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Many employers who have followed the trend of moving from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement benefits have also beefed up their DC offering, but it is still...

A new MassMutual study finds that plans using automatic features such as enrollment are apparently not be driving away participants with their auto deferral rates.

401(k)Advisors, with $32 billion in collective assets under advisement through its Producer Services Unit, has appointed John L. Scott to the newly created position of Managing Director for...

Effective immediately, Charles Schwab is rebating the program fee on their professionally managed mutual fund portfolios.

Conventional wisdom has long held that daylight saving time saves energy, but a new study suggests otherwise.

Research by The Phoenix Companies finds affluent households invest significantly in both mutual funds and alternatives, and half plan to change their investment allocations in the next year.

New York Life Insurance Company has launched a site for female consumers, providing them access to detailed information and organizational tools for helping meet financial goals.

Thirty-seven percent of respondents to a recent survey indicated that the rising cost of living or inflation was their greatest concern regarding their retirement.

A new research paper suggests those considering the addition of target-date funds to a retirement plan need to consider the funds’ glide path and whether the offerings should...

Target-date mutual funds, also called lifecycle funds, are exploding in popularity.

Bear Stearns Asset Management (BSAM) announced the launch of the first actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF).

Nearly half (48%) of workers agree that employees should be automatically enrolled in their employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan with a standard savings rate, according to the latest Principal...

Dow Jones Indexes and Transparent Value LLC have launched the Dow Jones Required Business Performance (RBP) Index series, with indexes that measure the likelihood that a company can...

American Century Investments announced Joseph P. Craven has joined the firm as senior vice president of its institutional business.

Charles Schwab has introduced a suite of funds designed to generate a targeted annual payout.

Charles Schwab has introduced a suite of funds designed to generate a targeted annual payout.

In conjunction with FundQuest, TD AMERITRADE Institutional is introducing Select Portfolio Solutions, a new managed accounts platform for registered investment advisers (RIAs).

Thrivent Asset Management has launched two new mutual funds to offer investors access to diversified international investing and to help protect investors in retirement from inflation.

ING has announced it is making available 403(b) plan documents public schools can adopt to meet the new IRS 403(b) requirements by January 1, 2009.

Sun Life has added three diversified fund family portfolios to further boost adviser choice when determining the best option for clients.