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The amount of assets invested in ’40 Act alternative funds, also known as liquid alternatives, could double by 2018, according to a study released by mutual fund industry...

Financial reporting and benchmarking firm FRA PlanTools released an iPad app aimed at providing a fast and cost-effective way for plan advisers and sponsors to access and compare...

An analysis of the adequacy of retirement systems shows while the United States has fallen behind internationally, there are ways for it to improve.

Relaxing rules and increasing coverage for part-time workers would improve retirement savings for employees of small employers, hearing witnesses told a House committee.

New fee transparency regulation, along with a number of widely publicized fee-related litigation cases, helped drive costs related to retirement investment account administration to record lows this year.

ERISA Fiduciary Advisors (EFA) affiliated with Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG), the largest independent practice management firm in the country.

Plan sponsors can go a long way toward reducing leakage from defined contribution (DC) retirement plans.

Institutional investment management firm FRC designated Kathleen Powers Dunlap as partner and chief business strategy officer.

Several factors have created a retirement funding gap that is estimated to be as high as $6 trillion, said panelists in a discussion at BlackRock.

Lincoln Financial Network, the retail sales and planning affiliate of Lincoln Financial Group, appointed Greg Smith as managing principal of Lincoln Financial Advisers Corporation.

MassMutual Northern California hired Douglas W. Van Order as the Sacramento, California-based financial services agency’s next general manager. 

Nearly three out of four workers likely to be focused on retirement savings have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to an updated study released by the...

Financial services corporation Securian Retirement unveiled a no-cost fee benchmarking service.

A report from the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Labor (DOL) shows concern about the use of alternative investments in retirement plans.

Asset management service provider BMO Global Asset Management established a new website aimed at organizing all of the investment, recordkeeping, trust and custody services offered by the firm.

Fewer investors are contributing anywhere near the maximum to retirement accounts, which means an opportunity for advisers to educate plan participants about investing during a tough economy.

VisionPoint Advisory Group joined LPL Financial’s suite of broker/dealer and hybrid registered investment adviser (RIA) platforms to support its commission and private client fee-based business.

Nearly three out of four workers likely to be focused on retirement savings have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to an updated study released by the...

Households without employer-sponsored defined contribution (DC) plans or individual retirement accounts (IRA) had lower incomes and paid less taxes than peers with access to such plans, a study...

They don’t have it, don’t need it, say it’s too expensive: Stubborn minority refuses to go online.