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The country’s largest mutual life insurer taps Naïm Abou-Jaoudé from a subsidiary to head its investment division, overseeing $371 billion in AUM.

Advisers are most interested in adding HSAs, 529s and emergency savings accounts to their offerings, according to a survey by small plan provider Vestwell.

The CFP Board is creating a new entity to advance financial planning as a career; separately, Broadridge’s Fi360 is funding 100 investing certifications for women and people of...

Adding private market investments to TDFs can boost retirement income as much as 2%, according to Georgetown and WTW research.

Private Advisor Group Taps Frank Smith to be CEO; Accelerate Retirement names Thurston managing director; The Marygold Companies appoints fintech president to lead launch of new banking and...

Rule to permit ESG considerations is due to take effect on Monday, but a federal lawsuit aims to derail it.

Vanguard offers multi-sector income bond fund; Hub starts HR technology consulting practice; Vestmark launches six direct-index separately managed accounts; and more.

The trade association found retail annuity sales were 17% higher than a prior 2008 record, driven in part by investors locking in higher interest rates as well as...

The proposal seeks to implement a provision in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law and would prevent asset-backed security issuers from betting against their own products.

CEO Tim Armour will be replaced by Mike Gitlin in a wide-sweeping change at the top of one of the leading mutual fund providers for defined contribution retirement...

The personalized strategy to provide a monthly retirement paycheck was designed by behavioral economist Shlomo Benartzi; a pilot program is in the field with retirement plan advisers and...

One of the country’s largest independent retirement plan advisories taps Kerry Woods to lead a new financial readiness platform to provide financial planning services for retirement plan participants.

A mistake in SECURE 2.0 legislation would eliminate both future and existing retirement plan catch-up contributions, though IRS interpretation to keep the rule as intended seems possible.

Cetera will bring 1,000 Securian financial professionals into its network.

The M&A tear did finally slow in Q4 2022, marking the first year-over-year quarterly decline in more than four years, according to DeVoe.

New research shows an opening for advisers to offer wealth management solutions to savers. An expert in adviser communications says it’s important to know the business, and people,...

Jessica Hopper, head of the influential securities regulator for the brokerage industry, is stepping down in February, with Christopher Kelly stepping in on temporary basis.

Two participants in the Allianz 401(k) plan allege the asset manager maintained an all-proprietary fund lineup that included expensive, underperforming investments for the benefit of the defendants.

Starting in January, Delta will give eligible employees up to $1,000 toward an emergency savings account if they complete a financial education program.

Target-date mutual funds were by far the top investment vehicle for retirement savers last year, but new research shows collective investment trust funds may be stealing flows.