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MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is adding Mesirow's Financial Fiduciary Partnership Service to its retirement platform.

Employers with Securian Retirement plans will be able to find information faster on the company’s new Web portal for defined contribution plan sponsors.  

Although 25% of teens said their parents have a 529 College Savings Plan in place for them, the majority of teens (66%) and adults (54%) has never heard...

Last week, FINRA not only provided much-needed clarification on acceptable social media usage for financial advisers, but it also recognized social and mobile technology as a boon, not...

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MassMutual Retirement Services is rolling out its latest version of the Third-Party Administrator (TPA) New Business Implementation Kit.

Aperio Group has published a research paper that discusses best practices for gaining emerging market exposure in a global portfolio.  

Savingforcollege.com released its 529 Plan Composite Performance Rankings for the second quarter.  

Eagle Asset Management has released a “no revenue share” R-6 share class for use by retirement plan sponsors and administrators.

UBS, the largest Swiss bank, announced plans this week to cut about 3,500 jobs, or 5.3% of its workforce. 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have requested comments from the public to assist in conducting a joint study on stable...

The fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege rule extends to plan administration between an ERISA trustee and a plan attorney, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has...

Fidelity Investments' College Savings Indicator found 60% of parents who have started saving for their preschool-aged childrens' college costs are still paying back their own student loans.

When The Hartford asked Americans age 45 and older about their retirement plans, two in five said they intended to work longer and delay retirement, or work part...

Recent market volatility will be a major test of broker/dealers’ home office-driven model portfolios, according to an upcoming report from consultant kasina.

LPL Financial has released an enhanced proprietary version of SearchPro, a Web-based qualified plan provider search and benchmarking tool.

L.A. Times employees of media company Tribune who sued over the 2007 Sam Zell-led takeover of the company have won a $32 million settlement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was unable to prove that its calculation of benefits for cash balance plan participants satisfied the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), a court found.

As part of the expansion of its Americas platform, Natixis has announced senior appointments in its Fixed Income, Commodities & Treasury (FICT) Americas team.

CAPTRUST Financial Advisors today announced the opening of its newest regional office located inside greater Minneapolis-St. Paul.