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Eighty-one percent would prefer a product with a guaranteed 4% return.

How ‘robo’ methods turned the investment strategy into a viable default for 401(k) plans. 

ERISA attorney outlines key fiduciary responsibilities related to retirement plan distributions and rollovers.

Clients with pension plans undergoing distress or involuntary termination should know the agency issued a new table for determining expected retirement ages for participants.

Mercer expands defined benefit capabilities within BenefitsCentral participant website.

A forthcoming book by Peter Brady at the Investment Company Institute suggests Americans across the income spectrum get a pretty even shake when it comes to retirement benefits. 

Each year our sister publication PLANSPONSOR releases a much-anticipated update to its Defined Contribution Survey, acknowledged as one of the leading retirement planning industry snapshots.

In her new role at Voya Financial, Mary Witherow takes on responsibility for client satisfaction, retention and growth in the large corporate market. 

Dave Gray, a Charles Schwab executive tasked with shaping and managing client experience, tells PLANADVISER technology development and integration will be a top theme in 2016.

However, that increase was not seen in corporate retirement plans, according to a Callan survey.

Retirement plan providers continue to place more emphasis on their mobile presence, according to Corporate Insight research.

The industry wants to get ahead of an expected talent shortage.

Only 1.8% stopped contributing to their defined contribution plan. 

An analysis from Fidelity explores the many long-term pitfalls and few short-term benefits of taking a loan from a DC retirement account. 

The parent company of PLANADVISER says the appointments were made in support of an expansion plan.

Student loans, when prioritized over retirement savings, can rob retirement investors of huge sums by age 65, a LIMRA study finds.

Among U.S. adults who are saving for old age, two-thirds are financially literate.

Would-be participants can now join their company’s retirement plan via the MyLifeNow application. 

No way around it—new research from TIAA-CREF into the way U.S. retirement savers think about their investments is downright troubling. 

U.S. financial adviser headcount increased a little more than 1% in 2014, Cerulli finds.