Retirement Trends

Alternatives are the only asset class that has experienced a major drop in asset management fees.

A new survey by American United Life Insurance Co. found that 56 percent of respondents learned about finances from their parents.

TD Ameritrade said it brought in $15.6 billion of net new client assets in the quarter ending Dec. 31, up more than 50 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

Growing software businesses such as Internet-based computing and data analytics helped IBM boost earnings per share for the 40th consecutive quarter a full decade even as revenue was largely flat.

Here's the quick 411 on it: Don't bother going there. In fact, if you work with retail investors, discourage them from going there.

A LIMRA study shows Canadian workers feel equally underprepared when it comes to maintaining their current lifestyle in retirement.