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The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has resources for participants to learn about plan fees.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host two free webcasts for small-business owners as part of America Saves Week.

Northwestern Mutual is hosting a webcast designed to shatter the top five retirement planning myths.

Merrill Edge introduced Face Retirement, a social tool enabling users to see how they will look years down the line.

Only 57% of financial advisers proved their worth to clients in navigating recent market conditions, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments.

Plan design coupled with product design can result in better outcomes for retirement plan participants, said Stephen Bozeman, senior product strategist at BlackRock.

Among the primary reasons advisers join existing registered investment adviser (RIA) firms are freedom and the potential for greater income.

“Auto-enrollment is very important to the future of 401(k)s,” contends J.J. McKinney, Retirement Strategies Inc.

Independent broker/dealer Securities America has designated October “Continuity Planning Month” to address the gap in understanding of the difference between continuity plans and succession plans.

 High-net-worth investors anticipate tax increases next year and are scouting a variety of opportunities for returns, according to a Fidelity survey.  

The NAPA-net.org portal of the National Association of Plan Advisors (NAPA) and The American Society of Pension Professionals &...

The 401K Coach released the Fiduciary Advisor’s Rollover Toolkit to provide a solution and formal process for financial advisers to offer rollover IRA services.

 Plan sponsors need to create smarter retirement plan participant communication, according to Colette Ehlers, sales development consultant with Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust.   

Although the 404(a)(5) participant fee disclosure deadline has passed, advisers continue to play an important role in helping plan sponsors and participants understand fee disclosure statements.

Workers value their employer-provided health and retirement benefits, but the tax incentives that support these benefits are being scrutinized.

Risk parity is used by defined benefit plans to protect against downside risk, but “there’s no reason DC sponsors shouldn’t use it,” Invesco noted.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has made it clear that it will look for information sharing between 403(b) plan sponsors and vendors with 2009 plan audits.

 They like dividend-producing stocks and are tempering expectations for fixed income, a survey found.  

Some plan sponsors are hesitant to implement an in-plan guaranteed retirement income solution for the same reasons others are in favor of it.