Data & Research

The Profit Sharing/401k Council of America (PSCA) found the number of sponsors offering investment advice is on the rise.

After rising for five years, the average 401(k) retirement account fell 24.3% in 2008, according to an analysis of participants in the Employee Benefit Research Institute/Investment Company Institute...

Most Americans plan to work as long as they can, and are investing their retirement money without the help of a financial adviser, a Bankrate survey found.

A new by the Principal Financial Group found that among the 75% of plan sponsors jobbing out the recordkeeping for their nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, 92% are...

More than three-quarters (79%) of affluent investors are satisfied with their financial adviser, according to a new quarterly survey by Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.

Despite the ongoing economic turmoil, a poll taken for National Payroll Week found that the majority of those polled have not disturbed their 401(k) deferrals since September 2008.

Before advisers or financial institutions, Millennials turn to their parents and friends for financial information.

Four-in-10 surveyed New Jersey plan sponsors use a financial adviser to help educate employees, while 33% do not provide any help in educating employees regarding their 401(k) plans....

An Aon Consulting survey indicates employers are taking a wait-and-see approach before changing their retirement programs.

While many investors still do not understand the features of a Roth IRA or know about the conversion opportunity just months away, most said they would look to...

Forty-one percent of defined contribution assets are controlled by consultants, with the majority of these assets in large plans with more than $500 million in assets, according to...

Americans of all income levels and ethnic groups look on the spending and saving changes they have made in response to the economic turmoil of 2008 and 2009...

Rules barring participants from making 401(k) contributions for six months after taking a hardship withdrawal should be eased to help employees more quickly recover a more substantial retirement...

Fewer than half of plan sponsors said their benefits budgets increased over 2008, down from the two-thirds of those polled about their 2007 and 2006 spending, a Prudential...

Nearly half (47%) of employers are now automatically enrolling participants into a retirement plan and another third are seriously considering it, a new survey found.

Forty-two percent of corporate finance executives said they are very likely to limit high-risk investments for their defined contribution plans, according to a poll by CFO Research Services...

Parents who use advisers would like more help with college-related decisions, according to a Fidelity survey.

Variable annuities are now more widely held than fixed annuities among nonqualified annuity owners, according to a Gallup poll.

A CareerBuilder survey found more than one-in-five (21%) workers said they have reduced their 401(k) contributions or personal savings in the last six months to get by financially.

A new report from The Principal suggests that actively sponsored non-profit plans, including 403(b) plans, are achieving the same level of success as their for-profit counterparts.