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Investment managers are assessing how social forces such as populism and a desire in many industries for less regulation could impact global growth and portfolio performance. 

TIAA Hires New President; Mass Mutual Appoints Community Responsibility Director; Mercer Acquires Thomsons Online Benefits; and more.

While there is some uncertainty about the specifics, digital advice clearly has an important role to play in the advising industry for the years and decades to come.

Retirement plan provider firms have made signification additions or improvements to their retirement readiness tools, and recent digital innovations include responsive design.

There are a wide variety of mistakes plan fiduciaries can make; getting it all right is an ongoing team effort. 

Data provided by Fidelity shows organic growth among RIA firms dropped again in 2015; yet there is reluctance to take on major change in terms of pricing and...

Hartford Funds Reduces Fees for Strategic Beta ETFs; John Hancock Launches ESG-Focused Funds; TIAA’s Nuveen Releases ESG-Focused ETFs.

K-12 403(b) plan participants have long enjoyed the personal touch of meeting with advisers one-on-one, but plan sponsors could use a nudge in using lower-cost investment options.

Incorporation of ESG factors in investment decisionmaking doubled for corporate plans since last year.

An ICI analysis suggests the share of retirees with private-sector pension income nearly doubled between 1975 and 2015.

The bill would ensure benefits keep up with changes in the economy by using a more accurate measure of inflation for the annual cost-of-living-adjustment, among other things.

Social Security, company funded plans, home equity, and inheritance are less frequently cited as sources of retirement income among workers.

The IRS noted that the fact that a change in a qualification requirement is included on the RA List does not mean that a plan must be amended...

The online tool is designed to help investors decide whether to allocate extra income to retirement savings or pay down student loans.

A new survey by the PSCA also found that more than half of 403(b) plan sponsors expect to make no change in light of the fiduciary rule scheduled...

Nearly half of insurers feel the DOL conflict of interest rule would positively impact sales of fee-based annuities, according to Cerulli Associates; less certain is how to effectively...

Even though more than half of investors turn to financial professionals, investment literacy is low especially among women, a new survey finds. 

There were eight above-normal trading days in November alone, the highest since May 2015. 

The majority think they will be even better off financially in 2017.

As implementation of the DOL’s fiduciary rule approaches, advisers may have to choose between remaining in the DC business and pursuing traditional wealth management.