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ING’s U.S. Retirement Services has recently formed a new Business Development Team dedicated to serving employer-sponsored higher education retirement plans across the country, and identifying new growth opportunities...

Regular employer-sponsored retirement seminars motivate more employees to participate in and contribute to company 401(k) plans, according to a study published in Economic Inquiry.

Scott Herchenbach has been promoted to senior vice president, Retirement Plans Division, Mutual of Omaha announced.

The Bank of America Merrill Lynch equity compensation business has enhanced its services to assist companies in managing such benefits as performance stock, restricted stock, and stock option...

In a Webinar today, Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, said 401(k) plan sponsors should pay attention to the savings differences among minorities.

Focus Financial Partners, LLC (Focus), a network of independent wealth management firms, added Joel Isaacson & Co., Inc., to its partner firms.

About a week ago, Caterpillar agreed to a $16.5 million settlement of one of those allegedly excessive fee/revenue-sharing lawsuits.

Black & Decker Corp. is restoring pay cuts and the firm’s 401(k) match, according to published reports.

The Washington Times has told staff that it is suspending its 401(k) match.

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) announced Martin Kurtz will serve as president-elect next year. 

U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) officials have cautioned plan administrators that they should not share their PIN numbers for the EFAST2 electronic document filing system.

Sentinel Investments has appointed Charles R. (C.R.) Shaw as senior vice president, national marketing director.

Lawing Financial has named Doug Lode as director of Qualified Plan Design.

Natixis Global Associates (NGA), the distribution arm of Natixis Global Asset Management, has announced an expansion of its initiatives in the retirement marketplace that targets the needs of...

A Georgia state court has sentenced the owner of the Hoyla Insurance Group to a five-year jail term and 15 years of probation, after his guilty plea to...

Reports from Clark Consulting, Inc., provide clients a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of insurance carriers.

A new Morningstar mutual fund flow report for October shows that most of the money investors yanked during the 2008 downturn from equity funds has been directed to...

Don Settina, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based retirement consulting firm, is now operating as RetireRight Pittsburgh.

SunTrust Banks has added an FDIC-insured account as an investment option for its 401(k) clients.

Women can now estimate retirement income straight from their iPhones.