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The number of federal securities class action cases filed in the first six months of 2009 dropped by 22.3% over a year earlier, according to the latest data...

Seligman TargetHorizon portfolios, a suite of target-date funds composed of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and managed by RiverSource Investments, has introduced a risk overlay strategy to help mitigate portfolio...

PIMCO launched the PIMCO Emerging Markets and Infrastructure Bond Fund.

Anheuser-Busch has been hit with a federal court lawsuit alleging the brewer and a trustee improperly designated an overly risky qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) for participants’ cash...

The global economy remains fragile, but the worst of the recession “is now in the rearview mirror,″ said Robert Doll, vice chairman and global chief investment officer of...

MSCI Barra has launched a range of long/short factor indexes based on MSCI indexes and Barra risk models.

Commonwealth Financial Network announced the addition of three portfolios with alternative asset classes to its lineup of in-house managed portfolios.

Spector Roseman Kodroff&Willis, P.C., filed another class action against Austin Capital Management Ltd. for millions of dollars of losses due to improper investments in securities controlled by Bernard...

There’s plenty of opportunity for advisers to help high-net-worth (HNW) investors save for college funds, according to Phoenix.

Fidelity Investments’ second Couples Retirement Study, first fielded in 2007, show that despite two years of unprecedented economic and financial instability, husbands and wives have done little to...

47 Degrees North Capital Management announced the launch of the 47 Degrees North Innovation Fund.

Despite the volatility of the stock market in the first quarter of 2009, most plan participants made no changes to their retirement savings investments, The Vanguard Group observed.

Seems as though lately everyone wants to 'fix' the 401(k), but a new whitepaper suggests a different take.

Putnam Investments launched two new funds that collectively invest across the full spectrum of securities of leveraged companies.

With the economy still uncertain and continued market volatility, Fidelity Investments said it is seeing higher levels of worker engagement in retirement plans.

Standard&Poor's launched risk-controlled versions of its S&P 500 and S&P /ASX 200 indexes.

Turner Investment Partners announced the launch of the Turner Spectrum Fund, a no-load, open-end mutual fund.

Aon Consulting found that many companies with frozen pensions intend to make investment strategy changes to cut corporate pension expense volatility and put themselves one step closer to...

Two platforms, Hewitt Associates and Mercer, have taken up Prudential Retirement's IncomeFlex Target guaranteed income product.

Day-to-day expenses might be top-of-mind for Americans, but they are still concerned about having a secure retirement, according to a recent survey from AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company.