A group of prominent financial industry, education, and advocacy organizations have joined together to create the National Retirement Planning Coalition and raise public awareness of the need for retirement planning. Their main event, National Retirement Planning Week, begins April 11.

House Republicans want a halt to the SEC's proposal for a universal fiduciary standard for financial advisors and broker-dealers.

The percentage of workers who are not confident they'll have money to live comfortably in retirement has plummeted to the lowest since EBRI began its research survey.

Cost-saving legislation would cut federal pensions for all new employees hired after 2012.