In its quarterly Sentiment Survey of registered investment advisers (RIAs), TD Ameritrade found 73% of respondents said business has grown in the last six months.
Conscientious and generally responsible Americans save more for retirement than others, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center.
The Principal Financial Group found that plans who start auto-enrollment at a 3% deferral rate have a lower average deferral rate than plans without an automatic enrollment feature.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report on plan participant contribution activities found many plan sponsors are using a combination of automated and...
The fifth annual MullinTBG-PLANSPONSOR Executive Benefits Survey shows companies are using nonqualified deferred compensation plans (NQDCPs) as a valuable tool for restoring weakened retirement savings.
A UBS Survey found that a large majority of equity compensation participants feel strongly that a comprehensive understanding of their plan will help them reach a secure retirement....
Less than half of affluent investors are completely satisfied with their current employer-sponsored retirement plan provider, according to a new report released by Cogent Research.
The share of defined contribution plan participants that stopped making contributions in 2010 was significantly lower than the share that stopped contributing in 2009.
A recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research critically analyzes previous attempts to explain conversions of government pension provision systems, or social security systems,...
A Sun Life Financial survey suggests that over nine in ten American workers either have no idea what their health care costs are likely to be in retirement,...
Having a goal for retirement savings can cause participants to be more engaged in actively planning for their retirement, according to a survey from Diversified’s Retirement Research Council.
Women’s confidence in their ability to plan for retirement has reached a three-year high, with 69% of women rating their confidence level as good or very good, according...
Though employees are expected to take on more decision-making and financial responsibility for their employee benefits, employee education and communications have become a much lower priority for employers.
When asked to categorize a list of personal and financial concerns, 64% of survey respondents said “needing to save for retirement” is “highly important,” though eight other choices...
A 2009 follow-up survey of households that completed the 2007 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) found changes in families’ savings intentions or behavior, their tolerance for financial risk,...