Advisor Sales Strategies

One-third of Americans who are five years away from retirement havent even calculated how much income they will need in retirement, according to a new survey by Charles Schwab. Nearly half of those surveyed had no idea how to invest their money to maximize retirement income.

The Social Security program has lived to see another day, thanks to the squabbling of the budget deficit supercommittee, which announced Monday it had failed to agree on a proposal.

According to a survey conducted by the FreeERISA data team, some industries lag in their adoption of the 401(k) plan as their primary retirement benefit.

MassMutual Retirement Services has launched RetireSmart TV, a new series of short online videos on key financial topics, including the importance of good credit, affording health care, how to save for college and how to prepare for retirement.

ASPire Financial Services, LLC has completed its acquisition of InvestLink Technologies, a defined contribution recordkeeping and administration platform provider.

The National Institute of Pension Administrators has partnered with Integrated Retirement to deliver a quarterly retirement plans update addressing issues critical to third party administrators.