Tag: Retirement Plan Industry

With its new 401(k) Solution product, KPP Financial aims to provide small and mid-size companies and non-profit organizations with in-depth investment advisory services.

A federal appellate court found that a clause in a retirement plan document restricting the venue...

Highland Capital Management announced the appointment of Carla Martin as managing director of national accounts in the firm's independent broker/dealer (B/D) channel.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has updated its website with premium rates for 2015.

Amid feelings of guilt over not investing enough (a mere 23% feel “proud” of how they handled their money this year), Americans know they need to do more...

HighTower, the Baltimore-based financial services firm delivering differentiated solutions to corporate plan sponsors, announced the addition of Charlie Vieth and Steve Zients to its team.

Drew Miyawaki and Aodhagan Byrne, both members of the U.K. operations of Legal & General Investment Management America Inc. (LGIMA), have joined the U.S. division.

After an especially quiet nine-month start for 2014, the first half of October saw a major upswing in 401(k) participant trading activity, according to Aon Hewitt.

Some people contend that retirees fared better when most employer-sponsored retirement plans were defined benefit (DB) pensions, but a study suggests that is not true.

Investment firm Rebalance IRA found 46% of Baby Boomers polled believe they do not pay any...

America’s pension system slipped two places and has fallen to 13th in the world in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI).

A new report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) asks whether household expenditures commonly change with age for older Americans.

MassMutual Northern California hired Douglas W. Van Order as the Sacramento, California-based financial services agency’s next general manager. 

Financial services and investment management firm Lincoln Financial Group added two client relationship managers to its retirement plan services lineup.

United of Omaha Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company, joined the Penbridge Advisors Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Database.

The American Benefits Council (ABC) has formed an alliance with the Europe-based International Employee Benefits Association (IEBA).

A new analysis shows 38.3 million working-age households (45%) do not have any retirement account assets.

Frances P. LaFleur joined Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP as a partner in the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group.

Nearly a third of employees watch March Madness hoops during the workday.