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Asset manager and fund administrator North Trust Corp. announced a number of leadership changes, including the hiring of David Fox Jr. as head of Northern’s Corporate & Institutional Services (C&IS), for the Americas. Also, Northern Trust Vice Chairman and Management Group member Sherry Barrat will retire at the end of June.

Americans held $4.5 trillion in all employer-based DC retirement plans on December 31, 2011, of which $3.1 trillion was held in 401(k) plans, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.

Morningstar’s fund analysts have assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past weeks: T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High-Yield (PRFHX).

If you don't understand what you're buying and you don't understand what you're getting into, avoid this investment like paying off your home mortgage depends on it.

Olney, M.D.-based Arrow Investment Advisors has named Joseph Cunningham to the newly created role of Director of Capital Markets.

Here is what investors get told, before investing in one set of exchange-traded notes:

Even though retirement portfolios have nearly recovered from the financial crisis, investors have not, say financial advisors in a recent survey.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 14.61 points to close at 13.060.14 Thursday, putting the finishing touches on its worst one-week performance of 2012.

Morningstar's fund analysts have assigned a Gold rating to just one fund in the past weeks: T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High-Yield (PRFHX).

Money market mutual fund assets dropped by $15.20 billion to $2.590 trillion for the week ended Wednesday, April 4, according to data from the Investment Company Institute.