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Northern Trust will offer environmental emission analytics which it said will enable institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals to effectively measure the carbon footprint of their investments.

Ascensus said it unveiled a 2010 proposal for financial advisers selling its plans.

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, and Coates Analytics, are collaborating on a series of quarterly reports to help investment management firms navigate the broker/dealer...

MFC Global Investment Management (MFC GIM) named Bradford G. Thomas as director of Consultant Relations.

New research sponsored by AUL Retirement Services finds 403(b) plan sponsors are confident they understand their responsibilities and are not worried about IRS audits.

Fund manager AllianceBernstein has newly registered six global asset allocation funds, according to Simfund Filing, a product of Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Thanks to the weak economy in 2009, the PNC Christmas Price Index increased by a modest 1.8% compared to last year.

Putnam Investments LLC will dismiss three fund managers as part of a broader move to cut 5% of its staff.

Standard & Poor's has expanded its family of target-risk indexes with the launch of the S&P MATRIX Target Risk Index.

The iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond Fund and the iShares 10+ Year Government/Credit Bond Fund have begun trading.

Financial Engines, Inc., announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a registration statement on Form S-1 for the proposed initial public offering...

Charles C. Cornelio, who most recently served as chief administrative officer of Lincoln Financial, has been named president of Lincoln’s Defined Contribution business, effective immediately.

FaithShares Trust has launched what it says are "the first three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) addressing the investment needs of Christian investors."

TD AMERITRADE said its recent survey found there is no mad dash by investors to convert retirement savings to a Roth IRA when a new rule becomes effective...

Merger and acquisitions (M&A) among registered investment advisory (RIA) firms has slowed, but firms are poised for resurgence, according to a new industry study.

Nearly half of registered investment advisers (RIAs) reported gaining clients and improving client satisfaction in the last year, according to the latest study of how RIAs fared during...

Scottrade now touts a larger selection of institutional class mutual funds for registered investment advisers (RIA) to choose from.

The head of the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) said today that the agency plans to release its long-awaited regulation dealing with providers’ fee disclosure...

2009 could be another record-setting year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a new report.

R.H. Donnelley Corp., publisher of the Yellow Pages, is facing a lawsuit brought by 401(k) plan participants who claim the company should have discontinued offering company stock as...