News

 ING U.S.’s retirement business launched a multimedia education campaign to coincide with National Save for Retirement Week.  

 BlackRock launched a digital retirement center to coincide with National Save for Retirement Week, which is October 21 to October 27.       

 Joseph Elegante has been appointed portfolio manager for RMB Asset Management, an independent advisory firm headquartered in Chicago.    

 Following the final Department of Labor (DOL) 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5) regulations, many providers and plan sponsors were unprepared, but there are best practices to avoid an audit.

The low interest rate environment made it the right time for Verizon to transfer some pension risk, a company spokesman told PLANADVISER.

Dedicated Defined Benefit Service rolled out an improved retirement comparison tool for advisers.

In the wake of moves by several large companies to de-risk their defined benefit (DB) plans, the Pension Rights Center (PRC) is calling for a moratorium on such...

Franklin Templeton launched an online Retirement Center for individual investors, financial advisers, employers and plan sponsors.

Attorneys with the firm Drinker Biddle & Reath have asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to consider a voluntary correction program for service providers failing to meet disclosure...

The Investment Company Institute (ICI) and exchange-traded fund (ETF) firms developed a website to answer questions investors have before they invest in ETFs.

Financial advisers now have greater flexibility and more choice when offering clients retirement plan solutions from American Funds.

Ascensus, a retirement plan solutions provider, is expanding its online presence with Todd's Blogand a new company page on LinkedIn.

The Schaeneman Group has joined the Morgan Stanley Wealth Management office in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced cost of living adjustments (COLAs) affecting dollar limitations for pension plans and other retirement-related items for tax year 2013.

Lincoln Financial Group is encouraging Americans to save for their retirement through a video series that kicks off during National Save for Retirement Week, October 21 to October...

 The Prudential Insurance Company of America has signed an agreement with Verizon Communications Inc. to transfer approximately $7.5 billion of the Verizon Management Pension Plan obligations to Prudential....

Amid market volatility, the changing role of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, a shrinking work force and longer life expectancy, plan sponsors must tackle more issues threatening plan...

 Many Americans remain foggy about what cloud computing is and how it works, a survey found.  

The Pension Rights Center (PRC) has published on its website a list of companies that have offered lump sum pension buyouts to certain retirees and former employees.

Risk parity is an alternative form of portfolio management that allocates capital based on the underlying risk of asset classes, rather than anticipated returns.