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Small-business owners now have a new place to go for information about retirement planning.

An employer’s move to reduce its equity holdings and increase fixed-income investments in its cash balance pension plan did not represent an illegal benefits reduction, a federal judge...

Strong long-term fund flows persisted in August, and the recent pattern of greater flows into bond funds continued as well, according to Strategic Insight (SI).

Invesco has named K. Stuart Peskin as managing director for client service within its Institutional Sales and Client Service team.

Invesco has emerged in the lead to acquire the mutual fund business from Morgan Stanley’s Van Kampen, according to The Wall Street Journal.

A district court has dismissed claims by retirement plan participants that Humana officials violated their fiduciary duties by holding plan assets in company stock after mistakes made in...

The Wiley Group ended a long relationship with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to form a fully independent registered investment adviser.

The asset allocation of target-date funds has been a hotly debated topic, especially as the financial crisis has put them under the microscope.

Bank of America Corporation (BofA) signed an agreement to sell the stock and bond units of Columbia Management to Ameriprise Financial, Inc., the companies announced.

The Dreyfus Corporation, part of BNY Mellon Asset Management, has introduced two new fund of funds: Dreyfus Satellite Alpha Fund and Dreyfus Diversified Global Fund.

The 401(k) ratings and analytics firm BrightScope launched a service to help advisers and consultants find plans that need their help.

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc,. has appointed J. Michael Shamburger as national sales manager for corporate retirement programs in its Retirement Plans Group (RPG).

Consultant Mercer has tapped Toni Brown  from Callan Associates to serve in the new position of director of client consulting for its investment consulting business in the U.S. 

Federal securities regulators said they will take the opportunity of pre-trial fact-finding in their existing case against the Bank of America (BofA) to see if any additional charges...

When it comes to employee benefit plans, there’s a new sheriff in town. 

The Department of Labor is killing the final 401(k) investment advice rule under the Pension Protection Act, according to news reports.

Schiff Hardin LLP has announced that former assistant secretary of labor for employee benefits Bradford P. Campbell joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office in the Employee Benefits and...

Schwab Advisor Services unveiled enhancements, including a waiver of fees for its merger and acquisition listing service, an online version of its Scorecard tool, and a new client...