by Matt Matrisian
Generation-proof your business to ensure growth opportunities as boomers retire.
by FA Staff
Defined contribution commitments totaled $40.5 billion for the first half of this year, the firm reported today.
by FA Staff
Participants who take out loans from 401(k) accounts are more likely to make lower contributions, says New York Life.
by FA Staff
Eighty percent of defined contribution participants believe a guaranteed monthly payout benefit is a ‘must have’, according to a study released today by State Street Global Advisors.
by
Ted Knutson
High-cost investment choices by consumers and fiduciaries are substantially hurting 401(k) returns, according to a new study.
by
Bloomberg News
The broadest rally in U.S. stocks since at least 1990 signals the bull market for America’s largest corporations will last at least until the end of the year, if history is a guide.
by FA Staff
Retirement plan participation rates increase up to 70 percent when plans use key design features, new research shows.
by FA Staff
Saving for retirement is a major objective for 77 percent of defined contribution plan participants who work with a financial advisor—20 points higher than the percentage of those who do not have...
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Kathy Lynch
Time and resource management are key challenges that are preventing advisors from participating in the multi-billion dollar micro- to small-plan retirement market, Guardian surveys find.
by
Ted Knutson
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is considering establishing services to help participants and beneficiaries find missing IRA accounts.
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Ted Knutson
The U.S. Supreme Court decisions that strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and basically permit gay marriage in California offer financial benefits for same-sex couples.
by FA Staff
In many cases, savings for retirement decreases as employees spend more to cover health care costs, according to a recent study of workplace savings.
by
Karen DeMasters
Seven financial services industry and consumer organizations are protesting a bill pending in Congress that the organizations say would harm consumers by hindering the DOL and SEC from making changes...
by
Karen DeMasters
Members of the Congressional Black, Hispanic and Pacific Asian caucuses have asked the Department of Labor to not harm their constituents in revising the definition of a fiduciary.
by
Kathy Lynch
Thirty-six percent of 401(k) participants used professionally managed accounts in 2012—a percentage double what it was five years earlier and on track to hit 55 percent in five years, according to...
by FA Staff
Three government agencies worked together to create retirement resource.
by Harry Dalessio
Retirement plan advisors have a tremendous opportunity to retain and grow business.
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Ted Knutson
Social unrest is possible in the long term if the retirement security and federal deficit issues are not fixed, American Benefits Council President Jim Klein warned today.
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Ted Knutson
Federal rules on the fiduciary responsibility of financial advisors to pension plans should be proposed by the U.S...
by FA Staff
Michael Fennessy, John Jennings and Jonathon Matson join the firm as regional vice presidents.
