The number of launches of alternative and multi-asset funds has increased 15 percent since 2010, Cerulli Associates says.

A new mobile app that puts additional information at users fingertips could offer a way to boost retirement savings, especially among millennials.

By category, equity U.S. large-cap ETFs were ahead, recording $12 billion.

Professionally managed assets reached a total of $36.8 trillion in 2013, gaining 10.9 percent over 2012.

Nearly nine out of 10 annuity owners in a recent LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute study said that they were confident about their lifestyle in retirement.

The Social Security Advisory Board has commissioned an expert panel to review the assumptions and methods used by Social Security trustees.

Average retirement balances in Fidelity Investment accounts in the third quarter dropped compared to the second quarter, but theyre up year over year.

The funded status in October of the average U.S. corporate pension plan fell to 89.5 percent.