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Everyone wants lifetime income products to be portable, but that doesn’t mean building such solutions will be easy.

Citing previous court decisions, a judge said dismissal is not proper at this early stage and the plaintiffs lack the information to detail their claims until discovery proceeds.

The retirement planning business is a people business.

With each edition of the PLANADVISER Data Mine, we dig for the most actionable findings in the latest retirement plan industry research.

Plaintiffs say the choice of underlying investments in funds using BOK’s CIT structure, as well as the use of BOK’s proprietary money market fund, were to benefit the...

As the SEC’s June 30 Regulation Best Interest deadline nears without hope of a grace period, sources say many financial services firms aren’t ready to comply.

More than a decade of litigation ends in a $29 million settlement agreement.

The U.S. stock market has entered bear market territory after its record bull run; one silver lining is the opportunity to educate people about annuities.

For some years now, advisory firm owners have enjoyed a sellers’ market that has spurred record merger and acquisition volumes.

In addition to a payment of $3,470,000.00, Invesco agrees to add non-proprietary ETFs to its 401(k) plans' SDBA.

Wilshire Consulting president resigns and announces successor; The Standard names government and regulatory affairs director; DCIIA unveils founding members and pillars for RRC; and more.

The reason why target-risk funds gave way to target-date funds is the perceived simplicity of just using one’s retirement date to set the portfolio's investment risk tolerance—but this...

High-end brokerage firms are seeing the appeal of being able to serve the middle and mass affluent markets, thanks in large part to the success of Fidelity and...

Former Pentegra SVP launches expert firm focused on group retirement plans; Barber rejoins Franklin Templeton to head municipal bond team; Schwab to acquired fixed income separate accounts manager;...

The proposed settlement agreement includes non-monetary provisions restricting the 401(k) plan’s recordkeeper from cross-selling retail financial products and services to participants

We are confident that PANC 2020 will be the premier event for retirement specialist advisers to meet the right people, hear the best ideas and create new opportunities....

“The use of mortality data that is over 40 years old could, plausibly, be unreasonable,” the ruling states.