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Societal concerns are gaining more attention, and with that visibility, more companies and 401(k) participants are looking to invest their money in a cause they believe in.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a 1.7% benefit increase for 2015.

Retirement plan advisers share examples of how they sparked plan participants to save a little more, from skipping expensive daily coffee and brown-bagging lunch to “forgetting” about a...

If one of your retirement plan participants wanted to establish a drawdown strategy for retirement income, could she assemble an appropriate strategy using the tools and resources available...

The combined challenges of saving for retirement, paying for health care and keeping financial information safe online have many Americans worried, according to the COUNTRY Financial Security Index.

Higher education institutions that offer a 403(b) or Roth 403(b) plan are adopting practices that lead to a greater focus on participants’ retirement readiness, a survey finds.

MassMutual’s retirement services group has added several members to its Taft-Hartley retirement plan client service team.

Total private defined contribution (DC) plan assets surpassed $4.7 trillion at the end of 2013, with $1 trillion in adviser-sold channels, according to Cerulli Associates.

The use of sustainability ratings can improve the risk-return ratio of investments in corporate bonds, according to Oekom Research’s new Corporate Bonds Study.

After an especially quiet nine-month start for 2014, the first half of October saw a major upswing in 401(k) participant trading activity, according to Aon Hewitt.

Some people contend that retirees fared better when most employer-sponsored retirement plans were defined benefit (DB) pensions, but a study suggests that is not true.

No one wants to talk about it, but everyone wants to know: How do other retirement plan advisers arrive at a fee for their plans? Here, some advisers...

Investment firm Rebalance IRA found 46% of Baby Boomers polled believe they do not pay any...

A study by Transamerica reveals positive news for retirement savings in America, but there’s still room for improvement.

Michael Kushner has joined retirement plan consulting firm Cafaro Greenleaf as director of participant services.

Adviser expectations for their practice valuations are inflated, compared with actual deals closed in the past 12 months, says global analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Lincoln Financial Group is providing educational materials for plan sponsors to use in connection with National Save for Retirement Week.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced early this month that it would review parts of an important 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison, sparking intense debate across the retirement planning...

A federal district court judge has found a participant in the UBS Savings and Investment Plan (SIP) lacks standing to sue regarding the offering of UBS company stock...

America’s pension system slipped two places and has fallen to 13th in the world in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI).