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Alerus Financial will acquire the recordkeeping and advisory operations of the Stanton Group, a Minneapolis-based benefits, compensation and insurance services firm.

Participants in two Principal Financial Group 401(k) plans have sued the Des Moines, Iowa-based plan provider, alleging it fraudulently convinced them to roll over their balances into a...

Janus Capital Group Inc. has announced that Scott Schoelzel, portfolio manager of Janus Twenty Fund, will leave the firm at the end of 2007.

Charles Schwab has announced the hiring of Tony Cox, a new senior executive to help lead the Schwab Corporate&Retirement Services division.

An Overland Park, Kansas company is offering an online advice product for retirement plans.

They have never rolled down a car window, never known a time when the Berlin Wall stood, and never seen anyone but Jay Leno host the Tonight Show.

Lipper, Inc. announced changes to its global Lipper Leader rating system that it says will create a more flexible and marketing friendly set of icons that better suit...

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois refused to toss out allegations that Lockheed Martin Corporation breached its fiduciary duty by charging its 401(k) plan...

John Hancock College Savings has launched a multi-week back-to-school campaign for the busy 529 sales season, providing information and tools to financial consultants.

401(k) Advisors has enhanced its Scorecard System to measure the performance of asset allocation portfolios, known as lifestyle and lifecycle, or target date, funds.

Fidelity Investments snagged the top overall spot in Kasina’s ranking of defined contribution plan Web sites for participants, while the Vanguard Group came in first for plan sponsors.

Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Branch Chief and consumer advocate Pat Huddleston has launched Investor's Watchdog, a company that provides investors with intelligence and expertise to...

Correspondents offering input to the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) about revisions to 401(k) fee disclosures said that educating plan sponsors and participants about fees was important but...

Great-West Life&Annuity Insurance Co. (GWLA) has agreed to acquire Franklin Templeton Investment’s 401(k) recordkeeping business, the firms announced.

U.S. Representative George Miller (D-California) has introduced legislation that would increase the disclosures about 401(k) fees that are required to be provided to participants.

Seeking class action status on behalf of all plan sponsors, plan administrators and trustees of defined contribution plans in which Fidelity now serves or has served as a...

Fidelity Investments’ latest study of its defined contribution clients showed that corporate DC employees overall are on track to have an income replacement of just 17%.

Fidelity Investments has released a diagnostic tool that allows employers to measure the effectiveness of their plans’ usage of automatic features in providing retirement income to employees.

OneAmerica Financial Partners, Inc. purchased a block of 403(b) business from Transamerica Life Insurance Company, increasing the number of plan participants with the Indiana-based company by more than...

In order to complete a thorough benchmarking study of a retirement plan provider, it is vital that an adviser first understand a company’s culture and what the plan...