The fiduciary rule has only been partially implemented but it's already discouraged annuity recommendations to qualified retirement accounts, according to LIMRA.

A new bill that requires all private sector employers with more than 10 employees to offer a defined contribution retirement plan is being backed by an industry heavyweight.

States cant enforce the DOL fiduciary rule -- but they may try to show that Scottrades alleged violation of the rule amounts to a breach of state ethical standards.

Lower wage workers are saving more to their defined contribution plans -- but wait, there's more good news in the PSCA's annual survey.

The countrys retirement future will be bleak for many Americans, says a report from Democratic lawmakers on Congress's Joint Economic Committee.

This week, Rep. Phil Roe, R-TN, and Rep. Donald Norcross, D-NJ, introduced the Give Retirement Options to Workers Act, which would facilitate the adoption of composite plans -- but not all unions and retirement advocates are on board with such plans.

Of the 1,700 civil investigations the DOL's workplace benefits regulatory agency EBSA closed last year, 65 percent resulted in cash recoveries or other corrective actions.

The Trump budget requests $9.4 billion for Labor, down from its $12 billion budget for 2017, and federal retirement is affected as well.