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Retirement Made Simpler (RMS) released an online toolkit to provide employers with step-by-step guidance for implementing 403(b) plan automatic features.

Nationwide Financial Services chose Carlo Cordasco as retirement income planning specialist covering the Northeast region.

Primax Payment Systems partnered with Northeast Retirement Services and Union Center National Bank of Union, New Jersey to launch an optional service providing solutions for the administration and...

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $44.6 billion in September, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

The SPARK Institute sent comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the potential impact on retirement plan intermediaries due to the proposed rule regarding mutual...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) sued the owner of a defunct landscaping company for allegedly paying operating expenses using employee contributions to the company’s savings incentive match...

REITs continued their strong rally through October, and REIT total returns year-to-date through October 31 were triple those of the S&P 500 for the same period, according to...

LCG Associates, Inc., an institutional investment consulting firm headquartered in Atlanta, has promoted Britt L. Bentley, to Vice President.

The Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) updated its adviser-centric Web site, Knowledge Center, with improved navigation and document storage.

A federal judge in Kansas cleared the way for former YRC Worldwide employees to move forward with their stock-drop suit against the trucking company.

Craig Castner joined ING U.S. Retirement Services as the wirehouse regional vice president covering New York City.

Transamerica Retirement Services announced the hiring of Daniel Long as division vice president in the company’s central region.

Large-size U.S. plan sponsors recently surveyed believe participation in defined contribution plans should be mandatory, with immediate vesting of employer contributions.

The TCW Group, Inc., an international asset-management firm, announced the availability of the TCW SMID Cap Growth Fund.

Gannett Welsh & Kotler, LLC (GW&K), a manager of active fixed income and equity investment strategies, announced the hiring of John Brescia and Michael Clare for institutional sales...

The Vanguard Group unveiled an international real estate index fund with ETF Shares based on the S&P Global ex-U.S. Property Index.

A U.S. District Court jury found the former owner of a plumbing company in Texas guilty of embezzling from its 401(k) plan.

Janus Capital launched three new investment strategies, which are available for U.S. institutional investors in separate accounts.

A couple of weeks back, the Social Security Administration announced that, for the second year in a row—but only for the second time since 1975—there...

Eighty-five percent of retirees recently polled said there should be no mandatory retirement age.