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Middle-Class Retirees Must Modify Living Standards
Retirees will outlive retirement savings if they continue at the same rate of spending
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Mutual Funds, Watch Your Backs
While the demand for mutual funds remains strong, other solutions are gaining ground
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Providers Unsuccessful at Retaining DC Plan Assets
Due to insufficient focus on retention, the inability to reach the plan participant at the appropriate time, and failure to build a relationship with the participant prior to...
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Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
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The Inside Story
It's up to advisers to help sponsors and participants understand in-plan 'guaranteed' income products
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Women Could Face More Savings Shortfalls than Men
Recent research from Hewitt Associates says both women and men are on track to replace 85% of pay at retirement, assuming average life expectancy; however, women need to...
Harrington’s In For Retirement at LPL
Beginning Monday, Bruce Harrington is LPL Financial's new SVP of retirement solutions.
MSIM Signs Up for Treasury Guarantee Program
The Morgan Stanley Funds’ Board of Directors/Trustees approved the participation of its money market funds in the U.S. Treasury Temporary Guarantee Program.
Pennsylvania Retirement Plan Sues to Halt Merrill Lynch Sale
The board managing York County, Pennsylvania’s employee retirement plan is trying to stop the $50 billion sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.
MSCI Barra Unveils Frontier Emerging Markets Benchmarks
MSCI Barra launched the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index and a more tradable proxy for this benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets APEX Index.
Institutional Investors Are Bailout Believers
More than 60% of global institutional investors, large companies, and pension funds think the government bailout would have a good chance of restoring stability to financial markets, according...
ICI: Mutual Funds Report More Modest Drop in August
The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).