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As the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 7% in May, 401(k) participant transfers became strongly fixed income-oriented, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Equity Administration Solutions, Inc. (EASi) has launched an equity compensation plan exercise wizard with a design that anticipates the different needs that a participant, a financial adviser, and...

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has appointed Kristi Mitchem to senior managing director and global head of its defined contribution business.

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry assets fell $46 billion for the month of May, or 5.5%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.

Total not-for-profit retirement plan assets exceeded $1 trillion as of March 31—the first time since 2007, according to a quarterly survey of plan service providers by LIMRA.

Putnam Investments has added an asset allocation application to its Lifetime Income Analysis Tool, its retirement planning platform.

More employers in the Washington-Baltimore region are offering defined contribution plans rather than pensions, according to an annual survey of human resources officials.

Benefit brokers continue to claim the largest share of voluntary and worksite sales compared to other producer segments, according to new research.

Fusion Business Group, a provider of technology consulting and business level advisory services to alternative investment advisers, will now provide clients of Automated Compliance Solutions (ACS) with infrastructure,...

According to financial advisers, the largest impediments to Americans’ financial security are self-imposed.

John A. Pickett has joined Raleigh, North Carolina-based CAPTRUST Financial Advisors, leaving RBC Wealth Management’s Institutional Consulting Group.

Despite a reduction in the advisory force, retail advisers still represented nearly 60% of total mutual fund gross sales for 2009, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services has announced the appointments of six regional vice presidents.

CapTrust Advisors, LLC, announced that James (Jeb) E. Graham is now a firm partner.

Commissions paid by institutional investors to brokers on trades of U.S. equities are falling far short of projections to this point in 2010, according to Greenwich Associates.

The retirement services division at American United Life Insurance Company (AUL), a OneAmerica company, has appointed Thomas E. Pohlmann to the position of regional sales director in the...

 Retirement Strategies, Inc. (RSI), will offer vWise Inc.’s SmartPlan Enterprise solution for its Defined Contribution Investment Only (DCIO) partners.

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The SPARK Institute has expressed its opposition to the defined contribution plan fee disclosure provision in the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213).

PenChecks, Inc.'s new Web site is designed to make it easier for retirement plan providers, plan advisers, third-party administrators (TPAs), and plan sponsors to find information about complex...