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Data does not suggest a strong connection between increases in contribution limits and the creation of new retirement plans, according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) study.

Nearly three in four Americans (73%) say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market, even after a stellar 2013, according to new research from...

BNY Mellon Investment Management hired Ryland Pruett as national sales manager for The Dreyfus Corporation, a division of BNY Mellon providing mutual funds and separate account services.

Nearly half of American workers feel stressed about their finances, says a new Principal Financial Group analysis, although worry seems to diminish among those seeking professional advice.

When I was a youngster many years ago, my mother taught me to look both ways before crossing the street. I was precocious and told my mother that...

For the second time, a U.S. district court has found State Street Bank and Trust did not violate its duties to General Motors (GM) retirement plan participants in...

Value, not just cost, is what plan sponsors and participants should see when reviewing fee disclosures, some contend.

Envestnet Tamarac, a division of Envestnet, Inc. that provides integrated portfolio software for independent advisers, has released the next generation of its client relationship management (CRM) application.

Investment advisory firm Arnerich Massena has expanded its fiduciary education program to include retirement plans.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) launched an initiative to assess the cybersecurity of registered broker/dealers and investment advisers.

Increasing health care costs are predicted to exceed the Social Security benefits of middle-class American retirees, new research finds.

When performing annual retirement plan financial audits, plan sponsors and their auditors should look for potential “red flags” for regulators.

A new study from the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Research and Practice Institute finds financial advisers are not completely in control of their time and business operations.

A new customizable report card tool from Great-West Financial helps retirement plan sponsors and advisers evaluate a plan’s overall performance according to a variety of key metrics.

Sure it's good to achieve a “comfortable” retirement, but one investment manager says many retirement plan participants are struggling to achieve even basic levels of retirement income adequacy.

A lawsuit brought by the Department of Labor (DOL) recently resulted in a court judgment that orders the fiduciaries of a Columbia, Maryland, 401(k) plan to pay restitution...

The aggregate funded status of the 100 largest U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans fell by $5 billion during March, as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it will discontinue its letter-forwarding program, through which it attempts to help third-parties communicate serious financial or familial matters to “missing”...

What is the trustee of a retirement plan that offers employer stock as an investment option supposed to do with inside information that the stock price may be...

Senior citizens have historically been late adopters to the world of technology compared with younger consumers, but their movement into digital life continues to deepen.