Theres a new trend among retirees that could be costing them the comfortable retirements they probably dreamed of: giving away their money while theyre still alive, instead of bequeathing it to heirs.

If older workers are wondering why its so hard to save for retirementparticularly as they agethe answer may lie at least partly in their paychecks.

Plan participants are, by and large, continuing to save for retirement, with hardship withdrawals holding steady and allocations staying pretty much the same.

City National Bank and its officers are in hot water with the Department of Labor, after the latter filed suit against fiduciaries of the City National Corp. Profit Sharing Plan over what it said were excessive fees arising out of self-dealing and conflicted transactions involving plan assets by those fiduciaries.

The robo advisor market just ventured a little deeper into the retirement arena with the launch of RetireGuide, which clues investors in on whether their investments send them in the right direction for a comfortable retirement.

Forget about the inheritance, kids the (affluent) parents are more worried about having enough money to see them through retirement.

Despite all the press about Social Security and its troubles, more people are looking forward to counting on that check in retirement than at any time in the last 15 years.

When it comes to the personal touch in retirement planning, many rich millennials say fuggeddaboudit theyd rather go robo.