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A U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s ruling that United States Steel Corporation employees had no claim that their plan administrator violated provisions of ERISA.  

The Financial Services Institute (FSI) announced it expanded its advocacy agenda to include retirement and tax issues.  

Preparing for fee disclosure regulations may be tedious, but there is a silver lining: 408(b)(2) and 404(a)(5) can create prospecting opportunities for plan advisers.

Flows into U.S. open-end mutual funds in the first quarter mirrored the equity market’s blistering performance, but investors were not chasing stocks.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division announced three new sales directors to its sales and client management organization.

Lincoln Financial Advisors must pay $2 million to a broker who alleged the company fired and then defamed him, a FINRA panel ruled.

PenChecks, Inc., a provider of outsourced retirement distribution processing services, hired Mike McWherter as the firm’s chief compliance officer.

Independent fiduciary and plan trustee Matthew Hutcheson of Eagle, Idaho, pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Boise.

A federal appellate court reversed its stance in a case alleging Ameriprise charged mutual fund investors excessive fees.

Lincoln Financial Group's Retirement Plan Services Business announced enhancements to its LifeSpan customized model asset allocation program. 

The hangover from the recession and slow economic growth continues to erode employees' retirement confidence and overall financial wellness, according to the 2012 Financial Wellness Survey by the...

The U.S., Japan and Australia are expected to escape the recession over the next 12 months. 

RPG Consultants and IRON Financial formed an alliance to enable retirement plan sponsors to use IRON Financial’s technology and portfolio management capabilities. 

The number of administrative professionals with the word "secretary" in their job titles is on the rise.

 U.S. mutual fund investors cautiously put an estimated $13 billion in net inflows into stock and bond funds during March 2012. 

In a recent analysis of its client base, New York Life Retirement Plan Services found that despite a low interest rate environment, principal preservation investment solutions remain a...

A dentist was adhering to his fiduciary duty to 401(k) plan participants when he decided to wait until a December 31, 2008, plan valuation to make a distribution...

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets totaled $1.2 trillion as of March 31, 2012.

In support of National Retirement Planning Week, AXA Equitable compiled a suite of mobile retirement planning apps, tools and online resources.

The Advisor Solutions Group at Neuberger Berman LLC added 11 senior regional directors in 10 new regions as it looks to expand its mutual funds business among wirehouses...