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Last week, the Department of Labor took another step toward finishing another piece of unfinished business.

The Staples office supply company has been cleared of wrongdoing in refusing to allow an ex-employee the right to exercise his stock options after he was fired for...

New research from Fidelity says equity compensation plans encourage employee loyalty and productivity, but many employees are not reaping the rewards of this incentive due to lack of...

Cerulli Associates estimates that target-date funds will grow to more than $1.1 trillion by 2012 from an estimated $277 billion at the end of 2008.

Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. (LFA) said John R. DiMonda was named managing director for the North Central Ohio Regional Planning Group, effective immediately.

The Baby Boomers are the only group who like their name.

Two proposed regulations released Thursday from the Department of Labor (DoL) include a model for advisers to satisfy the fee disclosure requirement for independent retirement account (IRA) and...

In a continuing trend of federal court rulings backing cash balance plans, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled the plans do not discriminate against older...

A Massachusetts plumbing and air conditioning supply company sued State Street over allegations it misrepresented a bond fund ultimately invested in mortgage-backed securities as a low-risk 401(k) investment...

Genworth Financial, Inc., launched its new wealth management division, Genworth Financial Wealth Management, Inc.

Putnam Investment Management, LLC, will pay the first distribution of $40 million to compensate its mutual fund investors affected by undisclosed market timing and excessive short-term trading.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ushers its financial reporting capabilities into a new era with the successor to the EDGAR database.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) said it revised its exam for 529 college savings plan dealers.

A FRC report predicts that the market for assets rolled over from employer plans should approach $500 billion by 2013.

A recent survey of small business owners by SurePayroll found that only one-third of small businesses currently offer 401(k) plans to their employees, and 45% of small business...

FundQuest’s Institutional Spectrum platform is now available to financial advisers at Fintegra Financial Solutions.

Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 5.1% to $24.81 trillion at the end of the first quarter of 2008—the first quarterly decline in nearly four years, according to Investment...

They aren’t jumping up and down about the market conditions, but independent advisers think we’ve seen the lowest point, according to a Schwab Institutional study.

Scott Fremer will lead business development efforts for Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors’ growing 401(k) practice, the company said.

401(k) participants moved assets out of equity into fixed-income investments again in July – a month that saw participant transfers favoring the latter on more than 90% of...