In Practice

During National Save for Retirement Week, advisers might meet with their plan sponsors to consider advice for plan participants, who generally take positive action afterwards.

Employees, especially Baby Boomers, are facing a shortfall when it comes to their retirement savings, a survey found.

Growing levels of student loan debt could force today’s college graduates to retire more than a decade beyond the current average retirement age.

Lingering financial strains exacerbated by slow economic growth continue to push middle class workers’ priorities away from retirement savings and towards monthly expenses, according to the 2013 Wells...

Since the end of the recession, there are more older Americans in the work force, according to a recent Gallup poll.

While Americans still want home ownership, freedom from debt is more important, said respondents to a survey from loanDepot.com, LLC.

American workers believe they will be working well into their retirement years, according to a new survey.

Retirement income from private-sector retirement plans has become more common, according to a new study.

Defined contribution (DC) plans currently account for approximately half of participants’ total investable wealth, according to the Cogent Research DC Participant Planscape Study.

Investors who are younger and have less wealth are content with their financial advisers, but also quicker to leave them, according to Spectrem Group research.

Older Americans’ views on retirement are changing, with fewer people seeing it as a complete exit from the world of work, according to a new survey.

Retirement plan participants may be more open to changes in the design of their plans than previously thought, according to a new study.

Young workers with small balances and owners of Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are likelier than other IRA owners to make “extreme” allocations to either stocks or money,...

A best-practice defined contribution (DC) plan can provide secure retirement income at equivalent cost to a defined benefit (DB) plan, according to a new research paper from the...

Registered investment advisers (RIAs) look at alternative investments and tactical management as the keys to navigating volatility in the current market.

To advisers, it’s poor money habits. To sponsors, it’s inadequate participant engagement in the workplace retirement plan. But the result is the same: room for improvement.

Beyond the company website, an asset manager’s digital presence is critical, and three in five advisers judge asset managers by their Internet activity.

Less than one-third (31%) of Americans believe Social Security will still be around when they retire, according to a new survey.

Financial wellness is getting more attention from plan advisers, according to speakers at a webinar by Financial Finesse, a provider of financial education services.

U.S. workers could see their retirement savings tumble 20% if Congress and the President fail to craft a deal to raise the federal government’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling,...