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The independent broker-dealer is betting that grouping women by life events, not their ages, is the better way to reach them.

A federal judge has declared that Fidelity Investments and the American unit of ABB, Inc. violated federal laws by making pension holders pay excessive 401(k) plan fees, and has ordered the defendants to pay $36.9 million in damages.

Investors’ confidence rose during the first quarter of 2012, according to the newly-released John Hancock Investor Sentiment Index.

A lack of information on IRAs means that many Americans are not making the most of their retirement savings accounts, according to TIAA-CREF.

J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services, the retirement plan record keeping business of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, hired Carol Waddell as managing director and head of product and marketing.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

Advisors have increased their recommendations of variable annuities since 2008, regardless of whether they were annuity supporters or skeptics.

J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services (RPS), the retirement plan record keeping business of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, hired Carol Waddell as managing director and head of product and marketing.

Higher hurdles advisors must clear to break into the advisory business are contributing to the aging of the workforce. Here are tips to help rookie advisors get into the field and thrive.