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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will vote Oct. 1 on new rules for derivatives clearinghouses and a reporting deadline for outstanding swaps trades, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler told the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Tuesday. The new rules would also apply to exchanges and swap trading platforms.

New York Life is introducing an employee participant program that aims to personalize and simplify the retirement planning process.

DWS Investments Tuesday unveiled DWS Rollover Central, an online resource center containing tools and education to guide investors on rolling over an IRA. It also compares traditional and Roth IRAs and simplifies the process of opening an IRA and selecting an adviser.

Brokerage firms continue to talk a good game when it comes to social media, but few are actually doing anything about it, and that may turn out to be a mistake.

Barclays Wealth appointed David Lewis to the newly created position of managing director and head of banking, Americas.

With so much money in motion as people change jobs, qualified-account conversions are the quick ticket for advisors looking to grow assets fast.

The service will offer actionable steps that participants can take to improve savings.

Financial Executives International has written to congressional leaders criticizing President Obama’s proposal to close foreign tax credit loopholes in exchange for making the research & development tax credit permanent.

Kathleen Kennedy has joined Boston-based Columbia Management where she will head the firm’s consultant relations efforts. Her role with the asset manager is effective immediately, a Sept. 20 announcement said.

The Securities and Exchange Commission approved the expansion of its post-Flash Crash circuit breaker program to include all stocks in the Russell 1000 Index and a test group of exchange-traded funds.