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AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company is launching the Retirement Gateway, a group variable annuity to fund retirement plans for the small- to mid-size market.

Fiduciary Benchmarks will provide benchmarking services to M Financial Group's 130 Member Firms and their 800 producers. 

Eight in ten advisers at broker/dealers and insurance companies say the idea of being an independent registered investment adviser (RIA) is appealing, according to a Schwab survey. 

ProShares unveiled what it says is the first exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States that provides inverse exposure to the investment grade corporate bond market.

TIAA-CREF is expanding its endowment management business with the launch of Covariance Capital Management.

A Franklin Templeton poll found half of respondents are planning to invest outside their home country this year, with 62% planning to do so over the next decade.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has introduced RetireSmart Ready; a tool to help participants calculate and implement saving rates and asset allocation strategies.

The trustees of a Nevada supply company’s 401(k) plan can proceed with their suit accusing a plan consultant of a fiduciary breach by convincing the plan to invest...

A federal judge in New York threw out a stock-drop lawsuit against UBS AG and UBS Financial Services Inc.

Federal regulators announced that the deadline for public comment about whether the term “fiduciary” should be expanded has been set for April 12, 2011.

Beginning in April, plan sponsors will be able to produce plan menus that provide access to 20 strategies internally managed by Hedgeable.

The Dreyfus Corporation launched the Dreyfus Total Emerging Markets Fund.

eRollover announced it will provide the U.S. open-end mutual fund platform from Morningstar to its members to research trailing performance.

Morningstar released a report analyzing its annual Mutual Fund Stewardship Grade designation, which found the funds with the highest marks are most likely to survive in the long-run.

Vanguard filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an actively managed emerging markets equity fund.

In the 9th Annual MetLife Study of Employee Benefits Trends, over 60% of Baby Boomers indicate they are behind in saving for retirement.

Invesco has rolled out PlanForward Foundations, a series of toolkits designed to help financial advisers grow their defined contribution (DC) business.

Employees have disparate preferences when it comes to benefits communications, indicating a need for a multi-faceted approach, MetLife found.

U.S. Bank Wealth Management named Daniel J. Rauchle as head of investment management for its Ultra High Net Worth Group. 

Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell us how much time is spent in preparations for the NCAA basketball tournament—and,...