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The SPARK Institute has submitted a formal request to the IRS for a “Pre-Approved 403(b) Prototype Plan Program,″ according to SPARK Institute general counsel Larry Goldbrum.

The number of fee-only financial advisers has been relatively flat in recent years - there are 10,466 Securities & Exchange Commission registered fee-only financial advisers – but the...

A federal judge in Missouri has determined that the fiduciary breach lawsuit over excessive fees and revenue sharing practices in ABB’s 401(k) plan, filed by the St. Louis-based...

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that defrauded shareholders should not necessarily be allowed to sue advisers, lawyers, accountants, and vendors that serve the company that committed the...

The Principal Financial Group has come to terms with the state of Connecticut in connection with the sale of certain Single Premium Group Annuity and Single Premium Guaranteed...

The recent turbulence at Merrill Lynch, including the negative outcomes on the financial giant’s stock price, has already drawn the scrutiny of ERISA litigators.

Citigroup has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the financial services giant committed a variety of fiduciary breaches in improperly having its 401(k) plan do business with its...

Although stable value did make it on the list of approved qualified default investment alternatives (QDIA), the final regulations issued Monday only sanction the fund type as a...

A federal judge in Connecticut has cleared the way for the trustees of five 401(k) plans to pursue their claims that Nationwide Financial Services was a fiduciary because...

Of course, they say every day is Children’s Day!

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) is expected to make its Sustainable Water, Sustainable Climate, and Global Sustainability strategies available to U.S. institutional and retail investors by the end of...

Participants in two Principal Financial Group 401(k) plans have sued the Des Moines, Iowa-based plan provider, alleging it fraudulently convinced them to roll over their balances into a...

Most (67%) female business owners choose financial products and services based on their relationship and experience with a lender.

Dow Jones Indexes has announced the launch of The Dow Jones - AIG Commodity SwapEX, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) for which the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity Index...

Sooner or later, we all make what appears to be, in hindsight anyway, a bad career move.

Retirement assets reached $16.4 trillion at the end of 2006, with lifecycle and lifestyle continuing their popularity, but lifecycle funds gathered a larger percentage of retirement plan assets.