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Target-Date Shift Not Waiting for QDIA
Across all plan sizes, target-date funds are the most common default investment option although, in general, small plans are much less likely to have them on their menu...
IMHO: It’s About Time
It may have lacked the hoopla of a midnight Harry Potter release, but in retirement industry circles, last week’s publication of the Department of Labor’s final regulations on...
IMHO: It’s About Time
It may have lacked the hoopla of a midnight Harry Potter release, but in retirement industry circles, last week’s publication of the Department of Labor’s final regulations on...
Deere Fee Suit Decision Stands
A federal judge has refused to reconsider his earlier ruling that Deere&Co. was not obligated to disclose the revenue sharing arrangements in its 401(k) plan, clearing the company...
Rangel Bill Would Tax Stock Option Exercise in S Corps. With ESOPs
U.S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-New York) has unveiled a bill requiring the recognition of ordinary income on the exercise of stock options in an S corporation with an...
ICI Pleads for Repeal of MI Legislation Taxing Investment Advice Services
The Investment Company Institute (ICI) has issued a statement strongly urging the state of Michigan to repeal a portion of recently enacted legislation that imposes a sales tax...
September Mutual Fund Flows Increase Sharply Over August
Stock and bond funds posted net inflows of $37.9 billion in September 2007- a sharp increase from the $1.76 billion inflow posted in August, according to data from...
Prudential Joins With Wharton to Offer Retirement Risk Education for Financial Professionals
Prudential Annuities, the domestic annuity business for Prudential Financial, Inc., has partnered with the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School to launch an executive education program that will provide...
FundQuest Added to Beneficial Investment Services’ Account Programs
Beneficial Investment Services, Inc. will now be able to offer six new managed account programs with the addition of FundQuest to its investment platform.
Kohl to Unveil Senate Version of 401(k) Fee Disclosure Legislation
Referring to fees charged to 401(k) plan participants, at a hearing Wednesday, the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging said that consumers have a basic right...
John Hancock Unveils DB Product
John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (JHRPS) has launched a defined benefit program.
Lincoln Employer Markets Expands Distribution Team
Lincoln National Corporation has expanded its Defined Contribution Intermediary Sales distribution team, bringing the number of external wholesalers for its wirehouse and independent adviser channels to 20 per...
Longfellow Benefits Gets New Retirement Plan Account Executive
Adam Miloro has joined Boston-based benefits consulting firm Longfellow Benefits as an account executive, focusing on retirement-plans.
Dreyfus Joins DTCC’s Managed Accounts Service
Dreyfus Investments has joined DTCC's Managed Accounts Service (MAS), a centralized platform for the industry, designed to streamline communications associated with opening and maintaining managed accounts.
Citi Names New CIO for Wealth Management Unit
Citigroup Inc. has tapped Jeffrey Applegate to be chief investment officer of its Citi Global Wealth Management unit.
Self-Directed Investors Riskier Than Those with Adviser Counsel
Online investors make the majority of their investment decisions independent of an investment adviser (56% of investors who trade securities online) are more likely to have an appetite...
Still River Releases 403(b) Software
Still River has updated its 403(b) Contribution Planner software, which it says is the first software that complies with the latest IRS regulations, including 2008 calculation factors.
Trick or Treat
As anyone who has kids – or who lives in a neighborhood that has kids (or lives in one in which kids can enter) can attest - Halloween...
Ways and Means Committee to Hear Testimony on DC Plan Fees
The U.S. House Ways and Means Committee will hold an October 30 hearing to discuss the fees charged to participants enrolled in defined contribution plans.
409A Tax Reporting Guidance is Extended to 2007
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued interim guidance generally extending to 2007 the 409A tax reporting guidance that was applicable to 2005 and 2006 tax years.