In Practice

Americans do appear to have a fair understanding of certain personal finance concepts, and both workers and retirees agreed that they place a high degree of importance on...

Procrastinators do not exhibit optimal retirement savings‐related financial behaviors, research finds, leading to worse preparedness by the retirement date.

Total U.S. retirement assets grew 6% during 2014, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Meeting income objectives in retirement is key for target-date funds, according to 401(k) consultants polled by PIMCO.

A new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) shows that timing really counts when it comes to successful retirement savings efforts: the earlier a person starts...

Welcome to the new retirement. Work may not end when retirement begins, and money is not the only reason, according to a Franklin Templeton survey.

The loss of health is more costly to a retiree’s overall experience in retirement than the loss of wealth.

A new report suggests health care costs will consume a rising percentage of Social Security benefits for future retirees.

A LIMRA study suggests upwards of nine in 10 young financial advisers are satisfied with their career prospects.

A recent academic research paper argues that using institutional investment consultants to make fund and portfolio manager choices is “fruitless” when it comes to driving outperformance.

Americans are on track to replace 58% of current income in retirement, and four factors can help increase that number dramatically, according to Empower’s 2015 Lifetime Income Score...

The deadline for some to start taking required minimum distributions (RMDs) is April 1, and the penalty for forgetting—a 50% tax bill—is big.

Just 17% of American workers contribute to a traditional individual retirement account (IRA), according to a survey by LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute.

Nearly half of Americans younger than 30 (49%) do not feel in control of determining their retirement date, according to the latest COUNTRY Financial Security Index survey.

Research from the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute suggests women could use a nudge to complete certain retirement planning activities.

There’s no escaping financial stress, according to a survey by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), which finds 60% of employees are significantly burdened by financial woes.

Assets held in employer-sponsored retirement plans increased 11.5% to reach $11.3 trillion at the close of 2014, according to Spectrem's 2015 Market Insights Report.

Research from TIAA-CREF finds Americans hold a variety of saving and investing priorities that all compete for a piece of the paycheck, from short-term savings to IRAs and...

A new paper suggests that favorable assessments of aggregate retirement readiness in the United States often rely on untested assumptions.

Nearly 40 million working-age households, or about 45% of all working-age U.S. households, do not own any retirement account assets.