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A recent study suggests liquidity concerns—and not profitability concerns—was the reason many firms suspended their retirement plan match contributions during the recent economic crisis.

Although the new regulations governing 403(b) plans are already in effect, many plan sponsors admit to not fully understanding certain compliance requirements.

AIM International Small Company Fund is now offered on a limited basis to certain investors.

As expected, the Obama Administration has issued a request for information (RFI) to gather public comment about whether and how the government should promote lifetime income products in...

ETF net inflows surpassed $100 billion during 2009, as investors moved away from large-cap U.S. equities and developed international equities and increased their exposure to ETFs, according to...

Index provider Standard & Poor's has announced the launch of seven single commodity sub-indices of the S&P GSCI Enhanced Index.

A federal appellate court has rebuffed a bid by former investment broker Nathan Chapman Jr. to overturn his conviction for fraud against the Maryland state pension system on...

FCRC Apps, LLC, a software development firm, has announced the release of version 2.0 of its Web-based application, eFiduciary.net.

The majority of financial advisers are looking to alternative investments as a way to diversify their portfolios, believing that traditional stocks, bonds and cash do not provide adequate...

Sixteen months after imposing a withdrawal freeze, the Principal has made a partial distribution to participants.

More than the subtleties of the law, the nuances of crafting a cogent legal brief, and the humiliations that often accompany the public exercise of the Socratic method, the...

ING’s U.S. Retirement Services business has unveiled a business-building program for advisers, consultants, and third-party administrators (TPA) for small- and mid-sized corporate retirement plans.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that a participant in TIAA-CREF annuity contracts met the requirements to change his beneficiary from his ex-wife to his long-time friend.

A federal court has ruled that cash balance plan participants are not due additional benefits because a summary plan description (SPD) failed to inform them of an offset...

WisdomTree plans to close 10 of its exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted new rules to better protect money market fund investors.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) hasn’t taken a position on climate change—but it has offered some new guidance on how firms should take that potential into account...

A federal judge in Illinois has turned away allegations by 401(k) participants at Kraft Foods Global that recordkeeping fees paid to Hewitt Associates were too high and the...

More than half (52%) of respondents to a Towers Watson survey said the percentage of their employees working past their desired retirement age is higher than it was...

Ascensus has bolstered its sales force with an additional Regional Vice President, Josh Haynes, who will focus on the company’s "Rocky Mountain" territory.