Retirement planning

Older American workers are feeling more unsettled than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic marks the second major financial setback they’ve endured in little more than a decade.

Saving for retirement is undermined when employees are also building up debt at the same time.

The COVID-19 crisis is creating greater challenges for certain employee demographics, impacting their ability to save for retirement.

With rates likely to remain low, investors, and especially participants in sponsored 401(k) plans, need every dollar they can save to achieve their goals in retirement.

Retirement security in the U.S. is facing elevated threats of lower interest rates, recession, income inequality and climate-related natural disasters.

The original purpose for a 401(k) plan was not supposed to be the primary retirement vehicle for U.S. employees, says Harry Dalessio, the head of institutional retirement plan services at Prudential Retirement.

The financial planning tool gives participants mobile access to their mutual fund retirement accounts and offers a series of features that make retirement planning easier.

A comprehensive guide to how these provisions affect employees' retirement plannings from organizations of all sizes.

Defined contribution plan participants will seriously diminish their retirement savings if they prematurely cash out all or part of their 401(k) savings account balances.

If the court ends up making this choice, intended family members may lose out — all for want of filling out a one-page form.