In Practice

A study from asset manager consultant kasina suggests executives are thinking alike when it comes to facing industry challenges.

The likelihood of being a retirement plan participant increases with age, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).

Annuities in defined contribution plans are gaining momentum as aging baby boomers seek to create guaranteed retirement income streams, according to a report from the Financial Research Corporation...

High net worth individuals are primarily concerned about the safety of their family, but they also have significant concerns about the protection of financial assets such as stocks,...

They say you get what you pay for – but maybe it just feels like you do.

Almost all (91%) financial planner CPAs surveyed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) cited retirement as a top personal finance concern of clients.

After months of research, informal talks with vendors, and not a few inquiries to a few “trusted advisers,″ just before Christmas, we finally made our decision.

Shifting two hours per week from administrative duties to selling can result in millions of dollars in incremental sales for companies.

As a result of a difference in their length of time in the workforce, women who were older than 50 in 2006 were much less likely to have...

They say you get what you pay for – but maybe it just feels that way.

Investors who add a variable annuity with a lifetime guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (GMWB) to a stock and bond retirement portfolio can enjoy pumped up income with less...

Affluent seniors over age 70 spend nearly three times as much of their online time on financial matters as those younger.

Today, PLANSPONSOR announces the finalists for its annual Retirement Plan Adviser and Adviser Team of the Year awards.

An analysis of about 50 plans in Vanguard’s recordkeeping system that have adopted automatic enrollment suggests it does improve participation rates, but deferral rates for those using automatic...

New research from Fidelity Investments suggests employees of non-profit organizations are not taking full advantage of their workplace retirement plan resources.

Democrats are frequently characterized as “tax and spend″ by those on the other side of the political spectrum.

New research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (CRR) suggests the change in the retirement landscape from predominately defined benefit plans to mostly defined contribution...

How much money does it take to be considered rich?

A majority of employers have no intention of terminating their non-qualified executive retirement plans due to final Internal Revenue Code rules governing these arrangements, according to a survey...

Financial services firms rank the ability to acquire and retain clients as their number one business challenge in 2008, according to a survey by Cerulli Associates.