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A new survey by Charles Schwab shows that three-fourths of advisors believe that the number of advisors becoming registered investment advisors will continue to increase, and more than half say they find the idea of becoming an RIA appealing.

The U.S. Department of Labors Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will meet Tuesday, March 13, at Labor Department Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Bank of America has informed its employees that it will be freezing its existing pension plans in July and swapping in increases to company 401(k) plans instead, CNNMoney reports.

West Virginia is already reaping benefits from recent efforts to rein in public retiree health benefit costs, officials say. A Wall Street credit rating agency appears ready to praise the state's handling of its last major liability.

Towers Watson's research indicates embattled employees will take pay cuts to help guarantee their retirement benefits and lower their long-term health care costs.

Regulators Friday closed Tokyo's AIJ Investment Advisors, who said they can't account for a large percentage of the 183 billion yen invested on behalf of companies including manufacturers of industrial robots and microchip-testing equipment.

Advisors and plan sponsors are surprisingly still unaware that DOL has jurisdiction over them, says Andy Larson of the Retirement Learning Center.

America's college graduates are more likely than ever to be 60 or older, helping redefine work and retirement.