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U.S. Retirement Partners has acquired a specialized plan firm in Florida for its national network of 403(b) benefits providers serving the K-12 market segment.

New York Life Investments has announced that Drew Lawton will replace Don Salama as head of New York Life Retirement Plan Services (RPS).

Employee benefits software provider ftwilliam.com has released its EFAST2 Form 5500 software.

Sustainable Asset Management (SAM), a global provider of sustainability investing and the co-developer of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, has hired Neil Johnson to lead its North American...

A former Morgan Stanley institutional financial adviser has settled Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges of securities law violations for not properly disclosing his conflicts of interest.

Westminster Consulting, the ERISA/Fiduciary Consulting business unit of Westminster Financial, LLC, has hired Eric Grimes to the position of senior consultant.

USI Consulting Group has promoted Kenneth Hyne to Investment Advisory Services practice leader and president of USI Advisors, Inc.

Russell Investments has appointed James Polisson as managing director of Russell’s global ETF business and Andrew Arenberg as managing director of global ETF distribution.

Broker/dealers and their reps confused about regulations regarding social networking might now have some answers.

An employee lawsuit filed against Spokane, Washington-based Sterling Financial has been dropped—and for a most unusual reason.

It is a long-accepted tenet that most retirement plan participants want—and need—help to make good investment decisions, and a new study suggests that it makes a difference.

One of the things I have always enjoyed most about this job is the access to information—not only from our own research, but from any number of academic...

Royce Fund Services, Inc., has announced that it is closing two of its funds to new investors effective at the close of business today.

Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that employers adopting automatic enrollment in their 401(k) plans have also generally increased the employer match to participants' accounts—in...

A Bensalem, Pennsylvania, law firm has announced it is considering filing a stock-drop lawsuit against State Street Corporation with potential claims of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

Putnam Investments has launched a new Roth IRA Conversion Resource Center for financial advisers.

For the first time ever, affluent investors now report having more dollars allocated to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) than to employer-sponsored retirement plans (ESRPs), according to Cogent Research.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney was the highest-ranked wirehouse among affluent and high-net-worth (HNW) investors, according to Cogent Research’s list of top fund distributors.

New York Life Insurance Company has tapped Ibbotson Associates to help develop a set of tools "to help registered representatives account for their clients’ total economic wealth and...

ProFunds Group has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide magnified exposure to the U.S. Treasury market.