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TIAA-CREF unveils Churchill Asset Management, a majority-owned subsidiary focused on originating, underwriting and managing senior loan investments.

Andrew Bowden, director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), will leave the agency.

Significant retirement industry attention is fixed on the potential negative implications of a stronger fiduciary standard, but some advisers are actually looking forward to the new rulemaking.

Americans fear that health care costs, inconsistent returns and lifestyle expenses will drain their savings.

The certified public accounting and business consulting firm REDW has created Alliance Benefit Group Southwest, a separate company for retirement plan recordkeeping and third-party administration (TPA) services.

Millenials are realistic about their future retirement, with 73% expecting to work past retirement age.

Advisers wondering how and what to Tweet, or where to find value in LinkedIn can usually turn to their companies, according to a LIMRA study.

FRA PlanTools says its compliance solutions have been “re-engineered from the ground up” to better serve Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciaries.

True or false: a given asset manager’s 2050 target-date fund will outperform its 2045 counterpart during a year of strong market growth and manageable volatility.

Four new asset managers have made it to the plan sponsors’ top 10 list.

A new report from Vanguard shows the majority of its global retirement plan clients—some 90 companies holding $650 billion in plan assets across three or more countries—have taken...

Internet-loving Millennials have financial goals—saving more is a top priority—but few have professional assistance or an actual plan, a survey finds.

What American investors say they will do and what they actually wind up doing to save for retirement shows a big gap, according to an Edward Jones retirement...

The IRS encourages plan sponsors to include completed reference lists with determination letter applications.

Retirement consulting and administration firm USI Consulting Group has added Lou Ressler to its retirement services team as a vice president.

Columbia Management has joined forces with its U.K.-based affiliate Threadneedle Investments to launch Columbia Threadneedle Investments.

A new name, logo and redesigned website are the former Lincoln Trust’s latest steps in building its retirement business brand.

J. David Ballard has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer of Cetera Financial Group, effective April 13.

Effectively timing equity markets is extremely difficult to do, and over the long term, emotional decisionmaking during market lows can rob huge portions of potential returns.

The DOL sued retirement plan fiduciaries in Connecticut for failing to forward contributions and loan repayments withheld from participants’ paychecks as required by ERISA.