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JPMorgan Target-Date Funds Clip Expense Caps
In a move the firm said will “better position investors to realize their retirement savings goals,” the JPMorgan SmartRetirement Fund expense caps have been lowered.
TD AMERITRADE Offers Tool for Advisers Considering Independence
TD AMERITRADE Institutional launched a transition tool for breakaway brokers.
Parents Want More College Savings Help
Parents who use advisers would like more help with college-related decisions, according to a Fidelity survey.
ABG Carolinas Adds D’Alessandro to Head Sales Team
Rocky D'Alessandro joined the Advisor Service Team at Alliance Benefit Group (ABG) Carolinas, a third-party retirement plan administration and recordkeeping firm.
SPARK Pushes Universal Small-Business 401(k)
A trade group representing retirement services industry providers has recommended the creation of a mandatory standardized 401(k) plan.
MFS Offers Program to Grow Retirement Plan Advisory Business
MFS Investment Management has introduced Advanced (k), a program designed to help retirement platform wholesalers and retirement advisers expand their retirement plan practice.
Rampart Hires New Lead for Business Development
Rampart Investment Management, an asset management firm specializing in option strategies, has appointed Richard R. Davis as senior vice president of sales and consultant relations.
SSgA Unveils Preferred Stock ETF
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF (symbol: PSK) began trading on the NYSE Arca today with an annual 0.45% expense ratio.
Variable Annuities Grow in Popularity
Variable annuities are now more widely held than fixed annuities among nonqualified annuity owners, according to a Gallup poll.
Prudential Annuities Names Seifert Director of National Sales
Prudential Annuities, the domestic annuity business of Prudential Financial, Inc., announced Tim Seifert joined the company as a vice president and director of National Sales.
Former Assistant Secretary of Labor Joins D.C. Law Firm
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 Adds Client Feedback Tools
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...
S&P Introduces Sec Lending Indexes
Standard & Poor's Index Services has launched what it says is "the first ever public index series designed to measure the average cost of borrowing U.S. equities."
Workers Reduce Savings to Get By
A CareerBuilder survey found more than one-in-five (21%) workers said they have reduced their 401(k) contributions or personal savings in the last six months to get by financially.
Lincoln Names Head of Retirement Solutions Distribution
Lincoln Financial Distributors, the intermediary distribution company of Lincoln Financial Group, has announced John C. Kennedy has joined the firm as head of Retirement Solutions Distribution.
Recession Is a Big Hit for Movie Industry
Movie ticket sales are on the rise, but only a small percentage of surveyed moviegoers are actually going to the theater more often.
RIA In A Box Offers Advertising Compliance Review to RIAs
Consulting firm RIA In A Box said it will begin providing review services to help registered investment advisers (RIAs) ensure advertising materials are in compliance.
Akre Focus Fund Joins Four Brokerage Platforms
Akre Focus Fund is now available on four major brokerage platforms: Charles Schwab, TDAmeritrade, Fidelity, and Pershing.
Removing Probability from the Risk Equation
Financial risk should be redefined to be viewed as the potential to lose money, rather than the average return, said Tim Knepp, CIO of Genworth Financial Asset Management,...
DoL Moves to Force 401(k) Restitution
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has gone back to federal court asking a judge to force a former health-care firm owner to restore millions of dollars he...