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Joanne T. Burns joined The Segal Co. as senior vice president and national communications practice leader.   

The best possible target-date fund performance is critical to those saving for retirement.  

The 2008 financial crisis changed advisers’ and investors’ attitudes about variable annuities (VAs), according to a survey.  

J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services (RPS), the retirement plan recordkeeping business of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, hired Carol Waddell as managing director and head of product and marketing.

The constant evolution of social media spurs many questions about how to effectively use it for your business.  

This year, National Employee Benefits Day will be celebrated on April 2.

Fiserv Inc. launched Retirement Illustrator, a retirement income-planning tool for advisers.

MillenniuM Investment & Retirement Advisors (MIRA) and Rosenbaum Law Firm introduced Fiduciary Freedom Solutions (FFS) for 401(k) and 403(b) plans.

A class of former participants in the Anheuser-Busch Companies Pension Plan can move forward with a claim for benefits.

Alerus Retirement Solutions, a division of Alerus Financial, introduced a mobile application for retirement plan participants.

Peter Dorsey has been named managing director of institutional sales for TD Ameritrade Institutional, a division of TD Ameritrade Inc.

PLANSPONSOR has named the winners of the 2012 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser and Retirement Plan Adviser Team of the Year awards.

The greatest retirement planning concerns among Americans include protection against inflation, the ability to pay for health care and the cost of long-term care.  

New research shows that most investors ages 21 to 50 are generally familiar with the tax advantages of IRAs and have used them to save for retirement.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has added two relationship managers to its client services team.

Forty-three percent of male workers believe they are saving enough money in order to live comfortably in retirement, compared with 26% of female workers. 

How far would you go to avoid work? For a man in Austria, the answer was cutting off his foot.

Morningstar Inc. launched three Morningstar Ultimate Stock-Pickers Indexes.

Asset managers are missing their most profitable opportunities with financial advisers, a study shows.  

A coalition of retirement plan trade associations is urging the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to permit broader use of electronic communications to deliver disclosures under the 408(b)(2)...