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Charles Schwab’s 2011 RIA Benchmarking Study found that meeting and adapting to regulatory changes was an impediment to growth, cited by 21% of firms for the first time...

Financial Benefits Network (FBN) has launched a benefits resource portal that provides employers and employees access to corporate benefit information and personal finance educational materials.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) has expanded its Global Stock Plan Software suite with OptionEase, a stock plan administration tool for its partnered solutions offering.

Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, according to global research firm Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Protective Life Corporation announced that Elaine L. Chao, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, has been elected to the Birmingham, Alabama, insurer’s Board of Directors. 

Castle Rock Innovations (CRI) and Millennium Investment and Retirement Advisors (MIRA) will collaborate to provide turnkey 408(b)(2) fiduciary analytics and consulting services.

MetWest Ventures LLC announced it has acquired a majority interest in Reed Conner & Birdwell, LLC (RCB).

Different approaches taken by European and U.S. regulators have created an "unlevel playing field" in financial services recruiting, according to research from Mercer. 

Khan Investment Management has announced the August launch of the Khan Mongolia Equity Fund.

The non-qualified deferred compensation plan marketplace has changed from what it was years ago.

A federal court has decided that a top hat plan participant has made adequate allegations of a merger that support her argument that the successor company owes her...

The Spectrem Affluent Investor Confidence Index fell 11 points in June, its biggest drop in more than three years. 

In a recent amicus brief, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis called for a federal court to overturn a decision in favor of a health plan provider that pre-authorized...

In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found most retirees rely primarily on Social Security and pass up opportunities for additional lifetime retirement income.

According to an annual report by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), 401(k) plan participants invested in stock mutual funds on average paid lower expense ratios in 2010.