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Principal Financial Group has released a program that gives fledgling businesses some of the same retirement plan tools available to large plans, such as flexible participant services and...

Human resources outsourcer Ceridian Corp., under pressure from an activist hedge fund, agreed to be bought by private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners and Fidelity National Financial...

The Internal Revenue Service has issued guidance sanctioning mid-year changes to 401(k) safe harbor plans regarding new rules for Roth deferrals and hardship withdrawals.

The Board of Directors of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) has revised the ethical standards for CFP professionals, requiring them to 'at all times...

Wachovia and A.G. Edwards announced Thursday that Wachovia will buy A.G. Edwards for $6.8 billion in cash and stock.

Bear Stearns' Investment Advisor Services (IAS) has hired Christian Widen, a managing director with 11 years of financial services experience, to be part of the company’s IAS east...

Transamerica Retirement Services has announced the addition of five investment choices from two fund families – Thornburg Securities and Fred Alger&Co., Inc.

In response to a recent court ruling that firms operating fee-based brokerage accounts must move these assets to either an advisory account or a traditional commission account, FundQuest...

Tonight – depending on where you live – you’ll be treated to a “blue moon.″

M Financial Group says that Corrigan&Company has become a Provisional Member Firm.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will host a roundtable discussion about Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which allows mutual funds to use fund...

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Co. has enhanced its Accumulator series of variable annuities, including an expanded choice of "living benefits" and the unbundling of optional income and death...

The Online 401(k) announced partnerships with Back Bay Financial and Tribeca Financial, providing small business clients of these firms access to an independent 401(k) solution, with no hidden...

Money Management Executive (MME) has announced the release of comprehensive, unique 529 reports to help mutual fund companies, financial advisers, and their clients more accurately plan college savings.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has announced five new fixed income SPDRs exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange on Wednesday.

Pershing LLC has launched Managed Account Network, an open architecture platform making available a wide range of managed account solutions for introducing broker-dealer firms to offer their clients.

Investments in the global real estate market are gaining traction as a way for investors to diversify their portfolios, a recent study commissioned by the National Association of...

BenefitStreet Inc. will offer Barclays Global Investors’ iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) via a new 401(k) platform.

ING has announced a change in its Rollover Wizard tool to help employees roll over money from their ING employer-sponsored retirement plan into an ING Express Individual Retirement...

About two-thirds (68%) of small business owners say they are now more concerned about their retirement security than they were last fall.