Retirement planning

Workers with a high-deductible health plan will be better off setting up a health savings account, which offers tax benefits for savings earmarked for future medical expenses.

Employers need to find out the type of advisor they work with, whether they are signed on to the plan as a fiduciary and whether any fiduciary limitations exist.

Employers need to know that it’s critical to help workers master basic money principles to make smarter spending decisions.

With a recent uptick in 401(k) related lawsuits, employers should take concrete steps to help participants while giving their company the fullest extent of protection possible against potential litigation.

Clients should determine the benefits they would receive if they file at age 62, at full retirement age, and after their full retirement age.

Employers need to find out the type of advisor they work with, whether they are signed on to the plan as a fiduciary and whether any fiduciary limitations exist.

For employees with HDHPs, these two savings vehicles offer numerous advantages.

For employees with HDHPs, these two savings vehicles offer numerous advantages.

Employers should concentrate on adopting measures that enable seamless plan-to-plan savings portability for participants, especially for employee accounts with less than $5,000.

With a recent uptick in 401(k) related lawsuits, employers should take concrete steps to help participants while giving their company the fullest extent of protection possible against potential litigation.

More than 25 million workers resigned and left at least one retirement account with their former employer between 2004 and 2013, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

Hellman & Friedman’s $3 billion agreement to buy retirement services provider Financial Engines Inc. is one of the biggest deals yet in the investment management takeover boom.

Forget student loan debt assistance and day-to-day budgeting help. Workers most want employers to help them plan out how to manage healthcare and long-term care expenses during their post-work years.

New rules to employer retirement plans will impact how your workers face a financial crisis.

Susan Clausen describes the DOL’s ERISA mandate for a retirement plan committee and the challenges such committees face in fulfilling their role.

Inflated client expectations mingled with fears of congressional cutbacks are making retirement planning even more complex.

Engaged savers, specifically those who are near the end of work, deserve an appropriate spectrum of risk options.

Forget student loan debt assistance and day-to-day budgeting help. Workers most want employers to help them plan out how to manage healthcare and long-term care expenses during their post-work years.

Whether the broker acts as a fiduciary making a recommendation will depend upon the circumstances of the particular recommendation and their client.

Foreign hackers are learning that $5.3 trillion of retirement plan assets are ready for the taking, leaving plan sponsors and participants susceptible to theft.