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Taking advantage of this perk can help clients get much closer to securing their retirement; plus, what couples need to know about Social Security benefits.

The finalization of the Department of Labor’s recent fiduciary ruling has left more than one out of three retirement plan service providers uncertain of their professional status, according to a new industry survey.

Which funds that already reached their target year have had the best five-year returns?

Clients making IRA conversions should create several accounts to save on taxes. Plus, five carryovers for next year's filing and property exchange strategies.

Investors often think their time and savings are running out and micromanage their investments despite having hired a financial adviser.

Nearly four decades after adopting passive investing techniques, Vanguard's founder finally sees the approach pay off; plus, Social Security filing tactics your clients need to consider.

Although Medicare is a big help for retirees, the program only has a limited coverage depending on the enrollment periods they have signed up for; plus, five ways to help your clients work their way into retirement.

Who benefits from a new law that allows retirees to make donations to charities directly from their IRAs? Plus, retirement challenges even millennials with 401(k)s will face.

Why certain clients should allocate more, or less, to their emergency funds in preparation for retirement; plus, how Americans blew $1.7 trillion in retirement savings.

Why seniors and physicians must overcome their fears of discussing end-of-life care; plus, how to plan for a client's retirement in their 60s.

The clock is ticking for the onset of an incredibly far-reaching new fiduciary rule. Here’s who it helps — and hurts.

New reporting requirements allow the feds to focus on hard-to-value holdings in order to boost taxable required minimum distributions.

An absence of pensions has prompted older workers to increase their working hours and stay longer in the workplace, a recent study finds; plus, how your clients can plan for retirement in their 50s.

One retirement plan advisory firm's digital approach offers product providers a lesson on how to overcome the client education gap and reinvigorate the learning process.

Fidelity needn’t settle for another me-too lineup of smart beta ETFs.

Advisors managing assets within retirement plan vehicles, including IRAs, will need to take a hard look at their own pricing and practices, because simply disclosing conflicts of interest is no longer good enough under the new rule.

Out of about 76 million baby boomers in the United States, approximately 35 million of them lack any retirement savings and that statistic appears to be getting worse.

DoL regulators say they allowed for annuities and nontraded REITs in retirement accounts because they wanted to avoid the risk of clients taking heavy losses by exiting certain investments precipitously.

The Labor Department finalized an amended version of its fiduciary rule, providing wealth management firms a lengthier timeline for implementation as well as more relaxed requirements for the best interest contract exemption.