In Practice

You’ve perhaps heard about studies that suggest that more boys were born just ahead of the two World Wars.

Morningstar’s fifth annual best and worst 529 college savings plan study found improvements in plan investment lineups and fees.

Two blue-ribbon private-sector committees have released lists of best practices for hedge fund investors and asset managers, according to a government news release.

Less than one-third (31%) of GenXers polled believe they will one day be able to fully retire.

Californians who don’t have access to a retirement savings plan at work could be able to set up a 401(k)-style account through the state of California under a...

In general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men.

Worker confidence in being able to afford a comfortable retirement decreased over the past year by a rate unmatched in the 18 years of the Retirement Confidence Survey,...

About half of employees want their employers to provide retirement advice and almost as many (44%, increasing from 30% last year) would like to receive access to general...

Four in 10 American adults (41%) are holding off on major life decisions – including retirement - either because they are financially strapped or worried about the U.S....

Advisers covered by wholesalers and who use the Web as an effective sales tool averaged 25% more sales than those who do not use the Web, according to...

Ours is an industry of fairly recent invention–one that is, in many respects, only just beginning to emerge from the growth pangs of adolescence.

Nearly half (46%) of the advisers in a recent poll said their clients are still tracking their expectations of a decade ago for a timely retirement.

Although retirement plan providers supply investment education materials to 56% of participants surveyed by Spectrem Group, only 12% said they refer to these materials on a regular basis...

John Barry of Torrance, California has been named the 2008 PLANSPONSOR Retirement Plan Adviser of the Year and FFoA in Pearl River, New York has been named the...

Only one-third of respondents to a survey by Bank of America are on track with their retirement planning efforts, and nearly one-quarter (23%) report they have not started...

A recent study suggests current economic woes may lead financial advisers to rely more heavily on asset manager leadership.

The “pat″ answer to that question has long been “to get to the other side.″

A new survey found that 43% of non-retirees said debt affects their ability to save for a comfortable retirement “a great deal,″ while 32% of non-retirees said debt...

Affluent active savers are much more optimistic about their ability to reach their financial goals and their control level towards their finances than they are about the state...

Although nearly all (95%) consumers would have to change their lifestyle if they lost part of their family’s income for three to six months, only about half reported...