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Plan sponsors and participants may not appreciate what specific adviser designations mean, but designations can still be useful for a retirement plan adviser’s business.

Knowing the audience and customizing presentations for specific participant groups are the keys to having an effective participant meeting, according to a panel of industry professionals at PLANADVISER’s...

A new Standard and Poor’s study found that money fund managers are concentrating on safety and liquidity and downplaying yield.

Women’s confidence in their ability to retire with a comfortable lifestyle has remained low and has not changed since 2004, with only 23% claiming to be very confident...

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. has named William McDermott as Executive Vice President of Corporate Markets, where he will develop retirement solutions for large companies.

At a time when the level of plan fees and the extent of their disclosure are a key issue in the retirement services space, a mutual fund trade...

401k Toolbox, a Watkinsville, Georgia-based advice provider, has unveiled its On Track retirement planner and prospecting tool for plan advisers.

The retail sales and financial planning division of Lincoln Financial Group has appointed Christine Baker as Regional Managing Director, Advisor Recruitment, for the Southeast territory.

The U.S. Federal Reserve gave its nod to a regulation allowing banks to continue selling some securities products and services without having to register as brokers with the...

UBS has opened a Private Wealth Management operation in Chicago, Illinois, its third such office in the U.S.

Concerns about unscrupulous financial advisers using faux designations to mislead individual investors have resulted in a number of state initiatives to crack down on how these designations are...

Thornburg Investment Management has agreed to waive fees and reimburse expenses for the Thornburg Funds’ R class shares.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a cease-and-desist order against pension consultant Callan Associates for failing to tell its clients about an outside business relationship that...

Callan Associates’ Trust Advisory Group will act as adviser to a series of target maturity collective funds designed for defined contribution plan participants.

The Depository Trust&Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has launched a redesigned service to streamline the gathering of fund prospectus information.

Bank of America has appointed Bill Carey, formerly of Fidelity Investments, as national executive of Business Retirement Solutions.

The Standard is making a new fee education campaign available to employees of its retirement plan clients.

Columbia Management has appointed Colin Moore as chief investment officer, expanding his role as head of equity to include responsibility for all investment activities.

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden has put forth his plan to help Americans save for retirement.

CitiStreet has announced the rollout of an enhanced managed account service.