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Chris Kaiser, John Murphy and Pat Walsh join U.S. Bank Institutional Trust and Custody as vice presidents and business development officers.

David Kaleda has joined Groom Law Group’s Fiduciary Responsibility group.

Most U.S. households, whether invested in a retirement plan or not, agree that retirement savings incentives should remain a national priority.

Schwab ETF OneSource was launched by Charles Schwab, with access to the highest number of commission-free exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the industry.

Asghar Alam joined Towers Watson in January as a senior consultant in its Investment and Retirement businesses.

Vanguard plans to add an international bond index fund to 20 all-in-one funds, including Vanguard Target Retirement Funds.

MassMutual’s 2013 RetireSmart participant seminar series is focused on helping plan participants take action and make smarter decisions about their finances.

Households are more likely to make account and investment adjustments at retirement and in the five years following, than in the five years before.

Today’s low interest rate environment can take a bite out of what would normally be a sustainable withdrawal rate in retirement, Morningstar said.

Back in 2010, Gallup polled Americans and found that most were willing to back receiving mail just five days a week.

 Putnam Investments  aims to shine a light on the critical role of innovation in driving outcomes for advisers and investors.   

Cruise to Retirement is PAi’s campaign designed to help advisers jumpstart conversations about the ramifications of fee disclosure.

David J. Smith has been appointed regional sales director for South Carolina at Great-West Retirement Services (GWRS).

Vanguard expects to launch Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and its exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares by the end of the second quarter.

The FTSE Cyclical and Defensive Index Series aims to offer contrasting degrees of sensitivity to the economic cycle in order to improve the transparency of market dynamics.

With 237,000 advisers on track to retire in the next decade, a Pershing survey uncovers the priorities of advisers...

An increasing number of U.S. employers are planning to add Roth features to their defined contribution (DC) plans in 2013.

 California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris filed a lawsuit against Standard & Poor’s (S&P) for inflating its ratings of structured finance investments.  

Mutual fund trustees may display favoritism toward funds from their own firms, said researchers at Indiana University at Bloomington.

Northern Trust has added peer universe comparisons to the range of risk and performance information available through Northern Trust Data Direct.