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Vanguard has announced the restructuring of the investment advisory arrangements for Vanguard Explorer Fund, Vanguard U.S. Value Fund, and Vanguard Market Neutral Fund. 

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has assumed responsibility for seven plans covering almost 2,360 workers and retirees of the Chicago Sun-Times. 

July saw investors put $7.5 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), according to Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company.

Driven by ongoing demand for bond funds, U.S. mutual fund investors added about $25 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in July...

A New Mexico judge has approved an unusual plea deal in a securities fraud case allowing a former Albuquerque stock broker accused of fleecing clients in order to...

Guys looking to attract the attention of the opposite sex – or simply to appear more powerful - might want to consider a slight wardrobe...

Massachusetts Congressman Richard E. Neal has introduced the Automatic IRA Act of 2010 in the U.S. House of Representatives. 

Flows into U.S. open-end funds increased slightly in July to $14.1 billion versus $13.5 billion in June, according to the latest Morningstar fund flow data. 

Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P Factor Indices which seek to measure the risk premium inherent between asset classes and financial markets. 

The Credit Suisse Commodity Benchmark (CSCB) has been designated as the benchmark for a new U.S. mutual fund launched by PIMCO. 

EGShares has launched the EGShares India Infrastructure ETF (NYSE:INXX).

A report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI) finds Americans held $16.5 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the first quarter of 2010, accounting for 36%...

A decline in number of practicing advisers threatens Baby Boomers' retirement security, a new Cerulli report asserts.

Newly released data on almost 24 million defined contribution (DC) retirement accounts shows stronger contribution activity and declining levels of participant-initiated withdrawals and changes in asset allocations in...

A new survey released by AARP shows that three in four (75%) adults age 18+ rely on or plan to rely on Social Security for their retirement income,...

QS Investors, LLC has opened its doors as an independent institutional investment firm based in New York. 

John Hancock's new “hard wired” program helps advisers understand client behavior, structure client portfolios, and build advisers' businesses, the company said. 

Admitting it was creating “tension” with the plan documents rule in federal benefits law, a federal appellate court has allowed an employer to correct a drafting error that...

Approximately 90% of ESOP Association members surveyed reported having retirement savings plans in addition to the ESOP (employee stock ownership plan) including 401(k) plans, pension plans, stock purchase...

Many of the more than 87 million Americans age 18-34, popularly known as “Gen Y” are in financial trouble, according to survey results just released by Western Union.