In Practice

A new report calls for asset managers to create initiatives that are more effectively tied to a firm’s brand and market position as understood by the adviser, providing...

The registered investment adviser (RIA) market will continue to experience rapid growth in the next five years says a new study from the Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC unit...

The use of brokers by institutional investors to execute single stock trades is gradually becoming defunct, giving way to more cost efficient electronic and portfolio trading systems, according...

More than half (56%) of employees say they are financially worse off this year than they were last year, and 30% say they are one major setback away...

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Americans need to add a fourth leg to the traditional “three-legged stool″ paradigm to properly prepare themselves for life after their full-time work lives come to an end,...

A research paper authored by a trio of university economists argues that most of the concerns that Americans’ retirement savings are insufficient to pay for their golden years...

Fidelity Investments snagged the top overall spot in Kasina’s ranking of defined contribution plan Web sites for participants, while the Vanguard Group came in first for plan sponsors.

A new white paper from the Principal Financial Group offers a perspective on the new role of a fiduciary adviser.

In-plan investments that provide guaranteed income should be used as part of an overall allocation strategy, garnering only about 15% to 30% of a deferral, said Joseph Eck,...

We don’t have a large yard, but it’s big enough to be “unruly.″

More than eight in ten (83%) 401(k) participants acknowledged they actually do not know how much they pay in fees and expenses associated with their plan.

The fourth of seven ineffective habits of retirement plan advisers

What would broker-dealers do with an extra $100,000 to invest in their businesses? Spend it on technology.

About 57% of U.S. households should be able to live comfortably in retirement if they work until age 65 and buy annuities with their retirement nest egg, a...

Advisers predict that auto enrollment and auto deferral increases are the two principal features most likely to shape the retirement marketplace over the next three years.

Fidelity Investments’ latest study of its defined contribution clients showed that corporate DC employees overall are on track to have an income replacement of just 17%.

If you’re having trouble getting folks on the phone, or finding them in the office – odds are they are taking a summer vacation.

In order to complete a thorough benchmarking study of a retirement plan provider, it is vital that an adviser first understand a company’s culture and what the plan...

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