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Patrick M. Murphy has been named head of New York Life Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

MSCI Inc., a provider of investment research and decision support tools, unveiled a collection of environment, social and governance (ESG) data and related quantitative analysis tools to facilitate...

To advisers, it’s poor money habits. To sponsors, it’s inadequate participant engagement in the workplace retirement plan. But the result is the same: room for improvement.

Retirement plan and investment consulting firm Plan Sponsor Advisors (PSA) hired Gina Gurgiolo as a senior investment consultant. 

Beyond the company website, an asset manager’s digital presence is critical, and three in five advisers judge asset managers by their Internet activity.

The hundreds of investment management firms with membership in the Investment Company Institute (ICI) are “deeply concerned” about the potential of a federal government default, especially those with...

Retirement solutions and financial services provider MullinTBG, a Prudential Financial Inc. company, added seven to its sales and client services lineup.

A new paper gives sponsors of defined contribution (DC) plans some guidance on evaluating glide paths for target-date funds (TDFs).

Less than one-third (31%) of Americans believe Social Security will still be around when they retire, according to a new survey.

Financial wellness is getting more attention from plan advisers, according to speakers at a webinar by Financial Finesse, a provider of financial education services.

Admitting that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has resources “not nearly sufficient to the enormity and scope of the responsibility” it faces, SEC Chairman Mary Jo White...

Small-cap growth funds represent a potentially effective way for those with retirement saving shortfalls and concerns about improving portfolio growth to provide additional stock and sector diversification while...

A planned expansion of approximately 200 advisers will give TIAA-CREF a total of more than 650 advisers in its individual advisory services group by the end of 2014.

U.S. workers could see their retirement savings tumble 20% if Congress and the President fail to craft a deal to raise the federal government’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling,...

Independent financial advisers Romaine Macomb and Theresa Donatelli joined independent adviser group office Northstar Wealth Partners (NSWP) alongside Ellie Kasimir, who will continue as the pair’s retirement plan...

Only 158 million zombies, vampires, werewolves and other monsters will prowl our nation this October 31, according to the National Retail Federation’s recent Halloween Spending Survey.

Think small retirement plans aren’t worth your time? If so, you may be missing out on big opportunities.

More than nine in 10 small business leaders predict that their need for an outside financial adviser will increase or stay the same over the next several years,...

They have yet to get around to it. Some say they just do not need to. A substantial number of investors have not developed a financial plan, Nationwide...

Morgan Stanley Investment Management unveiled an institutional share class to improve transparency and lower fees for defined contribution (DC) plans and other institutional investment platforms.