Some wirehouse advisors say theyre completely open-architecture, yet, every former wirehouse advisor says they faced pressure to sell proprietary products.

Natixis has released its annual retirement security index, and Americans are lagging Slovakia. Yes. Slovakia.

Schwab finds a major gap in advisor-client thinking.

Employers already offering a Roth option say they are more likely to allow employees to make in-plan conversions to Roth accounts.

The news would be great if the average were significantly higher than the $77,300 the firm reports.

New online tool helps participants "do the math" to determine the true costs of their retirement plan. Advisors will need to keep that in mind.

Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff says continued government spending will lead to much larger, impossible financial obligations in the future.

Is there an alternative to the standard 4 percent withdrawal? How about basing your non-RMD rate on the RMD itself, or factoring life expectancy into the mix?