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Charles Schwab made available 28 universal workflows in the Schwab OpenView Workflow Library through Schwab Intelligent Technologies.

Five dynamic allocation models powered by CAPTRUST research were introduced by Jefferson National.

Gary J. Martel, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with defrauding investors of $1.6 million. His assets were also frozen.

 They like dividend-producing stocks and are tempering expectations for fixed income, a survey found.  

ING U.S. hired Rich Linton as president of Individual Markets.

Being overly accommodating to clients seems like a logical way for plan advisers to run a business—but sometimes it can actually endanger it.

Susan L. Wagner, a co-founding partner of BlackRock Inc., will retire at the end of June.

Morningstar Inc. released Morningstar Analyst Ratings and Global Fund Reports for approximately 40 alternative U.S. mutual funds, representing about 75% of the alternative fund universe by assets.  

Investor Watchdog offers an array of free, online tools to help investors choose and monitor advisers, and replace those...

Alexandre Voitenok joined Acadian Asset Management LLC as senior vice president and portfolio manager.  

The deadline is approaching to amend affected deferred compensation arrangements to comply with Code Section 409A requirements for payments contingent on execution of a release of claims.

Benchmarking services are emerging that can compare the suite of retirement plan services against costs to plans of similar size and complexity.

Groom Law Group, Chartered, which focuses exclusively on employee benefits, hired five attorneys.

About one-third of us think it’s OK to use social media at work. The rest of us? Not so much, a survey...

Towers Watson appointed two consulting leaders.

Callan hired John P. Jackson as a senior vice president in the Fund Sponsor Consulting Group. 

The broker/dealer First Allied Securities Inc. expanded its advisory platform, Guided Portfolio Solutions (GPS) to give affiliated advisers a practical approach to conducting fee-based business.

Younger, less-educated and lower-paid employees are more likely to choose the investment provider that offers face-to-face financial advice, a survey found.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with alliance partner FASCore, launched an offering to provide recordkeeping solutions to the small to midsize retirement plan market. 

Some plan sponsors are hesitant to implement an in-plan guaranteed retirement income solution for the same reasons others are in favor of it.