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The use of sustainability ratings can improve the risk-return ratio of investments in corporate bonds, according to Oekom Research’s new Corporate Bonds Study.

After an especially quiet nine-month start for 2014, the first half of October saw a major upswing in 401(k) participant trading activity, according to Aon Hewitt.

Some people contend that retirees fared better when most employer-sponsored retirement plans were defined benefit (DB) pensions, but a study suggests that is not true.

No one wants to talk about it, but everyone wants to know: How do other retirement plan advisers arrive at a fee for their plans? Here, some advisers...

Investment firm Rebalance IRA found 46% of Baby Boomers polled believe they do not pay any...

A study by Transamerica reveals positive news for retirement savings in America, but there’s still room for improvement.

Michael Kushner has joined retirement plan consulting firm Cafaro Greenleaf as director of participant services.

Adviser expectations for their practice valuations are inflated, compared with actual deals closed in the past 12 months, says global analytics firm Cerulli Associates.

Lincoln Financial Group is providing educational materials for plan sponsors to use in connection with National Save for Retirement Week.

The U.S. Supreme Court announced early this month that it would review parts of an important 401(k) fee litigation case, Tibble v. Edison, sparking intense debate across the retirement planning...

A federal district court judge has found a participant in the UBS Savings and Investment Plan (SIP) lacks standing to sue regarding the offering of UBS company stock...

America’s pension system slipped two places and has fallen to 13th in the world in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index (MMGPI).

Higher education institutions are continuing to improve their retirement programs, a survey finds.

The use of consultants and advisers by retirement plan sponsors in the higher education market has almost tripled since 2010, with 90% of respondents to a survey by...

Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. (LGIMA) announced that it has hired four executives to support its expanding liability-driven investing (LDI) business.

The Principal Financial Group has introduced a personalized, at-a-glance retirement wellness scoring system for retirement plan participants.

Voya Financial Chairman and CEO Rodney Martin Jr. has taken over direct leadership of the company’s retirement solutions business.

The recent evolution of target-date funds (TDFs), like other investing programs popular with qualified retirement plan investors, has been a story of falling fees.

One of my fondest memories as a kid, and I remember it like it was yesterday, is lying next to my brother in the back of my dad’s...

The share of American adults who have never been married is at an all-time high: In 2012, one in five adults 25 and older (about 42 million people)...