Retirement Trends

If older workers are wondering why its so hard to save for retirementparticularly as they agethe answer may lie at least partly in their paychecks.

Plan participants are, by and large, continuing to save for retirement, with hardship withdrawals holding steady and allocations staying pretty much the same.

A record 23 percent of participants in Fidelity-provided 401(k) plans increased their contribution rates in the first quarter of 2015, according to the companys Quarterly Retirement Snapshot.

Forget about the inheritance, kids the (affluent) parents are more worried about having enough money to see them through retirement.

Despite all the press about Social Security and its troubles, more people are looking forward to counting on that check in retirement than at any time in the last 15 years.

When it comes to the personal touch in retirement planning, many rich millennials say fuggeddaboudit theyd rather go robo.