Alternative asset managers want access to TDFs, but alternatives are expensive -- now TIAA found a way to incorporate direct real estate without raising TDF investor costs. The question that plan advisors and sponsors will have to weigh is what added advantage it offers over REITs.

As more retirement investors learn about 'the F-word' -- 'fiduciary' -- the more demand there will be for the services provided by the unit at Wilshire Funds Management headed by Jason Schwarz, who says industry has done a good job complying with the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards.

The House Republicans introduced a disclosure-driven alternative to fiduciary rule. Here's what it looks like and how it differs from the DOL rule.

Some employers mistakenly think the fiduciary rule won't affect how they administer retirement plans, since they're already fiduciaries -- but there's plenty of gray area where plan sponsors might get into trouble, say compliance experts.

Will the vagueness of the fiduciary rule's impartial conduct standards give advisors on retirement plans some protection during the rules transition period?

Litigation against church retirement plans is expected to continue despite a Supreme Court decision some call 'monumental.'

While registered investment advisors wont be exposed to the fiduciary rules more onerous contractual requirements, RIAs are not completely off the hook, according to a client alert from attorneys at Drinker Biddle.

Here is a look at how the top five TDF fund managers weight equities in their 2020 vintage funds.