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MassMutual Financial Group is expanding its presence in the retail retirement accumulation and retirement income market with the creation of MassMutual Retirement Income (MMRI), which integrates the firm’s...

When Fidelity announced this last week that it was dropping its pension plan, it drew my attention.

Although qualified annuity sales are increasing, most of them are coming from IRAs, not 401(k) distributions.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) rule exempting certain broker-dealers who offer investment planning advice from strict disclosure requirements was overturned Friday.

The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the notices employers must provide to the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) when they terminate an employee cannot be...

Over the past 12 months, assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) increased $110.99 billion (34.4%), according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

The Pension Protection Act (PPA) paves the way for more phased retirements, but firms must consider many issues in undertaking such policies, asserts a new Conference Board report.

The Advisory Group of San Francisco has launched a suite of services to help employers optimize their 401(k) plan and costs to determine whether fiduciaries and their participants...

The fund giant will instead offer a richer 401(k) match and an annual credit to a health savings plan.

The nation's oldest CEO celebrated a birthday this week.

The firm has introduced a new retirement plan vehicle that gives advisers pricing flexibility.

Households that work with financial advisers are saving more and are on track to replace more income in retirement than those that do not.

The average 65-year-old couple needs an estimated $215,000 to cover health care costs in retirement, $15,000 more than was predicted last year, according to research by Fidelity Investments.

The latest Russell Investment Group poll of U.S. money managers finds an optimistic outlook tempered by concerns about conditions that could cause a market stumble.

Rejecting Merrill Lynch’s requests to throw out the award, a federal judge upheld a $14 million award to three former Merrill Lynch brokers fired over allegations of improper...

Younger participants are more likely to want advice about in choosing their investments, but those in the $50,000 and under income bracket are the most likely (37%) to...

Lincoln Financial Network, the retail distribution division of Lincoln Financial Group, has tapped Dee Morgan and David Taksen for its financial planner/adviser recruiting group.

Salient Wealth Management LLC will now be included in Fidelity Investments’ Wealth Advisor Solutions, which gives customers of the financial services firm the opportunity to build relationships with...

Advisers who currently target small businesses – or who work with individual participants at businesses of any size – could see a major shift over the next decade,...

Nearly all recordkeepers say they’ll be ready for the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Rule 22c-2 deadline of April 16.