Retirement planning

Professionally managed accounts can play a role in helping employees be better prepared for retirement, yet many workers don’t have a good understanding of how they work.

As President Obama prepares to release his budget proposal that is expected to include a provision to expand retirement coverage among small businesses, there is an urgent need for innovative solutions to help participants take their 401(k)s with them when they change jobs.

Technology offers simplicity, transparency, mobility and portability, and advisers should embrace it, says Chad Parks.

Providing employees with access to such a benefit can help companies stand apart from competitors, says Adam Potter.

Offering a financial wellness program — or a better financial wellness program — can help companies stand apart from competitors.

There are several reasons you may want to educate workers on the value of leaving their 401(k) assets in your company plan should they leave your employment.

New strategies advisers and their employer clients can use to help 401(k) participants weather market volatility and safeguard their nest eggs in the process.

The new head of the Employee Benefit Research Institute talks about the latest retirement trends, his plans for the organization and the state of employee benefits.

Regardless of their seniority, level of compensation or tenure, employees share the following misconceptions about retirement. Here’s how you can help.

There is a growing need for plan sponsors to help participants with retirement readiness and securing their financial future. This will drive plan sponsors to expand their financial wellness initiatives and evaluate retirement income solutions for their defined contribution plans, according to the Institutional Retirement Income Council. Here are four trends the IRIC has identified for 2016.

Commentary: From implementing automatic enrollment to eliminating participant loans, here are five actions plan sponsors can take this year to improve their 401(k) plans.

According to a poll of 642 18- to 29-year-olds conducted by the Strategic Research Institute at St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wis., 50% don’t believe Social Security will exist by the time they become age-eligible for the program at 67.

American workers exited 2010 with more than $10.2 trillion invested in employer-sponsored retirement plans, up10% from the $9.3 trillion in play at the close of 2009, according to a new report from Chicago-based investor consultant Spectrem Group.