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ADP has announced that National Retirement Partners (NRP) has approved the marketing of ADP ACCESS’ 401(k) retirement plan product.

A new survey indicates three-out-of-four (77%) U.S. adults support the concept of modifying the 401(k) retirement plan system to specify that employer contributions be used to provide a...

Echo Robinson recently joined First Mercantile's sales team as Regional Sales Director for the Pacific region. 

A new Senate proposal would allow certain employees to roll over amounts from their (401)k retirement plans to a Roth savings account.

A federal appellate court has ruled that a woman who sued over allegations of a fiduciary breach in connection with her deceased husband’s individual retirement account filed the...

For QDIAs, no news is good news, though changes loom.

Populist pressures weigh on nonqualified deferred compensation programs.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a lower court ruling that revived a securities class-action lawsuit against Janus Capital Group Inc, Dow Jones reports. 

Last week, members of the House and Senate conference committee announced that they had reached a compromise on the financial services reform bill.  

CUNA Mutual Group, provider of financial services to credit unions, has introduced the Retirement Plan Services Investment Committee to provide enhanced due diligence support for plan sponsors offering...

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, the equity administration business of BNY Mellon, has announced the appointment of Julie Vander Veen as business manager and head of relationship management for...

Allianz Global Investors has created the Allianz Global Investors Center for Behavioral Finance and hired behavioral finance expert Shlomo Benartzi of UCLA as chief behavioral economist.

The Lanier Law Firm is investigating possible legal claims related to a 401(k) retirement plan for U.S. employees of BP.  

Thomas White Funds announced the launch of the Thomas White Emerging Markets Fund.

T. Rowe Price and the Education Trust of Alaska announced fee reductions to their College Savings Plan. 

A new study has found that asset management business models are in transition as the industry adapts to dominant investor concerns about liquidity and capital protection in a...

Last week, members of the House and Senate conference committee announced that they had reached a compromise on the new financial services reform bill.   

A federal appellate court has ruled that a summary plan description (SPD) could not unilaterally grant a benefit plan administrator the right to make benefit eligibility decisions without...

The New Mexico Educational Retirement Board has hired two law firms to represent the teachers’ pension fund in a planned lawsuit against a Dallas money management firm. 

Over the weekend, I reacquainted myself with that episode of the HBO miniseries “John Adams” titled “Independence.”