New data on independent registered investment advisor compensation indicate that compensation plays a three-part role in the attraction and retention of top employees.

Plan sponsors would have a greater ability, beyond current limits, to derisk their defined benefits plans.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan will have to take another look at the case in the wake of Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer.

Unguaranteed investment-only variable annuities can sometimes top guaranteed VAs, according to a recent whitepaper.

Millennials overall dont see the advantages of putting money away for retirement, with 59 percent believing they havent seen products targeted at them.

Only 37 percent say theyll need LTC in retirement, but the reality is that nearly double that number 70 percent will end up having to shell out for LTC at some point.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower-court ERISA-related decision that upheld a fiduciarys benefit denial in a ruling that could reach into other areas of benefit law.

Thirty-five percent believe that clients will become more risk-averse in the coming year, compared to 17 percent last year.