Retirement Advisor

Aspiriant is reaching out to affluent investors through an animated feature on its website. The feature guides visitors through the questions and information they should consider before selecting a financial advisor.

Are younger workers about to repeat history and compromise their own retirement savings - despite the recent recoup in 401(k) losses?

AnnuitySpecs.com says sales of FIAs were up 13 percent, with a year-ending total of $8 billion.

The California governor told business leaders the state is "making the tough cuts" and that he is promoting changes to public employee pensions through the state Legislature.

Towers Watson research indicates companies are still committed to retaining DB benefits for new employees, as a recruitment and retention tool.

Would a concise, national standard for measuring the performance of advisors' financial recommendations help both the industry and consumers?

One of the nation's largest pension funds says it will vote its 5.3 million shares against all of Wal-Mart's board nominees including the company's current and former CEOs at the retailer's annual meeting next week.

Although those nearing retirement did suffer losses from the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009, most of the losses were in housing wealth, according to a new report by the University of Michigan Retirement Research Center.