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The Institutional Retirement Income Council (IRIC) is encouraging plan sponsors to begin offering plan participants more options for generating retirement income.

Recent market volatility will likely put a damper on asset growth and push investors into more conservative, lower-fee products, according to kasina.

Nearly half (48%) of retirement plan participants who rolled balances into IRAs in the past two years chose their rollover institution based on if they already had an...

The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has given a mixed ruling to participants alleging breaches of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) fiduciary duties...

An analysis from Charles Schwab shows a growing number of employers are providing their employees with value-added 401(k) plan features that help drive positive plan participation and savings...

Only a third of American workers took a vacation this summer, according to a recent poll from Rasmussen. 

Small-market 401(k) plan sponsors who have a clear understanding of the roles of their provider team members are more likely to be satisfied with their providers than those...

John Hancock Annuities has launched “Inflation Guard,” an annuity that combines a principal guarantee with the ability to help protect the purchasing power of retirement assets from the...

Forward Management has appointed Jason Clarke as a Vice President of Sales and Eileen McCarthy as a Senior Product Marketing Manager.

Charles Schwab has created Schwab Intelligent Integration solutions for independent registered investment advisers (RIAs). 

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA) is hosting a Webcast to discuss the final rule on improving the transparency of fees and expenses for...

Commonfund, an investment manager for institutional investors, has selected Lou Ann Dolan as Managing Director, Group Head of Consultant Relations.

M&I Institutional Trust Services is rolling out PlanView, an interactive online enhancement that enables retirement plan sponsors and advisers to evaluate plan and participant metrics.

Mirae Asset Global Investments (USA) has named Joon Kwun as President and CEO. 

The SPARK Institute released its final version of data layouts for sharing investment-specific information for non-registered investment products that retirement plan administrators must disclose to participants under the...

Putnam Investments has enabled its shareholders to access its Web content by scanning a code on their quarterly statements with a smart phone.

MSCI Inc. has announced the launch of the MSCI Overseas China Indices.

A reorganization of Bank of America’s management team by Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan has meant the end of Sallie Krawcheck’s tenure at the firm.

BlackRock, Inc. announced Mark Taborsky will join the company as a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager within its Multi-Asset Client Solutions (BMACS) group.

Russell Investments has appointed Jeff Eng to the newly created position of Director, Retirement Income, for the firm’s Americas Institutional business.