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Asset International, publisher of PLANADVISER and PLANSPONSOR, has launched a new research library compiling data and analysis from across its global media and analytics businesses.

In a letter to lawmakers, ICI's president urged Congress to support bills that offer a different way to implement a best interest standard.

A district court judge said her reading of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Fifth Thirdv. Dudenhoeffer does not preclude application of the "alternative action" standard to closely...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is proposing to cut penalties for late payment of premiums in an effort to reduce costs and make it easier for plan sponsors...

The firm has issued a white paper in honor of the 10-year anniversary of the PPA.

The way retirement plan participants are communicated with drives higher trust levels.

A new Q&A pinpoints changes in the final fiduciary regulation.

RetirementAdvantage is now available through LPL’s Vendor Affinity Program

The younger generation wants help with financial planning and investing, but tends to rely on friends and family for advice rather than working with an adviser.

The tools and resources are designed to help advisers succeed in the regulatory environment created by the finalized DOL fiduciary rule.

Given how prone the Labor Secretary and other DOL officials are to cite severe negative impacts of conflicted retirement advice on average Americans, some advisers are surprised (and...

The levels of high satisfaction in retirement started to drop in 2004, a study finds.

The decline was primarily driven by asset flows into lower-priced vehicles, Morningstar says.

Nearly two-thirds of 403(b) plan sponsors engage an adviser or consultant, and survey results suggest that this number could be on the rise, a Cerulli report says.

However, they are looking to keep group benefits costs down.

But their definition of what it means has dramatically changed to focus on family and security.

The company has also created a retirement calculator.

 

Fewer military members contributed to retirement accounts last year, but working with an adviser improved outcomes.

Language used to describe annuities should reduce the possibility of death-related thoughts, the researchers suggest.

The 9th Circuit reversed a district court decision that a participant did not prove he was entitled to benefits, saying the burden of proof should be on the...