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We have long been concerned about the attention deficit of participants when it comes to their 401(k) plans.

Fidelity Investments last week announced the offering of three new enhanced index funds.

Participants in retirement plans at The Vanguard Group who opted to take advantage of the Roth 401(k) in its first year have tended to be those more likely...

About half of small business employees (49%) who now belong to a workplace retirement plan say they would stay away from a potential employer not offering such a...

Communicating with plan participants via a Web site may still be the “in″ thing, but a recent study indicates that plan providers’ Internet efforts are still far from...

Employers without retirement plans would be required to establish an automatic payroll deduction program to an individual retirement account (IRA) under new legislation.

MBM Advisors, Inc., a Houston-based investment advisory and pension administration and consulting firm, is to be acquired by bank holding company Sterling Bancshares, Inc.

Lincoln Financial Network (LFN) announced that Tammy Robbins has joined the firms’ planner/advisor recruiting group and will serve as Regional Managing Director for the West Coast territory.

Edward Jones ranks highest among 10 financial investment firms in satisfying their financial advisers, receiving particularly high ratings from advisers in support, people and firm performance.

The first of seven ineffective habits of retirement plan advisers.

BISYS announced Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by Citigroup Inc. for $1.45 billion in a deal that will also see BISYS’ retirement services unit sold...

Whether you are a Mom, are married to a Mom, have, or had a Mom (hopefully that covers everyone), odds are you’d agree with the statement that their...

MassMutual Retirement Services' new PlanSmart is a bundled plan solution for plans with $1 million to $5 million in assets, the firm announced.

About half (49%) of investors who hold mutual fund shares outside their workplace retirement plans have purchased fund shares through a financial adviser.

Newly issued rules on the taxation of distributions from Roth 401(k) accounts keep many provisions of the proposed version of the regulations.

A quarter of financial advisers who do not now sell 529 college savings plans intend to start offering them as a result of the Pension Protection Act (PPA).

Charles Schwab has added 16 fund families to its Schwab Retirement Advisor Services platform, including BlackRock, JPMorgan Funds and LeggMason.

Last week, I stumbled across another of those “DC plans are becoming like DB plans″ articles—you know, the “DB-ification″ of 401(k)s?

According to Fred Reish, there are three main components to a successful retirement plan.

Emphasizing the benefits of increased online usage, Vanguard is replacing four account-related fees with a single account service charge.