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A recent study suggests liquidity concerns—and not profitability concerns—was the reason many firms suspended their retirement plan match contributions during the recent economic crisis.

AIM International Small Company Fund is now offered on a limited basis to certain investors.

ETF net inflows surpassed $100 billion during 2009, as investors moved away from large-cap U.S. equities and developed international equities and increased their exposure to ETFs, according to...

A federal appellate court has rebuffed a bid by former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. to overturn his conviction for fraud against the Maryland state pension system on...

More than the subtleties of the law, the nuances of crafting a cogent legal brief, and the humiliations that often accompany the public exercise of the Socratic method, the...

PLANSPONSOR, an Asset International company, has announced the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

Russell Investments has appointed James Polisson as managing director of Russell’s global ETF business and Andrew Arenberg as managing director of global ETF distribution.

An employee lawsuit filed against Spokane, Washington-based Sterling Financial has been dropped—and for a most unusual reason.

One of the things I have always enjoyed most about this job is the access to information—not only from our own research, but from any number of academic...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was the highest-ranked wirehouse among affluent and high-net-worth (HNW) investors, according to Cogent Research’s list of top fund distributors.

Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to use, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January.

A closely watched case involving the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging excessive 401(k) fees by Deere & Co. won’t get a hearing before the nation’s highest court.

BrightScope said its new Personal 401k Fee Report product allows 401(k) plan participants to figure out what they pay in fees.

As the defined contribution (DC) arena becomes more complex and competitive for financial advisers, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MSSB) is focusing its efforts on a lineup of retirement...

Among the specialized units unveiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a unit focusing on investigations involving investment advisers.

While the 529 market is growing, the Financial Research Corporation (FRC) found that a large number of adviser-influenced account owners bypass traditional adviser-sold plans.

The Winston & Strawn law firm has added James P. Baker, a specialist in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), to its San Francisco office.

Richard Weylman, Inc., a consultancy that helps financial businesses market to the affluent and wealthy, has launched The Weylman Center for Excellence in Practice Management, an online university...

Three firms have combined forces to offer target-date and composite-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) models for qualified plans.