A new 401(k) plan featuring iShares ETFs from Barclays Global Investors is now available.
New York Life Insurance Co. has announced promotions in its general counsel department.
A group of banks led by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group has formally launched a $95.6 billion bid for ABN Amro Holding.
Many advisers do not want to be assigned clients or territories based on their race, national origin or other personal traits — but they are comfortable with relationships that evolve naturally from those factors.
Aon Corporation announced today that chief financial officer David P. Bolger will leave the Chicago-based insurance broker after the appointment of his successor.
As the Department of Labor considers improving fee disclosure to retirement plan participants, some vendors and advisers are racing to offer more information to 401(k) participants, while most are content to wait for a directive.
Other banks may follow Bank of America Corp.’s decision this month to cut mortgage clients’ borrowing costs drastically, including waiving the requirement for private mortgage insurance, industry observers say.
Add financial literacy and trust in financial institutions to the factors that increase 401(k) participation rates.
Bank of America Corp. has been sued for race discrimination by allegedly steering wealthy clients to white co-workers.
Bank of America appoints Moynihan and Sevilla-Sacasa to head a wealth team that incorporates U.S. Trust Corp.
Russia's customs service is suing the Bank of New York for $22 billion over alleged misdeeds dating from the 1990s, according to Russian news agencies.
John Hancock announced today that it is expanding its lifestyle portfolio strategies to include new emerging markets, mid-cap and small-cap values into the funds.
NEW YORK — Financial advisers and their clients aren’t giving the risk of becoming disabled the attention it deserves, according to disability insurance experts.
The widely publicized dispute between diet guru Robert Atkins’ widow and the trustees of her trust is a cautionary tale for financial advisers and their clients about what can happen in estate cases, observers say.
“Four score and seven years” may soon be more recognizable as the typical baby boomer life span than the start of a famous speech.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide 401(k) information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox said last week.
Lincoln Employer Markets announced today that the Lincoln National Life Insurance Company now offers an annuity rider on its defined contribution plans.
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. has consolidated its three top management consulting businesses to streamline the operations under one name and better compete for high value clients, according to Crain's New York Business.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining disclosures for 401(k) plans and is looking at ways to provide such information using interactive software, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox today told the mutual fund industry today.
As they examine the 401(k) retirement plan system, policy makers would be wise not to focus all their attention on fees, Martin L. Flanagan, chairman of the Investment Company Institute of Washington said today at the ICI’s general membership meeting.
