Retirement Trends

Prudential Financial has lost its appeal to shed greater government oversight, after regulators made a final decision that the insurer is one of a group of financial companies so big that they could threaten the financial system if they were to fail.

The rise of external management fees paid by pension funds and other institutional investors are the largest part of total fund expenses, rising 55 percent over that last 15 years.

The Postal Service may need an emergency rate increase to stay afloat.

The cost to buy out a U.S. pension plan increased slightly in August.

CalPERS believes it is the first U.S. pension fund to adopt specific investment beliefs to guide it over the long run.

The force of the financial advisory field is expected to decline 8 percent by year-end 2017.