Retirement planning

A new SmartAsset study finds that retirement savings vary widely by state in 2026. See how your state ranks.

President Donald Trump unveiled a federal plan offering government-backed retirement accounts with a $1,000 annual match for workers without employer-sponsored plans.

The focus of retirement planning is shifting, according to Morningstar experts, moving away from simple saving toward bespoke decumulation strategies and guaranteed lifetime income solutions.

The Labor Department is siding with plan sponsors in a growing wave of ERISA lawsuits challenging how forfeited 401(k) funds are used.

Financial advisers often urge clients to delay Social Security to maximize benefits, but new research suggests early claiming may be a rational choice.

Popular retirement withdrawal strategies like the 4% rule assume a steady rate of spending for retirees. But new research from J.P. Morgan shows that premise is often disconnected from reality.

New research highlights a widening planning gap among child-free savers, with lagging estate and long-term care planning exposing unique risks.

Most borrowers use defined contribution plan loans for essential health and housing costs rather than discretionary spending, new EBRI research found.

Researchers found that potentially traumatic childhood experiences, including physical abuse and parental separation, have lasting financial consequences, shaping workers' savings and retirement security decades later.

Mindful of cumbersome rules and the potential for blended-family feuds, advisers can help take the lead on keeping the peace for benefit plan participants.

Rising Part B costs will absorb much of Social Security's 2026 cost-of-living adjustment — leaving less room in retirees' budgets.

Generation Z is favoring Roth accounts like no generation before, new Fidelity research shows.

The country's second-largest bank has unveiled a digital platform for retirement decisions — not on how to save, but how to disburse those savings in a steady, sustainable way.

Companies with 10 or more workers would have to contribute at least 50 cents per hour worked to each employee's retirement account.

The industry asked for and received a delay in the rule from the IRS in 2023. Now that it's going into effect, here are the key implications for sponsors and savers.

Without comprehensive financial planning benefits at their disposal, employees will remain unprepared for the future.

The Social Security Administration announced its cost-of-living adjustment for beneficiaries — a figure advocates say fails to address the reality for most seniors.

New Vanguard research finds workers with access to defined contribution plans are twice as likely to reach retirement goals.