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Significant retirement industry attention is fixed on the potential negative implications of a stronger fiduciary standard, but some advisers are actually looking forward to the new rulemaking.

True or false: a given asset manager’s 2050 target-date fund will outperform its 2045 counterpart during a year of strong market growth and manageable volatility.

A recent survey from Fifth Third Bank finds a vast majority of Americans cannot identify the Internal Revenue Service’s limits placed on annual tax-advantaged retirement plan deferrals.

A new report suggests health care costs will consume a rising percentage of Social Security benefits for future retirees.

A new research paper from J.P. Morgan Asset Management seeks to educate plan sponsors and advisers about the dynamic interplay of risks involved in target-date fund (TDF) investing.

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.

Implications of two litigation outcomes in June 2014 depend on the type of employee stock ownership plan an employer offers.

Institutional investors are not acting fully on their own expectations when making their asset-allocation decisions, research suggests.

President Barack Obama said he expects opposition from special interest groups to the pending fiduciary rule, even though specifics of the rulemaking have not yet been disclosed.

The acquisition of New York Life Retirement Plan Services widens John Hancock’s breadth of solutions for retirement plans.

A hardy banking industry, strong health care services and solid economic performance have kept Switzerland’s retirement system at the top of Natixis’ 2015 Global Retirement Index.

A draft version of a White House memo and a new website are causing some sparks in the adviser community.

Asset management and financial technology company EQIS appointed Tom Cote to head its capital 401(k) managed account program.

About one in 10 plan sponsors replaced their target-date fund/balanced fund manager in 2014.

An SEC filing reveals that RadioShack is facing several lawsuits over the company stock investment offering...

The United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in the closely watched 401(k) fee litigation case Tibble v. Edison near the end of February.

An increasingly competitive retirement plan services market is pushing advisers into new territory and could lead to greater adoption of exchange-traded funds in defined contribution plans.