Ninety-six percent of advisors say they were optimistic or excited for the year ahead, a survey has found.

Financial Services Roundtable chairman Tim Pawlenty says advisors must explain Main Street view of finance before government threatens private retirement.

Average public employees in eight states are pension "millionaires"; average replacement income 87 percent of final earnings, AEI study finds

Industry elder statesman John Bogle condemns the financial industrys grip on corporate America while taking other unpopular stands in a wide-ranging keynote discussion.

Duncan Black, a conservative author, says government confiscation of 401(k)s may loom.

A BofA Merrill study of participants in its own retirement plans suggests that plan design features and advisor face time are key to encouraging workers to save more.