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Month over month, exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets fell $95 billion, down 9.1%, in September.

Man Investments is launching the Man Long Short Fund, a long/short equity fund of hedge funds with scheduled monthly liquidity in a Registered Investment Company format.

A recent survey from Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America found that 51% of non-retirees are questioning if 401(k), 403(b), and 457 plans are adequate ways to...

Nationwide Financial Services has hired eight new wholesalers to support advisers in the annuities and retirement plan businesses.

Vanguard research on diversity and retirement saving and investing shows that automatic employee enrollment into company 401(k) plans raises participation for all racial and ethnic groups.

The law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announced that it is investigating Bank of New York Mellon’s investment of retirement plan participants’ and beneficiaries’ assets in company...

The U.S. REIT market continued to outperform the broader equity market in the first nine months of 2011, in spite of losing ground to the S&P 500 in...

We spent some time this past weekend getting my eldest daughter squared away in her new apartment.   

A pair of Georgia legislators have introduced a bill that would open up 401(k) accounts to help make mortgage payments. 

John Hancock Financial Network (JHFN) is planning to launch a retirement income program for its advisers, called Retirement Ready.

LIMRA has suggested five things insurers can do in order to capture more retiree assets.

Vanguard research shows that returns of a balanced portfolio, 50% equity/50% bonds, have been statistically equivalent in times of economic recession or expansion since 1926.

The U.S. Department of Labor has sued an Alabama medical office and the physician who owns it for using profit sharing plan assets to fund the business.

A New York district court has ruled that Lehman Brothers did not violate its fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by continuing to offer...

Having drawn the scrutiny of regulators, Bank of New York Mellon now finds itself the target of another investigation.

Bill McInturff, a partner at polling firm Public Opinion Strategies, told a group of reporters that it is upsetting and unsettling to see that a lack of confidence...

The Newport Group has created a new section on its Web site called “My Forecast,” dedicated to helping participants weigh their retirement income options.  

BlackRock, Inc. launched three mutual funds featuring alternative investment strategies available to the firm's U.S. retail and high net worth client base.  

S&P Indices announced dividend increases rose 17.1% during the third quarter of 2011, with 350 companies increasing their dividends.  

Fidelity Investments has introduced a Retirement Distributions Center on its Web site.