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New York Life Retirement Plan Services has promoted Patrick Murphy, Rachel Rice, and Lynda Abend.

RidgeWorth Investments launched a Web site dedicated to helping financial advisers learn how to use online tools to grow their business.

More than half (55%) of advisers say the most valuable service they provide to clients in or near retirement is helping the client maintain perspective and think clearly...

The U.S. Department of Labor held a Webcast earlier this week to summarize its final fee disclosure regulations and answer questions on the rules.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) has introduced legislation designed to keep the social security program sound for another 75 years.

Sentinel Investments appointed three industry veterans to key distribution roles: David R. Cohen, Chris Grant, and Greg Pierce.

MetLife Resources has launched a redesigned Web site to help plan sponsors and participants better plan for retirement. 

U.S. employees’ retirement preparedness remains low despite a positive trend in employees improving their finances and putting greater emphasis on retirement, according to Financial Finesse.

The Callan DC Index eked out a negligible 0.23% return in the second quarter of the year.

A survey of companies with Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) found that they continue to have increased share value, better productivity, and overwhelming support among company executives.

If Mom told you to study computers, a new report indicates she was right.

At the PLANADVISER National Conference in Orlando this week, a panel of industry experts discussed where the retirement industry stands and what is likely to be coming in the near...

Transamerica Retirement Services has launched RetireTrack, a Web-based interactive and customizable retirement savings tools for retirement plan participants. 

Vanguard will offer a bundled 401(k) and profit-sharing plan service for companies with assets of less than $20 million through a partnership with Ascensus.

Vanguard researchers report that the levels of market variations today are ordinary when compared to other periods characterized by major global events.

In an unusually volatile month, nervous investors redeemed an estimated $34 billion in net cash out of U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in August.

Jennifer A. Cooper, CFA, has established Diligence Review Corp. to meet the demand for specialty due diligence services.

According to CouponCabin’s first "Savings and Spending Report," 45% of U.S. adults said they feel less financially secure than they did one year ago, with 16% saying they...

The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a ruling that allowed John Young, a former trader at Merrill Lynch, to be awarded benefits from the firm’s “Long-Term...

To empower employers and provide them with actionable information about their plan participants’ retirement readiness, Putnam Investments is making its Lifetime Income Score available more broadly to the...