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Workers are slow to embrace new technologies to help them manage their finances.

Investors put an estimated $46 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in February 2012.

Russell Investments hired Laura Grusczynski as a defined contribution (DC) specialist for the firm’s U.S. adviser-sold business.

Suffolk County (New York) prosecutors say a Long Island CEO looted his employees' retirement accounts and bought expensive cars with the money.

The Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service have invited public comment on recommendations for items that should be included on the 2012-2013 Guidance Priority List.

PLANSPONSOR has announced the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

Fidelity Investments’ clearing and custodial services—offered through its subsidiary, National Financial Services, LLC—will be fully integrated into NFP Advisor Services Group's IndeSuite platform.

IRAmarket.com launched a service to help reduce the paperwork for 401(k) rollovers to IRAs.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets increased by more than $44 billion in the month of February, up 3.9%.

Inflation is a major concern for plan sponsors and their participants when planning retirement investment portfolios. 

Cerulli Associates’ latest U.S. asset management research found top-tier retirement specialist advisers share more in common with institutional consultants than with other advisers.

Only 39% of investors between the ages of 21 and 50 are confident that they will have enough money for retirement.

A federal court dismissed a 401(k) plan participant’s claims that plan fiduciaries inappropriately selected plan funds and allowed excessive fees.

 The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommends the formation of an interagency task force to coordinate existing research, education and outreach efforts to foster small-employer retirement plan sponsorship.   

The latest S&P Target Date Scorecard indicates that further-dated target-date funds are continuing to generally have lower cross-sectional ranges of equity exposure than closer-dated funds, through not by...

Pilots and train operators are more likely to report sleep-related job performance and safety problems, according to a poll.  

 Benjamin B. Taylor joined Callan’s Fund Sponsor Consulting practice as vice president.  

The current economic climate has affected the way in which nearly half (49%) of Americans are approaching contributions to their individual retirement accounts (IRA).

Fifty-eight percent of investors say they have “little” to “no” control over their ability to build retirement savings. 

The percentage of U.S. workers who make annual individual retirement account (IRA) contributions has dropped to a record low of 15%, according to a recent survey commissioned by...