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While four in five employees say they have adequate life insurance coverage, 45% of working women and 28% of working men with life insurance have not evaluated their...

A recent study shows a significant number of retirement plan advisers plan to ramp up their retirement income planning practices over the next few years. 

The MassMutual Retirement Services Division has added Carl Steinhilber and Roderick Toppin to support its nonprofit retirement plan market.  

A draft bill from House Financial Services Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Alabama) calls for SEC-registered advisers to be transitioned from SEC regulation to a self-regulatory organization (SRO).

A nationwide survey of nearly 200 health care plan sponsors found that two-thirds of their employees participate in retirement plans, with participation in 401(k) plans slightly higher than...

ADP has established a Strategic Advisory Services group, dedicated to advising clients on their benefits administration services.

UBS Investment Bank introduced 12 ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) linked to the daily performance of an index in the S&P 500 VIX Futures Index Series, which began...

The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) is encouraging plan sponsors to begin offering plan participants more options for generating retirement income.

Recent market volatility will likely put a damper on asset growth and push investors into more conservative, lower-fee products, according to kasina.

Nearly half (48%) of retirement plan participants who rolled balances into IRAs in the past two years chose their rollover institution based on if they already had an...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling to participants alleging breaches of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties...

Only a third of American workers took a vacation this summer, according to a recent poll from Rasmussen. 

An analysis from Charles Schwab shows a growing number of employers are providing their employees with value-added 401(k) plan features that help drive positive plan participation and savings...

Small-market 401(k) plan sponsors who have a clear understanding of the roles of their provider team members are more likely to be satisfied with their providers than those...

John Hancock Annuities has launched “Inflation Guard,” an annuity that combines a principal guarantee with the ability to help protect the purchasing power of retirement assets from the...

Forward Management has appointed Jason Clarke as a Vice President of Sales and Eileen McCarthy as a Senior Product Marketing Manager.

Charles Schwab has created Schwab Intelligent Integration solutions for independent registered investment advisers (RIAs). 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting a Webcast to discuss the final rule on improving the transparency of fees and expenses for...

Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has selected Lou Ann Dolan as Managing Director, Group Head of Consultant Relations.

M&I Institutional Trust Services is rolling out PlanView, an interactive online enhancement that enables retirement plan sponsors and advisers to evaluate plan and participant metrics.