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Prudential Financial, Inc. has come out with a group of variable universal life insurance contracts for informally funding nonqualified benefit plans, including Supplemental Employee Retirement Plans (SERPS) and...

Investments in the global real estate market are gaining traction as a way for investors to diversify their portfolios, a recent study commissioned by the National Association of...

The U.S. defined benefit pension market is going to be hit with a massive shakeup that will see three-quarters of private-sector DB assets frozen or terminated in the...

The Citi Smith Barney Working Wealth Investor Poll for May indicates a u-turn in affluent investors’ confidence.

Why do most not save enough for retirement?

Hedge funds posted 2.10% returns for the first quarter, outperforming the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to research from Morningstar, Inc.

A recently released white paper from JPMorgan Asset Management Group suggests most industry assumptions for target-date funds are oversimplified.

In response to the rapid growth of investor interest in emerging markets and foreign exchange as asset classes in recent years, AIG Financial Products Corp (AIG-FP) has launched...

Janus Capital Group Inc. subsidiary Enhanced Investment Technologies LLC (INTECH) has announced the launch of its Collared Long/Short (120/20) strategy, which will be available to both U.S. and...

Pennsylvania-based investment management firm Symons Capital Management has introduced two new mutual funds for retirement plans and other institutional investors.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has launched a suite of lifecycle funds.

Barclays Global Investors filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week to offer the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the high-yield corporate bond market.

Although ‘’our overall view is fairly constructive,’’ said Robert Doll, Vice Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Global Equities at BlackRock, Inc., ‘’we think a soft landing is...

“Every investor should dial up their equity exposure [in 2007],″ said Duncan Richardson, Executive Vice President and Chief Equity Investment Officer of Eaton Vance Management, at a press...

Securities fraud class actions decreased by 38% in 2006, falling from 178 filings in 2005 to just 110 in 2006 - the lowest ever recorded in a calendar...

Returns from the world’s emerging and developed markets stayed in the black in November as oil prices remained significantly below their summer highs, Standard&Poor’s said Tuesday.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc. has announced enhancements to Retirement Income Manager, its free software tool which allows advisers to assess a client’s probability of meeting income needs during retirement based...

IndexIQ has launched a series of new families of indices for institutional and high net worth investors.

Little thought bent toward retirement

A survey conducted by Towers Perrin immediately following President Bush's signing of the Pension Protection Act (PPA) found more employers are likely to maintain their defined benefit pension...