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Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIMA) announced that it has hired four executives to support its expanding liability-driven investing (LDI) business.

The Principal Financial Group has introduced a personalized, at-a-glance retirement wellness scoring system for retirement plan participants.

Voya Financial Chairman and CEO Rodney Martin Jr. has taken over direct leadership of the company’s retirement solutions business.

The recent evolution of target-date funds (TDFs), like other investing programs popular with qualified retirement plan investors, has been a story of falling fees.

One of my fondest memories as a kid, and I remember it like it was yesterday, is lying next to my brother in the back of my dad’s...

The share of American adults who have never been married is at an all-time high: In 2012, one in five adults 25 and older (about 42 million people)...

A new Ameriprise survey suggests Americans nearing retirement are deeply concerned over projected health care costs, but few are taking financial actions in response.

The MFEA Star Awards program announced the first winners of the STAR Retirement Awards—a new awards category covering the retirement plan services marketplace.

Michael Woomer is among the chorus of retirement plan professionals telling plan sponsors that managing fiduciary risk is about having processes in place.

The Newport Group, Inc. and Verisight, Inc. are joining forces to increase the size, scale and reach of their respective businesses.

Long-term mutual funds experienced net outflows of $900 million in September, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International Company.

Securian Financial group has unleashed a campaign called BOLD, for “Business Owner Life-stage Design,” that helps advisers address and plan for the many financial needs of small business...

While all of the major asset classes suffered losses during the month of September, Aon Hewitt’s...

Often, life events trigger financial actions by individuals or households.

Three in five U.S. households say retirement planning, including the determination of how much to save for retirement, is more difficult in 2014 than in the past.

As lawsuits over share classes move forward, can the investment policy statement (IPS) help the plan sponsor avoid litigation?

ADP Retirement Services is providing plan sponsors with a self-directed brokerage account (SDBA) option they can offer to their plan...

Sage Advisory Services and July Business Services launched a full-service packaged solution for cash balance plans.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) hired Chris Bradford as regional vice president for sales and relationship development among advisers and plan consultants in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana.

Investors of all ages have an improper allocation to equities in their portfolios, a new study contends.