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Like individual investors, TDF portfolio managers feel pressure to react to short-term trends and speculative market headlines; as with individuals, performance depends on efficient portfolios and a principled...

Helping clients develop an estate plan may help them avoid certain tax consequences, Fidelity says.

Plaintiffs from the Caterpillar retirement plan feel the price paid for advice was too high and was not transparently tied to the level of service delivered. 

Plan Power by Prudential evaluates a range of plan design features, so financial advisers can help plan sponsors see how making certain changes could result in positive participant...

Medium- and long-term return assumptions that had already been fairly muted heading into 2017 should be adjusted downward even further, a new analysis from Cerulli Associates contends. 

Defendants unsuccessfully argued that the breach of fiduciary claims should be dismissed because they fulfilled their duties by offering an array of investment options.

Shifting regulations, evolving consumer demands and a strong response from established providers are real challenges, but low-cost automated 401(k) platform providers remain committed to DC industry disruption. 

Paychex Adds LPL Financial’s Employee Advice Solution; Amerilife Names New CEO; New Sales Consultant Joins The Retirement Advantage; and more.

A lawsuit filed against JP Morgan Chase in New York levels a series of allegations that are by now very familiar to retirement industry professionals. 

In a report, the Council offers a framework for plan sponsors and providers to address cyber security issues.

Ted Benna, whom some call the ‘father of the 401(k),’ and Lori Lucas of Callan, offer suggestions to improve retirement security for Americans.

This is the question in a petition before the Supreme Court in a case involving a leveraged buyout of an ESOP.

Janney will utilize Advicent’s NaviPlan financial planning software along with its expanded retirement income evaluation tools. 

The Social Security eSource will help advisers provide guidance to clients.

“If interest rates continue to climb, the funded ratio could make some major gains,” says Zorast Wadia, at Milliman.

Voya contends its study suggests an opportunity for advisers to add value by educating sponsors about the factors that contribute to retirement readiness.

Nearly one-third of investors globally say they would switch to Google, Amazon or Facebook for banking, insurance and financial advisory services. 

The year that concluded in December started with one of the worst opening months for the equity markets on record, followed by a strong rally in Q4 that...

To appreciate the riskiness of a stock intimately involves its market valuation, and to argue that the ESOP fiduciaries should have been able to outguess the market’s valuation...

Cerulli Associates measures a 10% jump in the number of people willing to pay for financial advice since 2008.