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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to take two months paternity, citing studies that show families are better off when working parents can spend time with their newborns.

Healthcare spending and rising costs are having a big effect on employers. As new treatments are developed, many Americans with employer-sponsored insurance continue to see increases in premiums and out-of-pocket costs, according to the most recent data from IMS Health. Here are some of the biggest drivers of healthcare spending, according to the U.S. Medicines Report.

Betterment, Blooom and Captain401 bring new choices to the 401(k) investment advice space. Are they a good fit for your organization?

Betterment, Blooom and Captain401 bring new choices to the 401(k) investment advice space. Are they a good fit for your organization?

Employees’ financial circumstances are unique, and an employer’s retirement plan must prepare to meet those different needs. Here are five questions that employers and their advisers must have strong answers to in order to help employees save for the future.

Commentary: For the employer, the need to retain employees is strong and absorbing additional cost in the benefit plan will have strong short-term consideration.

Canadian institutional money manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec sets its sights on the U.S. market with its new infrastructure investment model, CDPQ Infra.

Commentary: A former Intel Corporation employee is suing the company for allegedly breaching its fiduciary responsibilities by investing employees’ retirement money in “risky and high-cost” hedge funds and private equity funds.

Internship and mentoring programs are popular among some of the nation’s top advisory firms, but they also know it takes more than a cursory relationship with universities to recruit and retain talented producers. See how brokerages such as Arthur J. Gallagher, Lockton, Willis and USI Insurance Services are securing the loyalty of the nation’s up-and-coming elite advisers.

Commentary: Be on the lookout for NextAgency, an enrollment and administration firm with benefit adviser interests in mind.