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Saving a median of 24% of their paycheck, they have a bright financial future.

Seventy percent of DB plan sponsors are contributing more to their plans than the minimum required amount.

The ERS Fund Strategist Network from Envestnet gives retirement plan advisers scalable access to intellectual capital from more than 60 institutional managers.

The market for investment services devised to meet specific institutional client objectives will grow by more than $1 trillion over the next five years, predicts global analytics firm...

Researchers suggest taking employers out of the process of offering employees DC retirement plans.

Deana Calvelli joins Lockton; Brett Dutton comes to PNC Institutional Asset Management; Sharon Mossman and Douglass Heckman join RidgeWorth; Securian adds John Kibbe and Steve Chappell to institutional...

Executive benefits continue to be a strategic component of total rewards programs for health care executives, Mercer finds.

It’s a significant challenge for sponsors of both DB and DC plans to take charge of communications and participant education.

The financial firm says the proposal has “unduly complicated” provisions.

Prudential’s 2012 “Innovative Strategies to Help Maximize Social Security Benefits” has been updated to address concerns for same-sex couples in the wake of the Supreme Court decision.

Over-funded pension plans would have a longer time period in which they could use surpluses to pay for retiree health and life insurance benefits.

Two in ten employees say spending too much is the biggest financial mistake they have made.

A court has found questions exist about whether a privately-held company had a duty to disclose a contemplated merger to ESOP participants who sold company stock shares.

And real estate is the most popular alternative asset class for pensions, a survey shows.

Managed accounts let participants seek and receive professional investment guidance without requiring hands-on management.

Better benefits, company culture and work-life balance are the ingredients of the Best Places to Work.

Money market funds received the most inflows from defined contribution plan participant transfers in June.

Compliant-ready features have been implemented into External IT’s office suite solution that integrates with Microsoft Office 365.

Forces are set to open the 401(k) retirement plan marketplace for advisers to better serve participants.

The National Bureau of Economic Research dispels some myths about retirement.