In Practice

However, their fear of investing in the stock market could hurt their outcomes, a survey reveals.

According to Willis Towers Watson’s Thinking Ahead Institute’s 2018 Global Pension Assets Study, the institute sees shifts in investment models for retirement plans across the globe.

Among advice attributes respondents to a T. Rowe Price survey said they would like are ease of use, inclusion of alerts about critical developments in their account and...

Americans are confident DC plans will help them meet their retirement goals, ICI found.

The direct-to-sponsor firm proudly brands itself as an advisory industry disruptor, boasting fast revenue growth and a 30-day average sales cycle; we sit down with lead strategy officer...

The Bipartisan Policy Center and Ric Edelman announce the launch of “Funding Our Future: A Campaign for America’s Retirement Security.”

Over a six-year period, projected income replacement scores in plans managed by Empower increased from 68% to 77.8%

While nearly half of Asian Americans surveyed defined their American Dream as being financially secure, most get financial guidance from family and friends.

This is up from 62% in 2005, Fidelity Investments says.

Only 31% of Americans are confident they will have saved enough by the time they retire.

More than one-quarter of organizations have or are planning or considering increasing 401(k) contributions, Willis Towers Watson finds.

Of the 48% who say their health care costs have increased, more than one-quarter have decreased their retirement plan contributions.

Only 20% said they were very confident they will have enough money to retire comfortably, Paychex found in a survey.

However, an analysis among people in nine nations found U.S. LGBT workers rank the highest on the Aegon Retirement Readiness Index.

The younger the investor, the more likely they are to have their money invested in equities, while older investors are more likely to gravitate to fixed-income securities, according...

There were 41 deals in the fourth quarter.

They earn less than older generations, are less likely to participate in a retirement plan, and will have to contend with longer life spans and rising health care...

In the majority of cases, the plan’s consultant/adviser conducts the benchmarking (82.8%)—higher than in prior years, Callan finds.

The proportion of plans that are at least partially bundled fell dramatically from 53.8% in 2016 to 44.0% in 2017, a continuation of the unbundling trend, according to...

Plan sponsors are being more conscious and cautious with respect to managing the implications of the DOL fiduciary rule—and this is impacting plan leakage and rollover decisions to...