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Aston Asset Management LP partnered with Lee Munder Capital Group LLC to debut a mutual fund, the ASTON/LMCG Emerging Markets Fund.

Ninety-eight percent of defined contribution (DC) investment consultants polled recommend clients offer a target-date or target-risk investment tier.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offers material on its website about international issues affecting retirement plans in the U.S.

Roger W. Harrington joined Williams Financial Group, creating a new firm, Harrington Capital Management LLC in Dallas.

Half of retirement plan participants younger than 34 reported they have left a job in the past five years, leaving the door open for plan leakage.

Total U.S. retirement assets hit a new record high of $19.5 trillion as of December 31.

Paul Conley was appointed U.S. West division leader for the executive compensation consulting business of Towers Watson. 

Charles Schwab released the Android version of its Schwab Advisor Center app for independent investment advisers who work with Schwab Advisor Services.

Institutional investors have taken concrete steps in the last five years to address investment risks.

Using online calculators and retirement advisers has been linked to higher levels of retirement confidence.

U.S. investors who missed the four-year rally could be ready to return to market, according to BNY Mellon.

As the industry talks about moving away from traditional benchmarks; how plan sponsors benchmark their plans was the subject of a panel discussion for advisers.

The future for advisers includes more fiduciary responsibility and a focus on participant outcomes, said panelists at PLANADVISER’s 2013 Top 100 Retirement Plan Advisers seminar on Wednesday.

Older employees are delaying their retirement, says a survey from human resources and financial services firm Mercer.

Strengthening of the U.S. economy makes a case for expanding equity exposure, a PLANADVISER keynote speaker said.

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division announced the transition of Bruce Jensen as managing director. 

Fred Reish will speak at Transamerica’s April 16 webinar, which will focus on the concept and potential benefits of fund revenue equalization for retirement plans.

Tim Noonan is fighting a war on disengagement.

Despite reports that too many retirement plan participants are dipping into their savings, most want to leave their savings intact, a poll suggests.