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In general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men.

Worker confidence in being able to afford a comfortable retirement decreased over the past year by a rate unmatched in the 18 years of the Retirement Confidence Survey,...

About half of employees want their employers to provide retirement advice and almost as many (44%, increasing from 30% last year) would like to receive access to general...

Fidelity Investments has launched its first mutual fund that will engage in ‘short’ sales as well as ‘long’ investments.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services has launched its Guaranteed Income for Life (GIFL), an optional 401(k) rider featuring a principal guarantee.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an Internet Web page allowing investors to more easily compare fund cost, risk, and past performance information provided by mutual...

The SPARK Institute has released for public review and comment a draft sample Information Sharing Agreement (ISA) for 403(b) plan vendors and employers.

PIMCO has chosen the Dow Jones Real Return Target Date Indexes to serve as benchmarks for the PIMCO RealRetirement funds.

Four in 10 American adults (41%) are holding off on major life decisions – including retirement - either because they are financially strapped or worried about the U.S....

McKay Hochman Co., has announced the availability of updated 403(b) plan documents.

Advisers covered by wholesalers and who use the Web as an effective sales tool averaged 25% more sales than those who do not use the Web, according to...

Thrivent Financial plans to hire more than 800 financial representatives by the end of 2008 to meet the increasing demand by Americans for a financial road map for...

Ours is an industry of fairly recent invention–one that is, in many respects, only just beginning to emerge from the growth pangs of adolescence.

Ours is an industry of fairly recent invention–one that is, in many respects, only just beginning to emerge from the growth pangs of adolescence.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC has announced the listing of two new exchange-traded funds.

Eight UBS E-TRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) have begun trading on NYSE Arca.

The SPARK Institute has released for public review and comment the first of two proposals for best practices in information sharing among 403(b) plan providers and sponsors.

Nearly half (46%) of the advisers in a recent poll said their clients are still tracking their expectations of a decade ago for a timely retirement.

Citing months of poor performance, Goldman Sachs announced it has stopped offering an investment account that AQR Capital Management created for the bank's 401(k) lineup.

State Street Corporation has named Scott Powers president and chief executive officer of State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the company’s investment management arm.