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Combining 401(k) plan features including automatic enrollment, automatic increase and personalized saving/investing advice can significantly increase employee participation rates.

SunTrust Banks Inc. launched SunTrust Retirement Income Navigator, which lets its advisers help clients maximize retirement income while drawing down assets for tax advantages.   

Most defined contribution (DC) plan participants lack a written financial or retirement plan and don't seek an adviser's help.

Nevin Adams has been named director of the American Savings Education Council.

DCAdvisors has appointed John Rowe to its client consulting group and leadership team. 

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration made a technical correction to the recently released Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2012-02.

 Tamarac, a division of Envestnet Inc., will participate in Schwab Intelligent Integration, according to Schwab Advisor Services.   

Some retirement plan sponsors mistakenly believe their fiduciary liability ended when the company doors closed.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a white paper offering guidelines on initiatives to bolster the voluntary employment-based retirement benefits system and retirement security for workers.

ERP Actuaries & Consultants hired Bill Radonavitch as director of new business development.

 Michael Doshier joined Franklin Templeton Investments as vice president of retirement marketing, a new position.   

Protecting retirement assets from risk is the most important concern for Americans of every age, according to Charles Schwab’s quarterly Retirement Pulse Survey.

 Pulse Logic introduced a benchmarking tool to help plan advisers assess the services they provide and what fees are appropriate.   

 E-book consumers are more often choosing tablets, while e-readers drop in popularity, according to a book industry group survey.   

 Volatility is still a concern for individual investors, but they are willing to take on more risk, say advisers surveyed by Natixis Global Asset Management.