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A new study by Bankrate, Inc shows that 19 percent of Americans have accessed their retirement funds over the past 12 months to pay for expenses.

This week's round-up of employee benefits news, reports and controversy from around the web.

Women may not be from an entirely different planet when it comes to retirement planning, but their needs are certainly different from a man’s.

Lingering cash and debt management challenges continue to dilute employee confidence and overall financial wellness.

More than a third of affluent investors are considering moving assets away from their primary institution, and 25 percent say they'll consider taking assets from their current advisor.

In recent years I’ve reported on some of the hardest hit markets in the United States, from real estate to health insurance to retirement plans. In such time, I’ve seen cyclical paths to recovery, and I’ve always wondered where there’s logic in feeding one crisis with another one.

What do Glenn Beck and the brokerage industry have in common? America’s lightening rod accidentally exposes why we need a fiduciary standard.

No matter how you measure it, the employee benefits and retirement industries involve trillions of dollars. That's more than the GDP of Farmville.