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Although benefits offered by employers remained mostly the same in 2007 as in 2006, there was a slight decrease in the number of organizations that offered financial services...

Assets of all exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rose in May by $18.97 billion, or 4.1%, to $485.51 billion, according to data from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

The Committee on Investment of Employee Benefit Assets of the Association for Financial Professionals (CIEBA) has released an updated version of its primer, “Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Best...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has added to its Web site a tool that permits investors to obtain information directly from company disclosure documents about their business...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday issued a settled order against certain investment advisers and broker-dealers owned by Manulife Financial Corporation and John Hancock Financial Services,...

Claymore Securities has announced the launch of a socially responsible exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the issue of Sudan divestment.

Standard&Poor's has licensed State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to create and launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) based upon its S&P BRIC 40 Index.

Principal Global Investors, LLC has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Morley Financial Services, Inc., a stable value asset manager with over $14.0 billion in institutional assets under...

Standard&Poor’s ( S&P ) has announced it has been chosen by Adelante Shares LLC to calculate seven custom indexes based on Adelante Shares’ proprietary classification of the real-estate...

UBS Global Asset Management today announced the formation of the Defined Contribution and Retirement Solutions Group, established to help today’s defined contribution plans better meet the needs of...

BlackRock, Inc. has entered into an agreement under which it will acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos Group, LLC for up to $1.7 billion.

New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM) has announced the creation of the MainStay Retirement Funds, a series of funds for target retirement dates of 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040,...

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“[T]he complaint is a rambling 38 page collection long on legal argument, public policy rhetoric and repetition, but vague in its allegations of facts which might be relevant...

Plan sponsors and providers won a battle in the ongoing legal war over retirement plan fees last week when a federal judge in Wisconsin threw out suit brought...

The Delray Beach, Florida, police and fire pension board voted Wednesday to sue its former financial consultant if no settlement can be reached regarding trading fees the broker...

State Street Global Advisors has announced the launch of the SPDR S&P BRIC 40 ETF (exchange-traded fund), giving investors access to companies in Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Online 401(k) has joined forces with Expedition Payroll to allow the payroll provider to offer integrated 401(k) and payroll packages.

Sooner or later, we all make what appears to be, in hindsight anyway, a bad career move.

Investors in stock funds last year reportedly paid the lowest fees in more than a quarter century, thanks to preferences for lower-cost funds and increased competition among fund...