Defined Contribution

Are Republicans pulling a Boehner on the fiduciary issue? Or should we blame the SEC for this SNAFU from the political party voted most likely to be a CPA? Don't they realize they're asking for the moral equivalent of death panels?

With Democrats in Massachusetts pulling a Wisconsin on their public unions, headlines screaming widening funding gaps in pensions of all sort and even Washington politicians coming ever so closer to touching the dreaded third rail.

A new AARP study shows seven in 10 401(k) plan participants aren't aware they pay fees to their 401(k) plan provider.

Like it or not, the new retirement plan fee disclosure regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL) are here to stay. The good news, however (yes, there is a positive side to all this), is that you can use these regulations to demonstrate your value, service and expertise.

Like the Wild West, the ETF world sees innovation and peril around every corner. Do these investment products represent the next evolution or are they destined to expose the disheartening dangers of introducing behavioral consumerism to complex decision making. After all, doing a bad thing faster only hastens the onset...

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is sponsoring a webinar to help advisors better understand 403(b) plans.