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Higher-income workers, making $90,000 a year, will pay $277,000, according to America’s Best 401k.

The text of a combined bill drawing together the House and Senate proposals is slowly emerging ahead of critical up-or-down floor votes scheduled for early next week.

In addition to expanding access to MEPs, the bill would facilitate lifetime income disclosure and clarify the current annuity selection safe harbor.

Hartford Funds Adds ETF Seeking Tax-Exempt Income, and Wilmington Trust Releases Margin Management Solution with AcadiaSoft Services.

The Center for Retirement Research projects that 40% of those born between 1976 and 1985 will be unable to replace 75% of the income they received between the...

The interactive Retirement Plan Comparison Tool is powered by Vanguard’s How America Saves data.

All employees would have 6% of their income contributed to a workplace retirement plan and have these contributions automatically escalated each year.

The advancement of President Trump’s nominee to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits Security Administration might not grab mainstream media headlines, but it...

IRI’s basic argument is that empirical evidence shows the outsized role advisers and consultants play in boosting investing outcomes—and that these professionals should not face overly burdensome restrictions...

New research from Finhabits, a retirement plan robo-advisory platform, suggests small businesses in Hispanic-majority metro areas struggle to offer retirement plans, but there are opportunities for significantly improving...

The legislation would take steps to provide additional anti-cutback protections for Teamsters, miners, and other unionized American workers who have paid significant sums into multiemployer pension funds.

The RETIRE Act would ensure employers make retirement information easily accessible online, while providing protections for employees who prefer to receive paper documents.

With Americans expecting to live to age 90 and many finding retirement savings a challenge, work, at least part-time, could become a retirement expectation for many.

The calendars summarize the annual compliance requirements and disclosure obligations that retirement and health plan sponsors need to know.

An American Century study also found that when offered the option of receiving either a 100% match on 3% of their retirement plan contributions or a 3% higher...

The study also reveals a disconnect between the capital preservation recommendations advisers say they are providing and the actions plan sponsors are taking. 

The firm says the tool allows individuals to take control of their competing financial priorities by automating their spending and saving for short- and long-term goals.

In addition, the use of online sources of information and advice is growing.

Troubling, many of the companies that say they have formal succession planning programs in place in truth dedicate very few hard-dollar resources, if any, to help.

Forty-six percent say they would “save less” or “stop saving” in their 401(k) if the tax deferred status of their plan was taken away, according to the Wells...