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Stable value funds’ returns were lower in 2013, but the product offerings continue to improve.

Investment services firm OppenheimerFunds launched a unified distribution organization that features realigned channel segmentation and increased customization to support new growth strategies.

Automatic retirement plan features are gaining traction as a best practice way to help participants achieve retirement readiness, but one provider is taking them a step further.

American United Life Insurance Company (AUL) introduced a pension risk transfer solution.

Dan Sheldon, chief financial officer (CFO) for Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., stepped down from his executive role and will leave the firm in April.

Ditch that mail truck or green minivan, a survey says.

Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc. has launched a full-service 401(k) program based on low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

The Department of Labor has recovered assets and attained judgments against plan fiduciaries at a Kentucky-based pension plan.

Over one-third of couples disagree over matters related to money in general and retirement in particular, says a recent study.

The Department of Labor (DOL) has filed a lawsuit against a Lilburn, Georgia contracting firm, on behalf of the firm’s retirement plan participants, to recover losses resulting from...

In a perfect world, plan loans wouldn’t exist.

Fidelity Financial Advisor Solutions, a unit of Fidelity Investments that provides mutual funds and other investment services, released an interactive calculator that helps financial professionals build fixed-income portfolios.

Members of Generation X, those born between the early 1960s and the mid-1980s, have seen their retirement readiness degrade since the start of the Great Recession.

Investment management firm Vanguard reports that the average account balances for 401(k) plan participants reached a record high of $101,650 at year-end 2013.

Funding levels of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell 6% in January, according to data from Mercer.

Strong market performance helped registered investment advisers (RIAs) increase practice revenues by 18% last year, and growth prospects are good for 2014.

The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans fell 4.2% during January to reach 91%, according to the BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group (ISSG).

Daniel Leger joined Akre Capital Management LLC as head of strategic planning and client services to help the firm expand its institutional investor business.

LPL Financial LLC, an independent broker/dealer and RIA custodian, added 360 Financial to its custodial and broker/dealer platforms.

A surprising one out of two people with a plan has a headache and needs help to solve it, says Stephen Davis of Guardian Retirement Solutions.