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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated report, “Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers,” came out late Friday, and by Monday morning, predictions for the future of the industry...

Russell Investments has launched two new emerging markets indexes.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management hired John Fraser as Managing Director and head of its new U.S. opportunistic real estate investment division. 

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets reached a record $995 billion in the United States at the end of 2010, according to State Street Global Advisors.

The "mass affluent," Americans between ages 35-54 years old with $50,000-$250,000 of investable assets, show a noteworthy lack of confidence in financial well-being.

A new finanical management platform, Merrill Edge, combines the banking of Bank of America (BofA) with the investment strategies of Merrill Lynch.

Today PLANSPONSOR announced the 2011 finalists for its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year awards, across five distinct workplace segments. 

Litigation—or more accurately, the fear of litigation—frequently serves to put us on notice.  

At the start of 2011, Joseph Mattei joined Portfolio Evaluations Inc. (PEI) as a Senior Consultant.

The number of securities lawsuits filed in 2010 edged out the record set in 2009, according to the latest quarterly review of securities litigation by insurance researcher Advisen...

The SPARK Institute released a draft of updates it intends to make regarding information-sharing best practices for 403(b) plans and has asked for comments. 

Efficient Market Advisors, an exchange-traded fund (ETF) separate account manager, is offering professionally managed portfolios οf ETFs to 403(b) plans. 

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) regarding its proposal on target-date fund disclosures.

An Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) study finds some Americans who were on track for a comfortable retirement are now at risk of running short because of the...

Personal Retirement Solutions (PRS) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a newly named leadership team, including a new hire.

Replacing a gasoline engine with an electric hybrid motor...doubling the number of intake and exhaust valves...installing ABS brakes instead of standard discs...When it comes to cars, advanced designs...

Commissioner Elisse Walter issued a statement today after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a report regarding a lack of oversight of registered investment advisers (RIAs).   

William Blair & Company announced an agreement to acquire certain assets of Guidance Capital LLC, a specialist in developing and managing multi-manager hedge fund of funds strategies.

Wasatch Advisors announced that it intends to close the Wasatch Small Cap Growth Fund (WAAEX) to new investors through most third party intermediary platforms as of January 31,...

The much-anticipated report from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says Congress should consider three options for improving oversight of registered investment advisers (RIAs): user fees, a self-regulatory...