan for a combined cost to participants and sponsors of between 65 and 105 basis points per year, depending on the size of the plan.

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, appear to be enjoying a resurgence in popularity among 401(k) providers.

Seligman Advisors, Inc. has added two new funds to its TargetHorizon ETF Portfolios offering.

Current trends are leading to an emerging generation of longer-working individuals forced to become personal

If you administer a plan with over 100 participants, the deadline is approaching for providing those participants with one of the required documents, a Summary Annual Report (SAR).

In 44 B.C. a soothsayer advised Julius Caesar to "Beware the Ides of March." It's an admonition that can still apply to 401(k) plan administration today when it comes the to Actual Deferral Percentage Test (ADP).