News

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Adam Blitz as regional sales director for Long Island, New York.

T. Rowe Price announced recent hires within the Retirement Plan Services sales team.

MFS Investment Management has teamed with TPA(k)nowledge.com to offer complimentary access to TPALocator Service, a national network of third-party administrators (TPAs). 

Standard & Poor's and Harel Financial Group launched a suite of sector indexes covering a range of companies within the Israeli equity market.

Americans may not be preparing for the unexpected events that can interfere with retirement plans, according to a MetLife Mature Market Institute study.

The SPARK Institute hosted a Webinar Wednesday that discussed how “harmonization” would work if broker/dealers (B/Ds) and registered investment advisers (RIAs) were to work under a uniform fiduciary...

Thirty-two percent of Baby Boomers are worried they won’t be able to afford the retirement lifestyle they want and they’re not sure how to improve their prospects.

With Washington causing quite a stir in proposing changes to the definition of fiduciary, the Virtual PLANADVISER National Conference brought together experts to discuss the realities of such...

The number of investment professionals at broker/dealers (B/Ds) has stayed at approximately 310,000 over the last few years, and they are aging with no clear source of replacements.

Principal Funds has hired Jeff Tyler as portfolio manager for Principal LifeTime Funds target-date fund series, effective March 1, 2011.

DALBAR and FiduciaryPlanReview.com announced a joint venture to deliver fee disclosure materials that will be required by brokers/dealers under the new 408(b)(2) regulations.

SageView Advisory Group has hired Jason Smith and Jodi Macleod to work in its newly created Omaha, Nebraska, office. 

Manulife Asset Management has acquired Optique Capital Management, a registered investment adviser (RIA) based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Neuberger Berman is introducing the Neuberger Berman Large Cap Value Funds in A, C and Institutional Classes (ticker symbols pending).

Trademark Capital Management has acquired Athens Capital Group, LLC, as part of a national growth strategy.