Investing | July 16th, 2014 June Sees Expanded Allocations to International Funds July 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds netted $47 billion in June, increasing the year-to-date inflows to $266 billion, according...
Benefits | July 14th, 2014 401(k) Investors See Lower Mutual Fund Expenses in 2013 July 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants of 401(k) plans saw lower expense ratios when investing in long-term mutual funds during...
Compliance | July 11th, 2014 Industry Responses Vary on TDF Disclosure Proposals July 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – About 30 investment firms and other parties responded to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s latest...
Products | June 25th, 2014 OppenheimerFunds to Launch EM Fund June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Oppenheimer Emerging Markets Innovators Fund (EMIAX) will be available to retirement plans at the...
Administration | June 24th, 2014 Dispelling Myths About Indexing June 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The effectiveness of indexing as an investment strategy has clearly taken hold in the industry,...
Benefits | June 23rd, 2014 Help Participants Be Better Investors June 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should understand how investor risk tolerance is affected by market performance, and help...
Investing | June 16th, 2014 Equity Funds See Outflows in May June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds netted $39.2 billion in May, increasing the year-to-date intake to $215 billion, according...
Compliance | June 16th, 2014 FINRA Fines Merrill Lynch Due to Sales Charges June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fined Merrill Lynch $8 million for failing to waive...
Benefits | June 3rd, 2014 PSNC 2014: Investment Diversification June 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Amid the discussion of industry best practices at the 2014 PLANSPONSOR National Conference, the question...
Products | June 2nd, 2014 BMO Adds Retirement Class Shares to Mutual Funds June 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BMO Global Asset Management is now offering retirement share classes for four BMO Funds.
Products | May 23rd, 2014 Schwab Says Index Investing Gets Short Shrift May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Don’t call index investing passive. Charles Schwab, founder and chairman of Charles Schwab, says that does...
Administration | May 23rd, 2014 Are Mutual Fund Managers Driven to Perform? May 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) — A recent analysis from Gerstein Fisher challenges the notion that mutual fund managers don't have...
Products | May 22nd, 2014 John Hancock Expands Asset Allocation Models May 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – John Hancock Retirement Plan Services added five new asset-allocation options to the JH Signature 401(k)...
Investing | May 16th, 2014 Equity Mutual Funds See Strong Inflows in April May 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term funds netted $45.2 billion in April, bringing year-to-date intake to $176 billion.
Administration | May 14th, 2014 Expense Ratios for Equity Mutual Funds Lower May 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors paid lower average expense ratios for equity mutual funds in 2013, says a report...
Benefits | April 30th, 2014 Retirement Savings Stuck in Neutral April 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More Americans realize they aren’t on track to meet retirement income needs, according to Northwestern...
Products | April 28th, 2014 BlackRock Enhances CoRI Retirement Suite April 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BlackRock, Inc. has expanded its proprietary CoRI retirement suite with new income projection and portfolio...
Benefits | April 23rd, 2014 Many Retirement Savers Missed 2013 Gains April 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new analysis from Putnam Investments, reviewing years of income replacement projection data, finds many...
Investing | March 28th, 2014 Retirement Assets Totaled $23T at Year-End 2013 March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total U.S. retirement assets reached $23 trillion at year-end 2013, growing 15.6% during the year,...
Products | March 14th, 2014 Thomson Reuters Launches Private Equity Index March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New indices released by Thomson Reuters offer liquid access to and performance analysis of the...