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Last week, AARP published a report on how economic worries are impacting Americans.

Wachovia Corporation said that John Papadopulos has been named President of the Retirement and Investment Products Group (RIPG), one of three businesses within the Capital Management Group.

Prudential Financial, Inc., launched a Web site designed to help women achieve financial security.

Tech-savvy advisers might appreciate if asset management Web sites stepped up their game, according to a study by kasina asset management consultancy.

The National Financial Broker&Advisor Center portal provides access to more than 100 business and trading resources for brokers and advisers via the Streetscape Workstation.

Fiduciary responsibility and fee transparency are at the forefront of important issues in the 401(k) market, an informal survey of retirement plan consultants says.

Annuity assets will grow to $2.9 trillion by 2012, fueled by demographic and product trends, a recent study by Cerulli Associates says.

ftwilliam.com, a provider of plan documents and government forms software, has released their defined contribution EGTRRA prototype plan documents.

Americans have no trouble admitting they are lackluster savers, but that doesn’t seem to motivate them to stock away more of their income, a new survey found.

Rogerscasey has agreed to acquire Perimeter Capital Management Inc. (PCMI), based in Toronto, according to a release.

The Financial Research Corporation (FRC), a source for information on asset inflows and outflows to mutual fund companies, said it will stop disclosing net sales information to the...

A U.S. district court rejected the attempt by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) participant to revive her fiduciary breach case based on the recent U.S. Supreme Court...

Merrill Lynch Consulting Services is closing down its Florida pension advisory practice.

Investment management firm Brinker Capital launched an initiative providing practice management advice to financial professionals.

AssetMark Investment Services, Inc., and Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company introduced LifeHarbor, a group guaranteed income annuity product.