Tag: Recordkeepers

MassMutual Retirement Services said it enhanced product, pricing, and process in order to help retirement plan advisers and third-party administrators (TPAs) in the $5 million and under market.

Participants in Transamerica Retirement Services’ client plans now have read-only access to their account information via an iPhone or iPod touch.

A new product from Securian Financial Group is designed to help workers plan their retirement years.

Inspira, a Pittsburgh‐based provider of turnkey private‐labeled IRA solutions, is joining forces with daily valuation recordkeeping firm RiversEdge Advanced Retirement Solutions.

Connie K. Weaver has joined TIAA-CREF as executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer, the company announced.

Fidelity Investments has released a new bundled 401(k) platform distributed through registered investment advisers (RIAs).

A new Vanguard study reports a significant increase in the use of target-date funds in retirement plans.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has introduced a new online virtual site visit that lets retirement plan advisers and existing and prospective plan sponsors "experience" MassMutual from their home...

Michael G. Johnson has been hired as regional vice president, Atlanta, at John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

The Principal Financial Group has released RetireView, a product designed to help plan advisers help participants in their client plans choosing their optimum asset allocation.

Securian Retirement said its site for financial advisers now offers “goal-based” navigation to help advisers get the information they need faster.

At its investor meeting last week in New York City, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., announced a new organizational structure the firm said would help to execute on key...

Mercer has named Doug DeNigris as Taft-Hartley business leader for its U.S. outsourcing business, a new position.

Research from Fidelity Investments indicated many employers are reinstating employer matching contributions to their 401(k) plans.

The Standard has announced the appointment of four new pension consultants to its Retirement Plans Sales team.

Fee-based retirement advisers can now work with Paychex Retirement Services, which previously only worked with commission-based advisers.

Mercer said its recent effort with Synapses Inc., a provider of personalized 401(k) education, products, and services, indicates using targeted employee communications can achieve better plan results.

Particularly in the small-plan market, retirement plan providers are seeing more business come through third-party administrators (TPAs)—and, as a result, are ramping up their efforts to attract TPAs.

Folio Institutional and Alliance Benefit Group Carolinas have teamed up to offer Folio(k).