In Practice

Half of financial services firms plan to increase professional hiring in 2008.

Automated retirement plan features such as automatic enrollment are driving up 401(k) plan participation rates at U.S. companies, according to Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc.

As Baby Boomers retiree, advisers and broker-dealers must decide how they will differentiate themselves and deliver an efficient retirement income program.

Although all advisers plan to increase their use of managed accounts, registered representatives at broker-dealer firms are twice as likely to plan on doing so.

Referrals and a need for reassurance that savings will last through retirement are the main way and reason clients come to a financial adviser.

This week, PLANSPONSOR’s November issue will start arriving in the mail (and, with a little bit of luck and time, online).

The best adviser candidates for adviser teams are those constantly looking to improve their practice, the most recent Cerulli report says.

In one year, the number of employer clients offering at least one auto-savings tool, automatic enrollment or automated savings increases, nearly tripled to more than 30,000, according to...

Nearly half (40.5%) of widows say they rely on financial advisers for investing advice, more than double any other female demographic group, according to The OppenheimerFunds, Inc. 2007...

Baby Boomers appear to be talking more with their adult children about family finances than with their parents, a new study says.

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About twice as many U.S. households own mutual funds through tax-deferred accounts – employer-sponsored retirement plans, IRAs, and variable annuities - as own funds outside such accounts, according...

Incorporating a fixed income annuity in a retirement income account yields greater long-term wealth for an investor, and more income security, than a portfolio of equity and bond...

Nearly half (47%) of small business owners who do not currently offer a 401(k) said they never intend to offer one, according to a recent survey.

A new report finds that the range and composition of sales compensation varies significantly among asset management firms.

Three-quarters of employees in a recent poll said it doesn’t make any difference to the quality of their work whether their supervisor is on the premises or not.

Non-qualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans continue to be widely utilized and more employers are turning to corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) to informally fund them, according to a new...

Although participation in an employment-based retirement plan increases with age, overall, the percentage of workers participating in an employment-based retirement plan decreased to 39.7% in 2006 from 40.9%...

Men and women both think they and their partners are on the same page about saving for retirement, a new study conducted by Harris Interactive for The Wall...

The seventh ineffective habit of retirement plan advisers