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ProShares, a provider of alternative exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has launched what its says are the first "Volatility ETFs."

Seventeen percent of respondents to a recent TD Ameritrade survey said the recession of 2008-2009 forced them to delay saving and investing for retirement.

Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions, Inc. (SBS).

Charlie Vieth and Steve Zients of Act2 Retirement Consulting have affiliated with practice management firm Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG).

Western & Southern Financial Group’s member companies have introduced VAROOM -- Variable Annuity for Roll Over Only Money.

The TCW Group, Inc. announced the availability of the TCW Emerging Markets Local Currency Income Fund.

Van Eck Global has launched a new index-based, open-end mutual fund, the Van Eck CM Commodity Index Fund (tickers: CMCAX, COMIX, CMCYX).

 Mariner Wealth Advisors has acquired the CBIZ Wealth Management team, formerly a part of CBIZ Inc., effective January 1.  

Worldwide, mutual funds added more than $900 billion in long-term net gains for 2010, according to a report from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Northern Trust has added functionality to its Trade Order Entry platform that it says will help automate private market investments and global funds.

USI Consulting Group named Erica Swett as Vice President of Retirement Services, based in Dallas, Texas.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPAM) has tapped John Galateria as managing director, head of Defined Contribution Investment Solutions (DCIS). 

Looks like the New Year is going to kick off on a litigious note.  

Mintel Comperemedia, a marketing research firm, predicts that exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets will experience double digit growth over the next five years. 

If 2010 was not quite the return to “normal” we might have hoped, there was more than enough—both new and old—to draw the attention of plan sponsors.   

On January 3, 2011, the Fairholme Allocation Fund will be open to investors.  

Steven Rattner, former founding principal of private equity firm Quadrangle Group and former Obama administration "car czar," has agreed to a $10 million settlement of pension pay-to-play charges...

A federal judge has issued an order involving damages in a cash balance lawsuit – and it could be bigger than anticipated. 

A review of the Form 5500 filings from 2008 confirms what even the most casual pension observer knows.

Savannah, Georgia-based Memorial Health will suspend its matching contributions to employees’ retirement accounts for at least a year, beginning February 1.