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Insperity, Inc. announced a streamlined 401(k) deposit feature for its Workforce Optimization Solution clients.

Financial advisers and their clients would benefit from more precise information about their existing immediate income annuity contracts, according to the Retirement Income Industry Association (RIIA).

ftwilliam.com, a Software as a Service (SaaS) product from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, is rolling out an integrated Web portal.

Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) IRA Database finds that almost 40% of IRA assets are invested in equities.

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated a lower court’s decision on grounds that that it lacked authority under ERISA to reinstate CIGNA's traditional defined benefit plan as a remedy...

Franklin Templeton Institutional hired Patrick T. Hughes, CFA, as vice president, U.S. Institutional Business Development.

Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of advanced tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to launch a series of long-only large and small cap...

A 403(b) plan sponsor survey from the Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) and The Principal reveals sponsors are increasingly asking for help from investment advisers.

An Aon Hewitt study found that participation in defined contribution (DC) plans has reached a record high of 75.8% among eligible employees.  

Seventy-five percent of U.S. broker/dealer (B/D) and independent registered investment advisory (RIA) firms are planning to hire in the next 12 months. 

J.P. Morgan Asset Management has hired Benji Baer as Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer.  

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has requested comments on the proposed extension of three information collection requests (ICRs).

Aaron Friedman, national practice leader for nonprofit consulting at The Principal, says "there is still a huge opportunity for advisers to step in and help." 

Cathy Bolz is joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Institutional Client Relationships leadership team as an Executive Client Relationship Manager.

Martin J. Coughlin has joined the consultant relations team at Robeco Investment Management.