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Stadion Money Management has added a 401(k) managed account solution to Nationwide’s RIA Managed Accounts Services Platform.

The cost of purchasing pension annuities from an insurer increased to 108.5% of liabilities during December 2013 as higher Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums kicked in.

USI Consulting Group hired Michelle Rubin as a senior actuarial consultant in its defined benefit practice.

Northeast Professional Planning Group Inc. (NPPG) now offers ERISA 3(16) fiduciary services to assist plan sponsors in day-to-day administration and compliance efforts.

A federal appellate court found two firms are successors for purposes of multiemployer plan liability for a closed business.

Global Financial Private Capital rolled out Legacy Lock and Adviser to Adviser Continuity, two succession and business continuity programs for partner advisers.

When you take on investment risk, you know returns could be high or low. But what that means for a multiemployer pension plan is different than for a...

Financial professionals working as outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) expect growing demand from non-pension clients in the coming years.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intends to expand its pre-approved defined benefit plan program to permit plans with certain cash balance features to be submitted by sponsors and...

The adoption of smart beta exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is increasing among institutional asset managers, a new study finds.

Advisers to defined benefit (DB) retirement plans may face challenging allocation questions as the funded status of corporate pension funds improves.

A new study finds that for Hispanic Americans, the need to support elders and children is competing with the need to save for retirement.

MassMutual’s retirement services division extended its weekday call center hours to be more accessible to plan participants.

Verisight Inc. is acquiring retirement and benefit plan service provider DailyAccess Corporation, and its subsidiaries, InterServ, LLC and DailyAccess Health and Welfare, LLC.

Nearly two out of three adult cellphone owners use their phones to go online, research says.

Ron O’Hanley, who heads asset management and corporate services at Fidelity Investments, will leave the firm at the end of February.

A narrowing optimism gap puts advisers and investors in a more similar state of mind. Retention and improving service are top concerns.

New analysis concludes that Social Security benefits, along with 401(k) savings, can provide workers with an annual income level representing more than half of preretirement pay.

Christopher Englebert and Daniel Reitz have joined Beirne Wealth Consulting (BWC), a Milford, Connecticut-based consulting firm and member of Focus Financial Partners LLC’s independent wealth management network.

A New York-based home-care agency and its former owners have resolved issues with the Department of Labor (DOL) regarding an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) offering.