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Noel J. Trias will join Pensionmark as managing director of the new office.  

The SPARK Institute has requested guidance from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) relating to 403(b) retirement plans.

Principal Funds rolled out a tool to streamline and increase the success rate in the Request for Proposal (RFP) process.

A white paper from the hedge fund strategies group of Commonfund shows how hedge funds can be effective diversifiers and balance equity risk in portfolios.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets in the U.S. received more than $42 billion of inflows in the month of July.

Broadridge has debuted an online tool displaying views into long-term mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) sales and asset data collection.

Just 11% of investors scored an “A” on an eight-question investment literacy quiz given by John Hancock.

Telemus Capital Partners LLC, the largest independent registered investment adviser in Michigan, joined Focus Financial Partners LLC, a partnership of independent wealth management firms.  

During the first half of 2013, investors globally contributed $665 billion of net inflows to funds worldwide excluding money markets.

Two things always on a plan sponsor’s mind—retirement readiness and fiduciary responsibility—are opportunities for retirement plan advisers.

Pension plan participation is much higher among couples when they are viewed as a unit, rather than measured separately as married men and married women.

Having good internal controls can help retirement plan sponsors eliminate or reduce errors in plan operation.

A federal appeals court found the application of the presumption of prudence to be appropriate at the motion to dismiss stage.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced default judgments have been entered against the fiduciaries of two retirement plans.

 Bas NieuweWeme has been named managing director and head of institutional distribution at ING U.S. Investment Management. 

 Frederick Buffone has joined Fifth Street Management LLC as a managing director and head of capital markets.  

A number of organizations have commented on the proposal by the U.S Department of Labor (DOL) on providing participants with lifetime income illustrations.

The SEC filed a complaint claiming Bank of America and two subsidiaries failed to disclose key risks and misrepresented facts about the underlying mortgages in an offering of...

The SEC charged UBS for its failure to disclose that it retained upfront cash received when it acquired collateral for a collateralized debt obligation (CDO).

For the first time since the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project began tracking adoption of the device, most Americans now own a smartphone.