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Four in 10 workers are planning to delay their retirement, according to a survey of 9,100 employees by Towers Watson. Sixty-eight percent of older workers said they were making the delay to keep healthcare coverage, and 61% blamed the decline in their 401(k).

Financial planners can be the difference between a successful retirement and a difficult one, according to FinancialPlanners.net.

Equity markets in the United States suffered their second consecutive month of volume dropping more than 20 percent compared to a year ago. Daily volume is off 40 percent from May, the month of the market's Flash Crash.

Rydex/SGI annual benchmarking study finds majority of those surveyed are using alternatives in client portfolios.

Basic business practices such as client segmentation separate the winners from the losers among registered investment advisors.

Studies consistently show that emotions and investing don't mix. Here's how to focus clients on their long-term goals rather than their gut instincts in the short term.

Affluent and wealthy investors lower expectations on the economy but start to move their money out of deposits accounts anyway.

Morgan Stanley has outsourced middle and back office services for its Alphas managed account platform to GlobeOp Financial Services.

The Internal Revenue Service is getting the word out to employers about a provision in the recently passed Small Business Jobs Act that allows them to amend their 401(k) or 403(b) plans to allow participants to transfer an eligible rollover distribution into a Roth 401(k) or 403(b) account.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Tom Masteller regional sales director for the Pittsburgh marketplace, responsible for selling 401(k) plan administration services through brokers, financial advisers, consultants, wirehouses and third-party administrators (TPAs). Great-West is the fourth-largest retirement plan recordkeeper in the U.S.