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Performance data from more than 300 U.S. pension funds show listed equity real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been a top-performing asset class across recent market cycles.

Pentegra Retirement Services launched a new website providing industry expertise and tools for plan sponsors and other fiduciaries.

Kidder Benefits Consultants will provide ERISA Section 3(16) plan-level, discretionary fiduciary services to its clients, beginning immediately.

Recordkeeping fees continue to include some element of revenue sharing for most defined contribution plans, according to NEPC’s Defined Contribution Plan & Fee Survey.

Abigail P. Johnson, the granddaughter of Fidelity’s founder, has agreed to accept the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of FMR, LLC.

What are some secrets to a thriving retirement plan business? Advisers share tips to increase this part of their book of business.

Many people use home equity as a source of retirement income because they simply do not have enough in savings, according to the Center for Retirement Research.

Another federal appeals court has ruled employers can eliminate retirement plan transfer provisions allowing employees to move assets from a defined contribution plan to a defined benefit plan.

Does choosing only low-cost, passive investments for retirement plan fund menus optimize the outcomes for participants?

MassMutual Retirement Services is targeting employers with less than $15 million in retirement plan assets with the MassMutual Aviator 401(k) solution.

Janus Capital Group Inc. has agreed to acquire VS Holdings Inc., the parent company of institutionally-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider VelocityShares LLC.

As increasing health care costs compete with retirement savings, health savings accounts (HSAs) can be a tool for a holistic health and retirement benefits plan.

“There is a new financial era. Accept it and modify your behavior accordingly, so that your future is safe, secure, and you look forward to a brighter tomorrow,”...

Advisers controlled 28% of all defined contribution (DC) retirement plan assets at year-end 2013, according to research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Plan sponsors should not be upset by outflows from the Total Return Fund and the abrupt departure of Bill Gross, PIMCO’s lead portfolio manager, sources say.

With 25 years in the investment industry, Tim McCabe has participated firsthand in the dramatic rise of the defined contribution retirement system.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management says it has strengthened its fixed income fund platform through changes to the Goldman Sachs Core Plus Fixed Income Fund.

Small and mid-size businesses have a new nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan option from The Principal Financial Group.

Lincoln Financial Group’s retirement plan services business launched the Lincoln Secured Retirement Income investment option, a guaranteed withdrawal benefit (GWB) designed to provide guaranteed income for life.

Mariner Holdings, an independent financial services firm and the parent company of Mariner Wealth Advisors and Montage Investments, launched an affiliate firm specializing in retirement plans.