In Practice

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched a mobile version of its Web site that will allow users to access GAO reports on their BlackBerrys, iPhones, Droids,...

Very few employers surveyed that do not use auto plan features currently plan to adopt them in the next 12 months, according to a report from AARP.

The 10th anniversary edition of Prudential’s Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women finds the economic crisis has heightened women’s recognition of the need to develop a financial plan...

If you’re a small business owner - and many advisers are - odds are you’re pretty happy about that decision. 

According to the 2010 EBRI Retirement Readiness Rating (RRI), more than one-in-four Americans in the lowest income quartile could run out of funds after just ten years. 

U.S. workers saw the value of their employer-sponsored retirement benefits - as measured by percentage of pay - decline by double-digit levels over a 10-year period ending in...

Financial advisers spend over 23 hours per week online at industry, social, and asset manager sites, according to a recent study by kasina.

The latest Ariel Black Investor Survey found that African American investors were twice as likely to have cut their 401(k) contributions to survive the recession than were their...

Aon Corp. announced today that it will resume accepting various forms of compensation for its brokerage business where appropriate.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Quarterly Scorecard on activity within its proprietary 401(k) business finds positive savings actions by 401(k) participants continuing to trend higher.

State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot reveals assets in the U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) industry totaled approximately $772 billion as of June 30 – down $11.7 billion or...

A Bloomberg National Poll found that more than seven out of 10 Americans (71%) believe the economy is stuck in recession, and another 13% expect a backslide from...