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 Granite Investment Advisors introduced The Granite Value Fund, an actively managed equity value fund.

A North Carolina man was arrested after police say he tried to use a fake million-dollar bill to buy $476 worth of Walmart items.

The Internal Revenue Service opened the 2012 tax filing season by announcing that taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns.

The Plan Sponsor Council of America (PSCA) debuted a new website and education opportunities for members. 

ExpertPlan was selected by First Allied to provide recordkeeping services for its clients.

Lincoln Financial Group appointed Emily Pachuta as head of the Consumer Insights group within the Insurance Solutions/Retirement Solutions (IS/RS) division. 

Annuity Think Tank, a website dedicated to annuities, has acquired Private Pension Plan, an educational resource company specializing in private pension plans.

Consensus is a new benchmarking tool to help retirement plan advisers gauge client satisfaction.

Great-West Retirement Services enhanced its websites for plan sponsor clients, advisers and third-party administrator (TPA) partners.   

The Internal Revenue Service has issued a number of Revenue Procedures revising procedures for furnishing advice to employee plans. 

Four out of 10 employers expect to devote more time addressing retirement plan governance over the next two years. 

Americans could retire up to 10 years earlier and with a higher standard of living if they did so outside of the U.S.

Research indicates that having employer-sponsored retiree health benefits could encourage workers to retire before age 65.

Ariel Investments launched two all-cap no-load mutual funds.

LPL Financial is acquiring Fortigent, a provider of high-net-worth solutions and consulting services to RIAs, banks and trust companies. 

Merrill Lynch advisers will no longer get paid on new accounts that total less than $250,000, according to published reports.

The ongoing legal battle between the TCW Group and Jeffrey Gundlach appears to have reached an end.

Aon Hewitt released its 401(k) Index Observations for the month of November.

An employee sued her former employer, alleging it had failed to pay her for unvested shares earned through the company's profit sharing plan. 

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has launched MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund, the latest addition to the MassMutual Funds families.