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It may have lacked the hoopla of a midnight Harry Potter release, but in retirement industry circles, last week’s publication of the Department of Labor’s final regulations on...

A federal judge has refused to reconsider his earlier ruling that Deere&Co. was not obligated to disclose the revenue sharing arrangements in its 401(k) plan, clearing the company...

U.S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-New York) has unveiled a bill requiring the recognition of ordinary income on the exercise of stock options in an S corporation with an...

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has issued a statement strongly urging the state of Michigan to repeal a portion of recently enacted legislation that imposes a sales tax...

Stock and bond funds posted net inflows of $37.9 billion in September 2007- a sharp increase from the $1.76 billion inflow posted in August, according to data from...

Prudential Annuities, the domestic annuity business for Prudential Financial, Inc., has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School to launch an executive education program that will provide...

Beneficial Investment Services, Inc. will now be able to offer six new managed account programs with the addition of FundQuest to its investment platform.

Referring to fees charged to 401(k) plan participants, at a hearing Wednesday, the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging said that consumers have a basic right...

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (JHRPS) has launched a defined benefit program.

Lincoln National Corporation has expanded its Defined Contribution Intermediary Sales distribution team, bringing the number of external wholesalers for its wirehouse and independent adviser channels to 20 per...

Adam Miloro has joined Boston-based benefits consulting firm Longfellow Benefits as an account executive, focusing on retirement-plans.

Dreyfus Investments has joined DTCC's Managed Accounts Service (MAS), a centralized platform for the industry, designed to streamline communications associated with opening and maintaining managed accounts.

Citigroup Inc. has tapped Jeffrey Applegate to be chief investment officer of its Citi Global Wealth Management unit.

Online investors make the majority of their investment decisions independent of an investment adviser (56% of investors who trade securities online) are more likely to have an appetite...

Still River has updated its 403(b) Contribution Planner software, which it says is the first software that complies with the latest IRS regulations, including 2008 calculation factors.

As anyone who has kids – or who lives in a neighborhood that has kids (or lives in one in which kids can enter) can attest - Halloween...

The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee will hold an October 30 hearing to discuss the fees charged to participants enrolled in defined contribution plans.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued interim guidance generally extending to 2007 the 409A tax reporting guidance that was applicable to 2005 and 2006 tax years.

Saying it was “probably the most important regulation issued resulting from the Pension Protection Act of 2006,″ Bradford Campbell, Assistant Secretary for the Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA)...

Three out of four advisers surveyed (73%) by Eaton Vance Corp. use stocks in their clients’ portfolios both for long-term appreciation and as a way to provide current...