Data & Research

Two blue-ribbon private-sector committees have released lists of best practices for hedge fund investors and asset managers, according to a government news release.

Less than one-third (31%) of GenXers polled believe they will one day be able to fully retire.

In general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men.

Worker confidence in being able to afford a comfortable retirement decreased over the past year by a rate unmatched in the 18 years of the Retirement Confidence Survey,...

About half of employees want their employers to provide retirement advice and almost as many (44%, increasing from 30% last year) would like to receive access to general...

Four in 10 American adults (41%) are holding off on major life decisions – including retirement - either because they are financially strapped or worried about the U.S....

Ours is an industry of fairly recent invention–one that is, in many respects, only just beginning to emerge from the growth pangs of adolescence.

Although retirement plan providers supply investment education materials to 56% of participants surveyed by Spectrem Group, only 12% said they refer to these materials on a regular basis...

Only one-third of respondents to a survey by Bank of America are on track with their retirement planning efforts, and nearly one-quarter (23%) report they have not started...

The “pat″ answer to that question has long been “to get to the other side.″

A new survey found that 43% of non-retirees said debt affects their ability to save for a comfortable retirement “a great deal,″ while 32% of non-retirees said debt...

Affluent active savers are much more optimistic about their ability to reach their financial goals and their control level towards their finances than they are about the state...

Although nearly all (95%) consumers would have to change their lifestyle if they lost part of their family’s income for three to six months, only about half reported...

Retirement plan assets in the U.S. have nearly doubled in value since 1997, according to Watson Wyatt Worldwide’s 2008 Global Pensions Asset Study.

The assets owned by high net worth individuals (HNWI) reached $50 trillion in 2007, according to a study of the global private banking and wealth management market by...

New research conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Longevity Alliance shows Baby Boomers’ worries over retirement savings have increased as economic indicators continue to trend downward, but...

They say that nice guys finish last, but a new study suggests a different conclusion.

A report from Cerulli Associates suggests merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among financial firms has spurred growth of the managed accounts market, and in some cases, this growth...

Assets in employment-based defined contribution plans (typically 401(k) plans), individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and Keogh plans are concentrated in families with high family income and higher net worth,...

A new report finds Generations X and Y members have defined financial goals including amassing a retirement savings nest egg.