In Practice

It’s been a challenging year, but independent registered investment advisers (RIAs) are optimistic, according to a quarterly survey by TD AMERITRADE Institutional.

Despite the ongoing economic turmoil, a poll taken for National Payroll Week found that the majority of those polled have not disturbed their 401(k) deferrals since September 2008.

Teamwork: It can be both helpful and challenging, according to panelists at the PLANADVISER National Conference.

Before advisers or financial institutions, Millennials turn to their parents and friends for financial information.

Retirement plan education delivery is moving away from the vendor—representing a big opportunity for plan advisers, noted panelists at the PLANADVISER National Conference.

Four-in-10 surveyed New Jersey plan sponsors use a financial adviser to help educate employees, while 33% do not provide any help in educating employees regarding their 401(k) plans....

An Aon Consulting survey indicates employers are taking a wait-and-see approach before changing their retirement programs.

Wirehouses can bring scale and product innovation to the retirement plan adviser—and pay the electricity bill for you, noted Ed O’Connor, managing director at UBS Financial Services.

At the PLANADVISER National Conference, a panel of big names in the independent advisory space discussed why independence might be a good choice for retirement plan advisers.

While many investors still do not understand the features of a Roth IRA or know about the conversion opportunity just months away, most said they would look to...

It’s often said that freedom comes with a price, and for some financial advisers, the price is worth it.

Forty-one percent of defined contribution assets are controlled by consultants, with the majority of these assets in large plans with more than $500 million in assets, according to...

Americans of all income levels and ethnic groups look on the spending and saving changes they have made in response to the economic turmoil of 2008 and 2009...

Rules barring participants from making 401(k) contributions for six months after taking a hardship withdrawal should be eased to help employees more quickly recover a more substantial retirement...

Fewer than half of plan sponsors said their benefits budgets increased over 2008, down from the two-thirds of those polled about their 2007 and 2006 spending, a Prudential...

Nearly half (47%) of employers are now automatically enrolling participants into a retirement plan and another third are seriously considering it, a new survey found.

Financial advisers might have significant opportunity helping Americans figure out where their investments are and where they need to go, a Hartford poll suggests.

Forty-two percent of corporate finance executives said they are very likely to limit high-risk investments for their defined contribution plans, according to a poll by CFO Research Services...

Parents who use advisers would like more help with college-related decisions, according to a Fidelity survey.

Variable annuities are now more widely held than fixed annuities among nonqualified annuity owners, according to a Gallup poll.