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MassMutual: Women More Likely to Seek Help from Advisers
A survey conducted by MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division found differences in how men and women like to invest, and where they like to go to for advice.
AB Adds Volatility Management to Target-Date Offerings
AllianceBernstein is taking steps to smooth out the bumps in the road for its target-date fund family.
Firm Rates Best Web Features for Advisers
Some fund managers offer better Web tools for advisers than others.
Recession Has Taken Toll on Employee Retirement and Benefits
More than half (52%) of respondents to a Towers Watson survey said the percentage of their employees working past their desired retirement age is higher than it was...
Americans Aware They Need to Improve Retirement Saving
Most Americans (58%) said they have a gap in their retirement savings, according to a recent survey.
AXA Launches Variable Annuity with Downside Protection
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company has rolled out the Retirement Cornerstone, a variable annuity that aims for both accumulation and preservation of wealth.
TEAM Launches Asset Strategy Fund
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based TEAM Financial Asset Management, LLC, has launched the TEAM Asset Strategy Fund (TEAMX), the company announced.
Greatest Regulatory Impact in 2010: Fees
Financial firms surveyed by Cerulli Associates said examination of fees, such as 12b-1 reform, will be the greatest regulatory impact in the coming year.
BofA Merrill: Economy Will Gather Momentum in 2010
In its annual investment outlook, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research projected above-consensus GDP growth and a bullish outlook for equities.
AllianceBernstein Files a Group of Global Asset Allocation Funds
Fund manager AllianceBernstein has newly registered six global asset allocation funds, according to Simfund Filing, a product of Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.
S&P Expands Family of Target Risk Indices
Standard & Poor's has expanded its family of target-risk indexes with the launch of the S&P MATRIX Target Risk Index.
iShares Launches Alternatives ETF
iShares has announced the start of trading of the iShares Diversified Alternatives Trust.
Casey Quirk: New Battle Lines Form in Target-Date Arena
A new report predicts that rapid growth will restructure the asset allocation and packaging of target-date products and that target-date and target-risk retirement vehicles will attract 80% of...
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Selling Recovery
With participants’ initial panic over, advisers can help them bring their accounts back to life and get back on track in the downturn’s wake
Putnam Integrates Absolute Return Strategies with Lifecycle Suite
Putnam Investments has developed what the firm calls the first suite of target-date funds that integrate target absolute return strategies with traditional mutual funds.
Removing Probability from the Risk Equation
Financial risk should be redefined to be viewed as the potential to lose money, rather than the average return, said Tim Knepp, CIO of Genworth Financial Asset Management,...
Forward Management Introduces Alternative Strategy Mutual Fund
Forward Management, LLC, has launched the Forward Tactical Growth Fund (FFTGX).
Women Have Lower Expectations for Retirement than Men
A survey conducted on behalf of TD Ameritrade found 73% of women are comfortable accumulating less than $1 million in savings before retirement, compared to 63% of men.