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Eagle Asset Management has initiated distribution of collective investment trusts (CITs).

Retirement and college savings plan administration services provider Ascensus launched Ascensus Consulting.

The defendants in one of the church plan court cases have had their status confirmed by a federal court.

The SVAnalyzer was created to evaluate 10 critical factors that can make it difficult to compare one stable value investment with another.

The retirement solutions business of Voya Financial (formerly ING U.S.) announced two additions to its Large Corporate Market team.

Nearly three-quarters of Americans do not know that a 529 plan is a college savings tool, according to the annual 529 Plan Awareness Survey from financial services firm...

The expansion of the fiduciary definition proposed by the Department of Labor (DOL) could potentially impede the ability of small businesses to offer employees retirement plans, says a...

Investors tend to be more satisfied with the performance of their financial adviser when they’ve been introduced through a family referral, says new research from Spectrem Group.

The glide path of a target-date fund (TDF) should reach its landing point at the investor's actual retirement date, according to a new BlackRock study.

Creating space for entertaining and fixing problems are equally important to homeowners when it comes to landscaping projects, according to the Spring Houzz Landscaping Survey. 

How to make sure assets last throughout retirement is a key question for advisers, and often very difficult to answer. 

A new financial wellness program from Merrill Lynch helps clients assemble and compare competing financial concerns while also shaping an individualized, goal-oriented path towards a better retirement.

Investors paid lower average expense ratios for equity mutual funds in 2013, says a report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

Employees are recognizing that their financial vulnerabilities are most likely resulting from factors they can control rather than external factors such as the economy or stock market, a...

Target-date funds are the most popular asset allocation strategy, especially for women, according to data from MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division.

The world of social media is constantly evolving, and to successfully market yourself to plan sponsors using social media, you must evolve with it.

Showing plan participants how well and how much their best-performing peers save is highly motivating, Putnam Investments finds.

Retirement Clearinghouse LLC (RCH) introduced an Internet-enhanced, comprehensive search service to locate missing retirement plan participants.

Small business owners and human resources staffers can save nearly $1,000 in waived 401(k) plan startup fees through a promotion from ShareBuilder 401k to mark Small Business Week.

Larry Roth will take over the senior management team of Cetera Financial Group, replacing Valerie Brown, longstanding head of Cetera and its predecessor broker/dealer firms.