The Principal Financial Group has released RetireView, a product designed to help plan advisers help participants in their client plans choosing their optimum asset allocation.
Adhesion Wealth Advisor Solutions Inc., a provider of unified managed accounts (UMAs) for independent registered investment advisers (RIAs), has added a “do-it-for-me” option to its UMA program.
As managed account programs make a comeback after taking a hit during the downturn, Cerulli Associates sees the most growth in mutual fund advisory programs, fueled by 401(k)...
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. is expanding its fixed income offerings with four Municipal Bond Ladder Separately Managed Account (SMA) strategies managed by PIMCO.
It is a long-accepted tenet that most retirement plan participants want—and need—help to make good investment decisions, and a new study suggests that it makes a difference.
Commonwealth Financial Network announced enhancements to its fee-based asset management program for separately managed accounts (SMAs), including a new unified managed account (UMA) option.
Financial intermediaries now do more than one-third of their mutual fund business in products recommended from their home office, according to a survey by kasina and Horsesmouth.
Natixis Global Associates (NGA) said that Managed Portfolio Advisors (MPA) has been selected by FundQuest to provide overlay management services for its Advisor Directed Unified Managed Account (UMA)...
Investment management company Bandon Capital Management, LLC, announced a new relationship with American Independent Securities Group, LLC (AISG), enabling AISG advisers to access Bandon’s flagship investment strategy.
After imposing a withdrawal queue on distributions from a real estate fund, The Principal Financial Group now finds itself targeted with a participant lawsuit.
The vendor Advisor Software, Inc., said it will expand its offering to registered investment advisers (RIAs) with the acquisition of asset management firm Advisor Partners, LLC.
Financial firms surveyed by Cerulli Associates said examination of fees, such as 12b-1 reform, will be the greatest regulatory impact in the coming year.
Clients of fee-based financial advisers will now have access to the Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity (FPRA) product because of a new alliance between Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company...
Delta Global Asset Management, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm, selected FundQuest to provide outsourced technology, back-office, and investment research services.
Standard Retirement Services, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., will begin offering its proprietary managed account service to 403(b) plans next month, the company announced.