Tag: IRA

Most savers are withdrawing from individual retirement accounts (IRAs) at a rate likely sustain some level of monthly income throughout retirement, according to an EBRI analysis.

Average individual retirement account (IRA) contributions for tax year 2013 reached $4,150—a 5.7% increase from 2012 and an all-time high, according to Fidelity Investments.

Savings in defined contribution (DC) retirement plan accounts recordkept by Fidelity grew 12.9% in the last year, to an average balance of $91,000.

Several proposed tax reforms would restructure how retirement vehicles are taxed and could negatively impact retirement plans in a number of ways.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final rules regarding longevity annuities—aimed at bringing more flexibility to retirement savers using the fixed-income vehicles as a longevity hedge.

Unlike traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs), contributions are the predominant way investors open Roth IRAs, according to a new Investment Company Institute (ICI) analysis.

Retiring Baby Boomers helped push individual retirement account (IRA) rollovers to $324 billion during 2013, according to Cerulli Associates, with total IRA assets hitting $6.5 trillion by year’s...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) upheld a lower court’s determination that inherited individual retirement accounts (IRAs) do not share the same bankruptcy protections as self-funded...

The average retirement plan participant’s decision to leave 401(k) assets in-plan or actuate a distribution when leaving an employer often hinges on whether they are retiring or taking...

Roth IRA balances grew at twice the rate of traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) between 2010 and 2012, according to a new analysis from the Employee Benefit Research...

Curtis L. DeYoung squandered more than $22 million of investor funds on high-risk investments, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a statement.

Individual retirement account (IRA) rollovers increased 7.3% during 2013 to reach $321.3 billion in total rolled-over assets, according to financial analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

In 2010, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) launched a large compliance project, the 401(k) Questionnaire.

Roth 401(k) plan features are gaining in popularity, Aon Hewitt research finds.

The push for establishing mandatory access to workplace retirement savings provides important insights into the path advocacy groups must take to influence national retirement policy.

The young and affluent members of Generation Y (a.k.a., Millennials) show a higher use of online brokerage accounts over defined contribution (DC) plans, says a new study.

Judging whether conflict of interest rules permit an adviser to recommend rollovers—under both current law and the pending fiduciary redefinition—hinges on three important considerations.

Ever wonder why so many different regulators are voicing concern over employer-sponsored retirement plan account rollover practices—especially rollovers into individual retirement accounts (IRAs)?

The overwhelming majority of clients feel their advisers are serving their best interests and meeting fiduciary responsibilities, according to research from the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).

Most American workers spend less time per year managing an individual retirement account (IRA) than it takes to choose a restaurant on a special occasion, according to an...