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A survey suggests that institutional investors and advisers want alternative investments—that aren’t too different from traditional investments.

Financial has added 401k Toolbox's Manage It For Me offering as a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) solution.

Brokers are receiving incentives to switch firms, and the independent route is looking more attractive, according to research from Fidelity Investments and National Financial.

Wachovia Retirement Services has temporarily extended customer service call center hours to help participants “during this time of financial markets volatility.”

Total managed accounts assets reached $1.85 trillion through the first half of 2008, according to the annual report “Cerulli Quantitative Update: Managed Accounts 2008.″

TD AMERITRADE now offers mobile trading applications for iPhone and iPod touch, now available on the Apple App Store.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced that expense ratios for its 11 domestic PowerShares FTSE RAFI ETF portfolios will be lowered to 39...

Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported a fourth consecutive quarter of negative results for the period ending September 30, according to data in the Northern Trust Universe.

Mutual of Omaha is offering employers a 401(k) managed account feature through an arrangement with PMFM Inc.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc., introduced the Active Diversified Portfolios series, professionally managed portfolios designed to help individuals achieve risk-managed growth.

Franklin Templeton Investments introduced the Templeton Global Total Return Fund, a multi-sector global bond fund designed to capitalize on fixed-income opportunities around the world.

Investors show concern about the tax on their fund returns, but many are not investing in tax-managed funds, according to a survey by Eaton Vance Corp.

The J.D. Power and Associates 2008 Financial Advisor Satisfaction Survey found that a firm’s performance was the key driver of satisfaction among employee advisers.

Despite the volatility and uncertainty in the markets, 29% of financial intermediaries are investing more in equity funds while only 24% are investing less, according to research from...

Fidelity Investments announced new multimedia features on its Web site.

If clients have a safety net of one to five years of retirement income, they wouldn’t be worried in this environment, according to CNBC’s resident retirement expert.

Faced with extraordinary market volatility, the Board of Trustees closed the institutional Putnam Prime Money Market Fund, effective Wednesday at 5 p.m.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management has unveiled four new equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide access to companies involved in the agriculture, coal, gold and precious metals, and...

Market volatility so far in 2008 may have prompted many investors to flee equities but they apparently haven’t lost faith in mutual funds entirely, according to new data.