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Investment advisory firm Arnerich Massena has expanded its fiduciary education program to include retirement plans.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) launched an initiative to assess the cybersecurity of registered broker/dealers and investment advisers.

Increasing health care costs are predicted to exceed the Social Security benefits of middle-class American retirees, new research finds.

When performing annual retirement plan financial audits, plan sponsors and their auditors should look for potential “red flags” for regulators.

A new study from the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Research and Practice Institute finds financial advisers are not completely in control of their time and business operations.

A new customizable report card tool from Great-West Financial helps retirement plan sponsors and advisers evaluate a plan’s overall performance according to a variety of key metrics.

Sure it's good to achieve a “comfortable” retirement, but one investment manager says many retirement plan participants are struggling to achieve even basic levels of retirement income adequacy.

A lawsuit brought by the Department of Labor (DOL) recently resulted in a court judgment that orders the fiduciaries of a Columbia, Maryland, 401(k) plan to pay restitution...

The aggregate funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans fell by $5 billion during March, as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it will discontinue its letter-forwarding program, through which it attempts to help third-parties communicate serious financial or familial matters to “missing”...

What is the trustee of a retirement plan that offers employer stock as an investment option supposed to do with inside information that the stock price may be...

Senior citizens have historically been late adopters to the world of technology compared with younger consumers, but their movement into digital life continues to deepen.

Baring Asset Management added two new hires to its executive sales and client service staff.

Almost half of investors say they need investment advice, want an adviser they can trust and do not understand how the compensation works, according to Cerulli Associates.

Millennium Trust Company is offering an automated e-signature capability for its service agreement process.

A study by the National Association for Retirement Plan Participants (NARPP) finds a low level of financial literacy among retirement plan participants.

Sponsors of both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) retirement plans will need to review plan documents to ensure the definition of “spouse” conforms to current federal...

Jon Chambers and Tina Chambers joined SageView in the roles of managing director and senior retirement plan consultant, respectively.

Adam Craig joined INTECH Investment Management as a managing director of consultant relations.

Credit unions providing a 401(k) program to 100 employees or more can save money and streamline their administrative tasks by joining a new multiple employer plan (MEP) administered...