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Health is the top driver of early retirement, research finds.

There are several factors to consider when deciding whether and how to implement automatic enrollment before making it a done deal.

It’s a question many people ask themselves during a working career: What would it take for a middle class person to save a million dollars?

A congressional subcommittee heard testimony about the proposed bipartisan principles that go head to head with the fiduciary proposal.

Workers should save more, earlier to prepare for retiring sooner than planned and to meet the competing financial priorities in retirement.

“Employers face a steep learning curve between now and the early 2016 filing deadlines,” says Jeff Knapp, senior editor with the Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters.

While other generations would prefer more vacation time, Generation X would value richer retirement benefits, a survey finds.

While target-date funds may hold the most contributions, they can still co-exist with managed accounts..

Flat returns, lowered assumptions and changing participant demographics will erode funded ratios, according to a report from Milliman.

It’s not just the United States facing demographics-based investment market challenges, according to experts at Prudential Investment Management’s annual market outlook event.

Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust introduced a managed account service for 401(k) plans, and Wells Fargo Asset Management launched a suite of actively managed TDFs.

Technological advances in data collection, engagement make the strategy more viable as the default strategy for 401(k)s, experts say.

Plans continue to gain financial stability, but changing participant demographics threaten to derail this in the future.

Eighty-one percent would prefer a product with a guaranteed 4% return.

Plan sponsors have some important fiduciary responsibilities related to retirement plan distributions and rollovers.

The agency issued a new table for determining expected retirement ages for participants in pension plans undergoing distress or involuntary termination.

Mercer expands defined benefit capabilities within BenefitsCentral participant website.

A new whitepaper argues workers across the income spectrum get a pretty even shake when it comes to retirement benefits.

Financial Finesse is targeting smaller employers with a service to help them create a low-cost financial wellness program.