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More than 30,000 government workers will go without pay raises and some 200,000 retirees won't get cost-of-living increases in their monthly pension checks.

As a possible metric of an improving economy, the Urban Institute announced Monday that fewer workers aged 62 and older applied for Social Security retirement benefits in 2011.

National Retirement Planning Week kicks off with a renewed focus on maximizing Social Security benefits as part of an improved retirement vision for Boomers.

A new report by consultants Oliver Wyman paints a dire picture of the impact of the fiduciary standard on advisors selling products to IRA holders.

Fiduciary duty should extend to all broker-dealers if they offer investemtn advice about securities to retail customers, an industry group told the SEC.

Thousands of workers from the Alantic City casino protested, trying to fend off an attempt to end their pension plan.

Two researchers say a stricter fidiciary standard does not in fact increase costs to the point of pricing certain registered reps out of the market.

An SEC study confirms that investors have a number of misconceptions about TDFs; their heavy role in 401(k) plans has placed additional focus on clarity of fund performance.