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A Vanguard analysis finds participants are heeding expert advice to stay the course during the market turmoil, and are not trading and withdrawing funds in a panic.

Plan designs should evolve beyond their focus on helping employees accumulate an adequate amount of retirement savings to a focus on encouraging participants to secure lifetime income during...

Three-fourths of financial advisers polled in a new JPMorgan Funds-sponsored survey said that when evaluating target-date fund options, plan sponsors lack clear and objective criteria for selecting the...

People in a recent poll turn first to Web sites and news sources and then to financial professionals for financial information.

As market turbulence takes its toll on everything from 401(k) account balances to pension plan funding, employers are scrambling to assess the full impact on their retirement programs.

Mercer launched a new section of its corporate Web site that provides insights and solutions to the challenges posed by the economic environment.

While only three in 10 of polled Boomers are working with a financial professional, those who are show more optimism about their finances.

A survey suggests that institutional investors and advisers want alternative investments—that aren’t too different from traditional investments.

Financial has added 401k Toolbox's Manage It For Me offering as a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) solution.

Brokers are receiving incentives to switch firms, and the independent route is looking more attractive, according to research from Fidelity Investments and National Financial.

Wachovia Retirement Services has temporarily extended customer service call center hours to help participants “during this time of financial markets volatility.”

Total managed accounts assets reached $1.85 trillion through the first half of 2008, according to the annual report “Cerulli Quantitative Update: Managed Accounts 2008.″

TD AMERITRADE now offers mobile trading applications for iPhone and iPod touch, now available on the Apple App Store.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced that expense ratios for its 11 domestic PowerShares FTSE RAFI ETF portfolios will be lowered to 39...

Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported a fourth consecutive quarter of negative results for the period ending September 30, according to data in the Northern Trust Universe.

Mutual of Omaha is offering employers a 401(k) managed account feature through an arrangement with PMFM Inc.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., introduced the Active Diversified Portfolios series, professionally managed portfolios designed to help individuals achieve risk-managed growth.

Franklin Templeton Investments introduced the Templeton Global Total Return Fund, a multi-sector global bond fund designed to capitalize on fixed-income opportunities around the world.