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Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said Thursday that it has fined two Wachovia units more than $4.5 million for violations related to the sales of mutual funds and...

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced the launch of its new online Beneficiary Resource Center to help beneficiaries and advisers file a life insurance or annuity claim.

The Baton Rouge Advocate newspaper has temporarily stopped contributing to its employees’ retirement 401(k) plan.

The New York Daily News has suspended its 401(k) match.

Putnam Investments plans to cut 260 jobs primarily in sales and operations.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced that the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF started trading on the NYSE Arca Wednesday.

A court said Huntington Bancshares Inc. did not violate the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by continuing to offer company stock while suffering because of the subprime...

Senators introduced legislation that would require defined contribution plan sponsors to disclose fees to participants.

Reliance Trust Company, a division of Reliance Financial Corporation, has introduced a new 401(k) plan aimed at plan sponsors with a minimum of $25 million in plan assets.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo continues to blast Merrill Lynch for its bonuses paid before the Bank of America (BoA) acquisition.

National Financial Partners (NFP) saw its stock soar after it announced it might pay off outstanding amounts in its credit facility, Reuters reported.

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National Retirement Partners, Inc. (NRP) said nine practices have recently joined NRP.

Two former chairs of the Securities and Exchange Commission will lead an independent panel to recommend ways to improve the regulation of the U.S. financial markets.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) announced interim guidance pertaining to new requirements that defined benefit plan sponsors must disclose plan funding data to...

Investment management firm Eaton Vance Corp. announced that Niall Michael Quinn has joined the firm as Managing Director of Eaton Vance Management International.

RolloverSystems has introduced WealthConnect, a suite of online retirement readiness education and planning tools for 401(k) plan participants.

MetLife has unveiled its redesigned Web site, including a broker and consultant homepage.

Select Sector SPDRs, a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has lowered the average expense ratio for its nine sector ETFs from 0.23% to 0.21%.

UBS has divided its wealth management units “to adjust to new market conditions and the changing environment,″ the company said.