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MassMutual's Retirement Services Division announced improvements to its system for third-party administrators (TPAs) that automates and simplifies plan document processing.

The Companies of OneAmerica have launched Premier Trust for plans with assets of $5 million and above.

Putnam Investments announced that the total expense ratios across its four Absolute Return Funds have been reduced by as much as 54%.

Pulse Logic has published the results of the second of two studies on third-party administrators, analyzing performance benchmarks and best practices.

The Morgia Group has joined HighTower, an open-source, adviser-owned cooperation of established practices specializing in high-net worth and institutional clients.   

Great-West Retirement Services appointed Julie Costello as a third-party administration (TPA) relationship manager for the west region.

Great-West Retirement Services appointed Michael Fennessy as regional sales director for Los Angeles.

BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research introduced the Global Financial Stress Index (GFSI), a cross-market gauge of risk, hedging demand and investment flows.

J.P. Morgan Funds, the mutual fund arm of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, announced that J.P. Morgan Insights are now available as podcasts on iTunes.

AllianceBernstein has launched Secure Retirement Strategies (SRS), a target-date solution that provides guaranteed lifetime retirement income to participants of large defined contribution (DC) plans.

Federal regulators on Monday released a long-awaited rule to require more disclosures about target-date funds.

On Friday the IRS issued Notice 2010-84, containing guidance for 401(k) and 403(b) plans about in-plan Roth rollovers. 

Having recently had a couple of new members join our 401(k) investment committee, I asked our investment adviser to conduct a briefing.

Prudential introduced the Prudential Protection Account in response to the financial crises and plan sponsors’ demand for products with built-in guarantees.

Mercer signed an agreement to acquire Hammond Associates, an investment consultant for endowments, foundations and private wealth and health care markets.

Balancing the demands of the home office and the needs of a widely-dispersed wholesaling staff can be very challenging for a sales manager, according to a Cerulli Report.

Broadridge Financial Solutions signed an agreement to acquire Matrix Financial Solutions, Inc. for $201 million in cash.

A federal court upheld a lower court ruling that the child of a woman who pleaded guilty to killing the child’s father is liable for federal income tax...

Pershing Advisor Solutions, a BNY Mellon company, will be hosting a series of practice management forums in Atlanta, Seattle, and Boston in the next few weeks.  

FirstFed Financial Corp. employees have filed a stock-drop suit alleging the bank kept company stock in its employee-stock ownership plan (ESOP) after it was no longer prudent to...