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Prudential Group Insurance, a business of Prudential Financial introduced a tool that allows employers to measure the financial wellness of their workers.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services added new transaction functionalities to its mobile application for retirement plan participants.

A new paper suggests that favorable assessments of aggregate retirement readiness in the United States often rely on untested assumptions.

Pentegra Retirement Services has named Bob Riebesehl as regional director of the company’s qualified plan sales.

Destel-Bergen Corporation is merging its retirement plan administrative services practice into DWC.

Six relationship managers have been added to MassMutual’s network in New England, New York, the West, Southwest and mid-Atlantic region, boosting the number to 103.

Financial research and analytics firm Cerulli Associates finds managed account programs are more resistant to fee compression than other commonly used qualified default investment alternatives.

Open architect retirement plan provider, 401kDirect, announces the appointment of its newest president and chief marketing officer.

In a letter to the Office of Management and Budget, GOP senators predict dire consequences for American workers if the "fiduciary rule" has not changed significantly from the...

CAPTRUST and Pensionmark Retirement Group will create a new entity intended to be the industry’s premier platform for retirement plan advisers.

Retirement plan administrator Fifth Third Bank announced the availability of Dave Ramsey's new SmartDollar financial wellness program for its clients' retirement plan participants.

Nearly 40 million working-age households, or about 45% of all working-age U.S. households, do not own any retirement account assets.

Net new investment to stock and bond funds totaled $56.7 billion in February, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

Financial advisers are not adequately preparing to deliver advanced digital capabilities to meet the expectations of younger generations of investors, according to Aite Group research.

Adding a financial wellness program can cut plan costs and reduce a plan sponsors’ fiduciary risk. 

According to the Pension Rights Center, the nation faces an almost $8 trillion shortfall in retirement income.

Less than a quarter of wirehouse advisers control nearly half of all traditionally advised assets, says Cerulli Associates in a new report. 

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries has rebranded as the American Retirement Association.

Automatic enrollment is touted as a must-use feature for defined contribution retirement plan sponsors to increase plan participation, but many plan sponsors cannot use this feature.

Baby Boomers who have cut the apron strings for their adult kids are twice as likely to be retired than ones who haven’t, a survey finds.