According to the Arizona Republic, a new proposal to substitute a 401(k)-style plan for professional politicians and judges might save the public hundreds of millions of dollars.

TDF investment options and annuities have increased in popularity as employers add more easy-to-comprehend features to their DC plans.

A record wave of 401(k) loans is seeing employees digging themselves into a hole that makes underwater mortgages or credit card debt seem mild by comparison.

Wealthy investors plan to increase their equity holdings in 2013, with the biggest gains among the wealthiest investors, according to Spectrem Groups new research report Wealth Management Series: Product Usage and Perceptions of Providers.

Compared to passive index fund choices, which allow more hands-off investment options, employer-selected mutual fund investments did not produce substantial gains.

Private pension companies in the U.K. will be forced to reveal the investment and operating fees and the costs to employee retirement savings, all part of an agreement created by the Association of British Insurers.

Rather than blowing a Crime Stoppers-style windfall on new fire trucks, two R.I. towns have patched up their pension problems. If other towns could be so lucky.

There's still a half month for clients to take advantage of a last-minute window allowing them to make a $100,000 donation to charity from their IRA as a 2012 QCD.