Defined Contribution

Research suggests that boosting deferrals is indeed the more significant metric in building success in retirement plans, though it may require some participant education.

Prudential Retirement research shows that Millennials are highly motivated to save and will plan ahead, provided they know more about benefit options from their employers.

More members of the youngest working generation take part in company sponsored retirement plans if they're automatically enrolled; otherwise, participation is just 13.4 percent.

Take an inventory of your services and share it with your plan sponsor clients. It's an easy way to impress upon them the reasonableness of your fees.

A survey of RIAs and fee-based advisors suggests that low-cost, tax-deferred investment solutions might be one way of calming investors nerves in the face of the looming and yet-unsolved fiscal cliff.

Individual retirement account assets reached an estimated $5.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2012, a nearly 9 percent rise over the $4.8 trillion in estimated assets for 2011, according to a new report.