In Practice

Participants are embracing automatic savings and investment tools, according to a Vanguard analysis.

An overwhelming 85% of surveyed members of Generations X and Y think it’s a good idea for employers to voluntarily enroll workers in a retirement savings plan, according...

Those kids many parents are sending off to college for the first time this month – are part of a diverse, internet-savvy and privacy-free group of nearly two...

A new research paper from the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management suggests that the cost of greater fee disclosure born by defined contribution retirement plan participants would...

Slightly more than half (48%) of 401(k) have a financial adviser, according to a report from Spectrem Group.

Will guaranteed income wrappers for managed accounts gain widespread acceptance among fee-based advisers?

TowerGroup research says managed account sponsors should consider new managed account fee solutions that can help the adviser manage clients more effectively.

Spectrem Group announced that for the first time since it began tracking data in 1989, fees ranked as the number one reason defined contribution plan sponsors switch providers.

How well your clients can handle change is going to affect how they should prepare for retirement.

New research from Fidelity says equity compensation plans encourage employee loyalty and productivity, but many employees are not reaping the rewards of this incentive due to lack of...

Cerulli Associates estimates that target-date funds will grow to more than $1.1 trillion by 2012 from an estimated $277 billion at the end of 2008.

The Baby Boomers are the only group who like their name.

A FRC report predicts that the market for assets rolled over from employer plans should approach $500 billion by 2013.

A recent survey of small business owners by SurePayroll found that only one-third of small businesses currently offer 401(k) plans to their employees, and 45% of small business...

They aren’t jumping up and down about the market conditions, but independent advisers think we’ve seen the lowest point, according to a Schwab Institutional study.

Defined benefit (DB) retirement plans are a less costly benefit for employers than a defined contribution (DC) plan, according to research from the National Institute on Retirement Security...

More than four out of 10 households statistically at risk for not having a large enough retirement nest egg—and who will be in serious trouble when health care...

Fidelity says its participants are more inclined to save amid current market woes.

Every day, we come across magazine, newspaper, and other media stories that focus on the savings shortfall Americans are already experiencing—and will continue to experience as they head...

Failure to return phone calls was the most common reason for high-net-worth (HNW) individuals to leave their financial services company.