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Most investors still do not understand the difference between stockbrokers and financial planners.

Australia has a private savings system that, by all accounts, is working to the benefit of savers and financial advisers alike – but it doesn’t seem to be...

Advisers who help clients put together a formal retirement income plan end up with more assets – and more referrals - from more satisfied customers.

Nearly one in five adults expects to work until they die, and perhaps with good reason, based on their savings rates.

With final regulations rumored to be just weeks away, a new survey of the 403(b) market finds an industry seemingly poised to exploit those changes.

As the parent of a daughter away at college for the first time, the events in Blacksburg, Virginia, last week had a particularly horrific effect.

Fidelity Investments’ Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Robert L. Reynolds announced his departure today.

When it comes to social trust, there's a significant difference between living in the city and the country - it's just not entirely clear why.

Baby boomers plans for cash needs in retirement will likely frustrate their advisers: they plan to withdraw significant sums of money early on, drawing down their savings faster...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this year plans to turn its attention to fees paid, and how they are disclosed, to 401(k) plan investors, according to Chairman...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Matthew Greenwald&Associates published the 17th Annual Retirement Confidence Index last week – and, for the very most part, it’s probably safe...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Matthew Greenwald&Associates published the 17th Annual Retirement Confidence Index last week – and, for the very most part, it’s probably safe...

Adopting a process-centric approach to retirement income management will provide better service to clients and will lead to faster asset growth for the adviser, along with higher productivity...

Even as defined contribution plans emerge as the preferred employer-sponsored pension plan, a survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Matthew Greenwald&Associates suggests that workers may...

Sooner or later in your career, you are exposed to the 80/20 rule or, as purists term it, the Pareto principle.

Sooner or later in your career, you are exposed to the 80/20 rule or, as purists term it, the Pareto principle.

Married men and women participating in a recent survey agreed that the top two reasons for turning to a financial adviser are to prepare for retirement (58% of...

Looks like Bill Gates will have to 'shop around.'

A new white paper released by Franklin Templeton Bank & Trust provides guidance to advisers about using directed trust services to retain management of assets of affluent baby...

When Fidelity announced this last week that it was dropping its pension plan, it drew my attention.