Retirement Trends

Each of these public pensions has an above-average alternative asset allocation. At least in 9 cases out of 10.

Among respondents who work with a professional plan advisor, 76 percent said that more than half of their participants were on track to a successful retirement.

On average, baby boomers have put away $258,898, only about a third of what theyll need for retirement.

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According to data from Cerulli Associates, 7.9 percent of financial advisors were women in 2011. That figure jumped to 11.5 percent last year.

The Standard & Poors 500 Index fell from an all-time high as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen for clues on whether interest rates may rise sooner than anticipated.