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Wilshire Adds Senior Investment Professionals; Ladenburg Thalmann Invests in Tax Automation Provider; Southern Maryland Insurance Joins The Hilb Group; and more.

Raytheon is the latest large employer to enter into a group annuity transaction, transferring nearly $1 billion in benefit obligations to Prudential.

They are seeking reductions as high as 50%.

The letter also asks that until guidance is provided, for the DOL to stop issuing letters that allege an employer has committed a breach of fiduciary duty with respect...

“Although budget pressures have put limits on some reforms and the Senate outlook this year is dim, the proposed changes indicate the direction that many Republicans and more...

The legislation would establish a personal retirement account for every American that they could take with them from job to job.

WisdomTree Investments Announces ETF Availability on Cetera Platform and Northern Trust Develops Tools Enhancing Transparency.

In this case, the alleged knowledge of an artificially high stock price was rooted in the fact that the company had not disclosed that employees of its foreign...

Given a second chance to argue their case, participants in a Wells Fargo retirement plan have again failed to meet the steep pleading standards set out by the...

Since midyear 2016, plaintiffs have filed more than 750 federal securities class actions, the most prolific 24-month period since enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of...

This is the fifth year in a row they have identified cybersecurity as their No. 1 concern.

Voya says participants will be called on to complete an assessment, through which they will receive targeted summaries and web dashboards, along with access to Voya’s “six pillars”...

The panel concludes that the dispute against the University of Southern California fell outside the scope of the arbitration agreements that the participants signed.

According to the firm, its new savings solution uses after-tax employee contributions to an existing retirement plan to build savings that can be accessed to cover emergencies.

Speaking to the Joint Select Committee on the Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans, one retired Teamster, whose wife is dying from pancreatic cancer, said he could easily end...

A mere 12% regularly use video options like Skype and FaceTime.

According to Boston Consulting Group, among asset management products, passives were far and away the fastest growing category in 2017, with a record 25% increase in AUM over...

One measure is to encourage MEPs by eliminating the “nexus” requirement.

Commentary from Wagner Law Group and Drinker Biddle attorneys highlights what advisers need to know about the SEC’s ongoing analysis of broker/dealer “best execution” issues, as summarized in...

This is despite having lived through two bear markets.