Retirement Advisors: News

• Stocks edge lower at end of a volatile week

  By The Associated Press  |  June 14, 2013

  Stocks edged lower in the early going on Wall Street Friday as trading quieted down at the end of a turbulent week.

• Small-business owners worry about nation's retirement security

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 13, 2013

  Small-business owners believe retirement security is a problem, but 33 percent of them don't offer retirement plans to their employees.

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  For income funds, name may determine destiny

  By John Sullivan  |  June 13, 2013

  Amount of money flowing into funds with ‘income’ in their name is three times larger than those without.

• One-quarter of homeowners still under water

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 13, 2013

  Zillow.com finds that 25.4 percent of homeowners nationwide owe more on their homes than the house is worth.

• Stock market wavers in early trading

  By Matthew Craft  |  June 13, 2013

  A pair of better economic reports helped nudge the U.S. stock market up in early trading Thursday, even as global markets headed lower.

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  Stocks edge lower as Japanese market slumps

  By The Associated Press  |  June 13, 2013

  Stocks are edging lower in early trading on Wall Street after the Japanese market took another plunge.

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  Disclosure rules help bring down 401(k) fees

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 13, 2013

  Defined contribution plan fees are starting to drop, thanks to fee disclosure regulations put in place last year.

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  Life after fee disclosure

  By Pam Black  |  June 12, 2013

  Advisors, TPAs and plan sponsors agree: For participants, it was a nonevent when the DOL required fee disclosure to participants.

• Detroit advisor accused of stealing $3.1M from pension plan

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 12, 2013

  The SEC has accused a Detroit-based investment advisor of stealing nearly $3.1 million from the city's police and firefighter's pension plan.

• DOL sues to recover $4.9 million for DB plan participants

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  June 12, 2013

  The federal goverment is attempting to recover $4.9 million for defined benefit plan participants of an Iowa iron casting foundry and a Michigan manufacturer.