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The Department of Labor is presenting the “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities” webcast series.

Small plans must be given more latitude to mimic their larger counterparts if the nation is to adequately fund its retirement needs, says Kristi Mitchem, of State Street...

While most Americans understand the importance of saving for retirement, they have trouble making it a priority.

Prudential Retirement named Srinivas Reddy to a newly created role overseeing investments for its full service business.

A strong recovery in asset values and pension funding levels hasn’t slowed the pace of change in institutional investment portfolio strategies, according to an analysis from Greenwich Associates.

Retirement plan participants’ savings rate is the most important factor for ensuring successful retirement savings outcomes.

The overwhelming majority of clients feel their advisers are serving their best interests and meeting fiduciary responsibilities, according to research from the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

The DOL’s fee data proposal is fairly straightforward, but could trigger a prohibited transaction, says Bruce Ashton, a partner in Drinker Biddle & Reath’s Los Angeles office.

New indices released by Thomson Reuters offer liquid access to and performance analysis of the U.S. private equity industry.

Defined contribution (DC) plans outperformed defined benefit plans significantly during the fourth quarter of 2013 and during the whole year, according to a recent analysis.

Most American workers spend less time per year managing an individual retirement account (IRA) than it takes to choose a restaurant on a special occasion, according to an...

Traditional broker/dealers are considering more direct, digitally enhanced advice models to meet competitive demands, according to a new analysis from research and analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Philosopher and poet George Santayana said, “Those who do not remember history are condemned to repeat it” – a statement especially helpful for retirement plan advisers who look...

In a reversal of the past four months, participants of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans favored fixed-income investments in February, according to Aon Hewitt’s 401(k) Index.

The funded status of pension plans showed an improvement in February compared with figures from January, says a new analysis from Russell Investments.

Fidelity Investments made its workplace benefits application, NetBenefits, available to iPad and iPad Mini mobile tablet users.

More than one in two organizations are unprepared to deal with security breaches to their corporate and employee-owned Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) notebooks, tablets and smartphones.

A group of 26 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, threw its support behind expanded fiduciary rules pending from the Department...

National Financial Partners Corp., known as NFP, acquired the San Diego-based Washington Wealth Management LLC.

The St. Louis-based law firm of Schlichter, Bogard & Denton filed a class action on behalf of participants in the retirement plans of Novant Health Inc., seeking the...