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The National Association for Fixed Annuities filed a complaint in district court to “challenge and vacate the Department of Labor’s final fiduciary regulations.”

NYLIM appoints Chief Operating Officer; Janney hires two Institutional Equity sales professionals; Securian hires Retirement Plan sales leaders, and more.

Mark Iwry, senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury was in Seattle to support the initiative.

The Envestnet platform is now part of Advisor Group’s comprehensive offering for financial professionals serving the retirement plans marketplace. 

The index enables comparison of illiquidity risk premiums across assets on a consistent basis.

DB plan sponsors need help assessing whether they are in the right vehicle structures or funds offering the right liquidity terms. 

Oppenheimer unveils new infrastructure fund; Morningstar acquires fixed-income analytics firm InvestSoft Technology; Cohen & Steers named adviser to new SEI fund; Hartford Funds partners with Schroders to expand...

U.S. employees surveyed indicate they are will to pay more for retirement benefits.

 

A coalition of national financial and business trade groups has filed a lawsuit to strike down the DOL’s new regulations that will require most brokers and investment consultants...

Designed specifically for plan providers, advisers, and their plan sponsor clients, SmartEnroll reduces the complexities and print/mail costs associated with retirement plan enrollment.

Joining forces will expand the services and scope of both firms, executives say. 

More plan sponsors than ever are looking to convert their pensions to group annuities.

Plan sponsors and participants can access a library of interactive tools to help participants prepare for potential challenges such as health care costs in retirement, college savings and...

New research from State Street Corporation finds a majority of asset managers believe they’ll be using “blockchain” data security technologies within five years. So, what’s blockchain? 

It enables advisers to compare glide paths, risks, returns and expenses.

Respondents to PLANSPONSOR's 2016 Participant Survey who work for organizations that offer DC plans were twice as likely to have established retirement goals as employees without access.

Enthusiasm about environmentally responsible investing has bloomed in the wake of recent DOL rulemaking, but a new TIAA survey shows a knowledge gap persists. 

The agency filed a brief in a federal appellate court case about whether Foot Locker misled employees upon conversion from a traditional pension to a cash balance plan.

The appellate court noted that under Amara, if the participants cannot get relief with their benefit claims, they can seek an equitable remedy for breach of fiduciary duty...

A new Beyond the Numbers blog post from the Bureau of Labor Statistics examines the real spending patterns of older Americans and their households.