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Employers are expanding the scope of their 401(k) plans with increased matching contributions, relaxed eligibility rules and access to expert advice, an Aon Hewitt survey released Wednesday said.

The North American Securities Administrators Association says that scam artists are hard at work trying to relieve unsuspecting retirement savers and other investors of their hard-earned assets.

Americans are accumulating debt faster than theyre putting money into their 401(k)s, a study released Thursday by HelloWallet said.

Workers today are more likely to receive retirement income from private-sector retirement plans than they were before the passage of ERISA in 1974, according to a report by the Investment Company Institute.

Majority of Americans would like to take advantage of personalized financial advice, if it was available.

Insurer Prudential Financial said Friday it won't try to get regulators to reverse a decision that it is one of a group of financial companies so big that they could threaten the financial system if they were to fail.