Practice Management

Asset managers are adding staff and increasing budgets to capture the fast-growing defined contribution investment-only (DCIO) market, as the competition for DCIO assets is getting intense, a new...

Financial Research Corporation (FRC) says registered alternative products have performed strongly over the past few years and may be of interest to asset management firms.

A recent survey revealed that plan sponsor perceptions of target-date funds, as compared to other QDIA options, are shifting.

Robert Reynolds, President and CEO of Putnam Investments, today discussed why he feels that this is the time for advisers and investors to adopt absolute returns...

At the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s (SIFMA) annual meeting, a panel of industry executives expressed concerns about the regulations, but kept an optimistic tone.  

Fidelity Investments reported a 20% increase over the past three years in the number of participants in its tax-exempt savings plans, which serve higher education, health care, and...

When it comes to participant communications, the retirement plan industry is stuck between the old methods of snail mail and emails and the new world of social media.

A panel at the recent PLANADVISER National Conference discussed things retirement plan advisers may be doing wrong without knowing it.

You are your “brand”; it includes everything your client experiences while working with you.       

A successful request for proposals (RFP) or request for information (RFI) process starts with establishing goals.

 Despite all the efforts of plan sponsors and providers, there is still a lack of understanding of retirement plans and investments by participants, and sponsors still struggle with...

 A panel discussion at the PLANADVISER National Conference revealed setting fees for your services is a subjective process.

In the opening panel discussion at the PLANADVISER National Conference (PANC) in Orlando on Monday, four panelists discussed the need for more participant education and the evolution of...

Today PLANSPONSOR opens its annual nomination process for its Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

A new Cerulli Associates report asserts that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will gain an even stronger market foothold because of increased adviser-driven demand for asset diversity and flexibility in...

Aon Corp. announced today that it will resume accepting various forms of compensation for its brokerage business where appropriate.

State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot reveals assets in the U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) industry totaled approximately $772 billion as of June 30 – down $11.7 billion or...

Cerulli Associates contends the growth opportunity for defined contribution investment only (DCIO) asset managers lies within custom target-date funds built for large plans (those with between $100 million...