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Mercer has recently introduced an online retirement savings educational program to employees whose 401(k) plans it administers and the general public.

Mutual of Omaha has revealed plans to double the workforce at its recently acquired Retirement Marketing Solutions (RMS) subsidiary and to open an Omaha office for the new...

Albert Einstein might have been thinking about target-date funds when he said that everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.

You’ve perhaps heard about studies that suggest that more boys were born just ahead of the two World Wars.

Net cash flow to mutual funds worldwide was $383 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, with both long-term funds and money market funds experiencing aggregate net inflows,...

Callan Associates’ Independent Adviser Group (IAG) and Natixis Global Associates’ Managed Portfolio Advisors (MPA) have announced the Callan Unified Managed Account (UMA) program.

AIG Advisor Group has named Noah Sorkin to the newly created position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

Morningstar’s fifth annual best and worst 529 college savings plan study found improvements in plan investment lineups and fees.

Two blue-ribbon private-sector committees have released lists of best practices for hedge fund investors and asset managers, according to a government news release.

Less than one-third (31%) of GenXers polled believe they will one day be able to fully retire.

Russell Investments has launched a series of new multimanager funds, designed specifically for the “decumulation″ phase of retirement saving and seeking to provide a steady, but not guaranteed,...

The Hartford Financial Services Group has announced that The Hartford Lifetime Income will be offered to participants in the company’s 401(k) plan.

RetirementWORKS, Inc., a subsidiary of Still River Retirement Planning Software, has released a new financial planning site for those approaching or who are already in retirement.

Mike Henkel, former President of Ibbotson Associates, has been named Managing Director for Envestnet’s newly-established Retirement Services Group.

UBS Wealth Management Americas has launched its DC Advisory service.

Vanguard has added Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. as an adviser to two different equity funds.

Standard&Poor's has launched three new benchmark and investable indices designed to provide investors with access to Africa's developing equity markets, as well as being a measurement tool for...

MSCI Barra has launched the MSCI Global Minimum Volatility Indices, a new global benchmark offering for managed volatility investment strategies.

MFC Global Investment Management (U.S.), LLC announced that Frank Saeli has been named head of U.S. institutional sales and relationship management.

I hate going to the doctor for a checkup.