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Without outside help, many planners are falling short on their own financial goals. A few advisors have a solution.

With longer lifespans, assuring steady income streams for life means that many retirees will have to invest more aggressively. How are advisors putting those plans into action?

Concern that the future of the federal safety net for seniors is precarious and the ubiquity of 401(k)s are prompting those born from 1979 to 1996 to get an earlier start on saving than prior generations, according to a report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.

Wealth gap lasts into retirement years; Will federal retirement wipe out Social Security benefits; Never too young to start saving for retirement

Walk into any wealth management firm, and chances are there won't be any African-American advisors at all. What's causing the diversity gap - and how can the industry fix it?

The silence about planning’s race gap is most insidious.

Barry Milinovich was expelled for allegedly stealing $10,100 from a bank customer's savings account.

Without a quantum shift in savings habits, millennials are facing big trouble when they start approaching retirement.

People who benefited from exceptional efforts by planners include moderate-income workers hoping to become homeowners and college-bound students. See how advisors made a difference.

A new version of Oranj aims to help advisors be more strategic in the ways they run their businesses.