asset management

• Investment in 403(b) plans jumped in 2012

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  May 22, 2013

  Investment in 403(b) plans continues to rise as both plan sponsors and participants upped their dedication to the retirement savings plans in 2012.

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  Workers see benefits in office wellness programs

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  January 31, 2013

  By taking advantage of workplace wellness offerings, American employees are approaching their work with more energy and motivation.

• Employees want more help, automatic increases with retirement plans

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  January 21, 2013

  Employees hunger for support when it comes to saving more for retirement, according to a new survey of U.S. workplace retirement plan participants by State Street Global Advisors.

• The Principal offering critical illness insurance

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  January 15, 2013

  The Principal has introduced critical illness insurance as one of the voluntary benefits it offers to help employees fill the gap in financial protection.

• Incentive awards on Wall Street expected to improve

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  November 6, 2012

  Year-end incentive payouts for Wall Street professionals are estimated to either remain flat or experience moderate increases from last year when they tanked throughout the industry, according to an annual compensation analysis released today by Johnson Associates Inc., a New York-based compensation consulting firm.

• Allianz nets nearly $2 billion

  By The Associated Press  |  October 30, 2012

  German insurance group Allianz SE says its net income bounced back strongly in the third quarter to €1.4 billion ($1.8 billion).

• MetLife starting new asset management business

  By The Associated Press  |  October 9, 2012

  MetLife rolled out an asset management business focused on real estate and private-placement debt, hoping to draw yield-starved institutional investors to areas where it already has considerable experience.

• MetLife starts new asset management business

  By The Associated Press  |  October 9, 2012

  MetLife rolled out an asset management business focused on real estate and private-placement debt, hoping to draw yield-starved institutional investors to areas where it already has considerable experience.

• Principal Retirement+ helps advisors address the retirement income gap

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  September 13, 2012

  The Principal has launched a new set of online tools to help financial professionals help clients address their retirement gap.

• Retirement plan participants who do everything themselves are less diversified

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  August 24, 2012

  Do-it-yourself retirement plan participants tend to be less diversified than those who participate in target-date funds.