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Minnesota Life recently added two Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios (VIPs) to Waddell & Reed Advisors' products. 

VALIC is introducing Plan Essentials, a comprehensive platform of investment products and services in partnership with Mesirow Financial.

ING has expanded its fiduciary services to help defined contribution plan sponsors better navigate their responsibilities under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Multiple employer plans (MEPs) offer great potential as a retirement savings option for small-business owners, says Transamerica Retirement Services, in a recently published white paper.

Despite their wealth, 41% of high-net worth individuals wish they had more self-control over their financial behavior, according to a report in the Barclays Wealth Insights series.

If Baby Boomers and Gen Xers delay their retirement past the age of 65, many of them will still not have adequate income to cover their basic retirement...

Vanguard announced that that James M. Delaplane, Jr. will join the investment management firm to lead its government affairs office in Washington, D.C.

Joseph Ricciuti has joined Buck Consultants, a Xerox company, as managing director for Canada.

Carmela Elco has been named president of RESOURCES for Retirement, a retirement plan advisory and consulting firm in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

Alan Harden is the new CEO of Asia-Pacific for BNY Mellon Asset Management, with more than 20 years of experience working in the region.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee has granted conditional class certification in a lawsuit concerning the 401(k) plan of First Horizon National Corporation (FHN).

Research from SBR Consulting finds 41% of millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) make saving for retirement a priority.

As the last day of submitting comments to the Department of Labor (DoL) drew to a close, the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries (ASPPA) urged the...

Glen Eichelberger and Brian Teaff, both formerly of Fulbright & Jaworski, have joined the firm’s Houston office in its wealth management practice. 

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) believes that electronic disclosures will improve efficiencies at every step in a retirement plan, which it explained in a letter to the Department...

Investment management company Vanguard has established Vanguard Investments Canada Inc., which will enable them to reach Canadian investors through investment advisers.   

Living longer than expected is one of the most serious issues facing U.S. workers today, according to the Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC).

In May, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 1.00% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 0.84%, while the S&P 500 fell 1.13%.

Withdrawals and other leakage issues should be less of a concern to retirement plan sponsors than other factors, according to a research analyst at Vanguard. 

Putnam has introduced an iPhone application allows participants to find savings opportunities through comparison shopping, and then immediately direct that savings to their 401(k) account.