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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued a list of frequently asked questions regarding Multiemployer Plans.

Flexible Plan Investments has launched a turnkey, open architecture 401(k) solution called Strategic Advantage 401k.

The Treasury Department and the IRS intend to postpone the effective/applicability date regarding special rules for statutory hybrid plans, relating to interest crediting rates under a cash balance...

ING Investment Management U.S. has appointed Brant Grimes and Conor Sullivan as Senior Consultant Relations Managers.

Lincoln Financial Group is rolling out the LVIP Protected Profile Funds, a target-date fund-of-funds investment option available through its micro-to-small market retirement plan solution.

A survey released by Natixis Global Asset Management found nearly half of American investors fear losing money due to market volatility.

John Hancock Funds has established a series of R share classes for many of its mutual funds.

For the vast majority of family financial decision makers, paying for college ranks far above saving for future medical expenses or retirement, according to a study from MassMutual.

FPA has launched an International Value Strategy, which will be available to institutions.

According to Geoffrey Ward, National Director of the MetLife Pension Resource Center, the retirement plan advisory business has transformed from one that sells products to one that takes on...

According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), participation of workers in individual-account 401(k)-type plans, which had grown sharply through the 1990s, leveled off from 2005-2009. 

S&P Indices and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have launched a package of benchmarking tools for fixed interest investments in Australia.

Investors poured an additional $6 billion into U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in September, after withdrawing approximately half a billion in August.

U.S. mutual fund investors withdrew an estimated $5 billion out of U.S. stock and bond mutual funds last month, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

A Stanford University study reveals that 45% of the top 185 U.S. Web sites transmit identifying details about their visitors to at least four other sites. 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed a complaint in federal court seeking to restore $436,322.07 to two benefit plans of Columbus-based Clark Graphics.

David A. Hunt has been named Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Investment Management.

Van Eck Global has launched Market Vectors Renminbi Bond ETF, which offers investors exposure to Chinese renminbi (RMB)-denominated bonds, often referred to as “dim sum” bonds.

First Western Trust Bank appointed Irene J. Antonio as a Relationship Manager in the firm’s Retirement Consulting Services team. 

U.S. exchange-traded funds, which have had just one month of net outflows in the last 12 months, added $4.1 billion in September, according to Morningstar.