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More Americans planning to claim Social Security early despite knowing the trade-offs
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
More Americans planning to claim Social Security early despite knowing the trade-offs

Schroders research highlights widespread anxiety about retirement income as a new policy proposal emerges to limit benefit increases for wealthier retirees.

By Leo Almazora
Middle class retirement readiness: Your generation by generation guide
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
Middle class retirement readiness: Your generation by generation guide

New survey reveals key age-group shortfalls for middle class Americans.

By Steve Randall
Why millennials feel pinned between buying a home and saving for retirement
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 21, 2025
Why millennials feel pinned between buying a home and saving for retirement

New report reveals disconnect between advisors, clients on top financial threat.

By Steve Randall
How advisors can prepare heirs for wealth amid conflicting information sources
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 20, 2025
How advisors can prepare heirs for wealth amid conflicting information sources

AlTi Tiedemann Global's Jill Shipley speaks with InvestmentNews.

By Steve Randall
DC plan loan usage could suggest cash flow issues, advisors warned
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 17, 2025
DC plan loan usage could suggest cash flow issues, advisors warned

Report says plan loan use skewed toward essential expenses is a worrying trend.

By Steve Randall
Aboon secures $17.5M seed funding to streamline 401(k) plans for advisors
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 16, 2025
Aboon secures $17.5M seed funding to streamline 401(k) plans for advisors

The investment led by Bain Capital, with participation from Edward Jones, comes as new research points to the rising role of 401(k)s for younger generations' retirement security.

By Leo Almazora
Pontera cries 'anticompetitive,' Fidelity cites cyber safety in credential sharing standoff
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2025
Pontera cries 'anticompetitive,' Fidelity cites cyber safety in credential sharing standoff

An open letter from the fintech to the 401(k) giant has sparked a fierce debate over how retirement savers ought to be able to engage third-party advisors.

By Leo Almazora
Advisors face new opportunities to bridge care and wealth gaps, new index reveals
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2025
Advisors face new opportunities to bridge care and wealth gaps, new index reveals

Research finds that most Americans lack readiness in planning for longer life

By Steve Randall
Blackstone muscling into 401(k) space with new DC plan unit
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 15, 2025
Blackstone muscling into 401(k) space with new DC plan unit

The move to enter the $13 trillion DC plan market follows recent regulatory shifts, with Blackstone joining other asset managers seeking to bring private assets to workplace retirement plans.

By Leo Almazora
Vanguard finds retirement readiness improving, but gaps remain for many Americans
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 14, 2025
Vanguard finds retirement readiness improving, but gaps remain for many Americans

New research shows Gen Z and millennials are more likely than baby boomers to be retirement-ready, though each generation faces distinct challenges.

By Leo Almazora
Most lower-income Americans now investing in capital markets, study reveals
EQUITIES OCT 14, 2025
Most lower-income Americans now investing in capital markets, study reveals

These new market participants are reshaping the investment landscape.

By Steve Randall
401(k) investors retreat to cash and bonds as retail traders chase equities
EQUITIES OCT 13, 2025
401(k) investors retreat to cash and bonds as retail traders chase equities

Alight data show 401(k) plan participants favored fixed income in September, while Schwab’s retail clients expanded their stock holdings.

By Leo Almazora
Most Americans expect to need long-term care but few are financially ready
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 13, 2025
Most Americans expect to need long-term care but few are financially ready

Majority prefer aging at home but rising costs and lack of planning threaten that goal.

By Steve Randall
More Americans turning to AI for retirement advice, but experts urge caution
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2025
More Americans turning to AI for retirement advice, but experts urge caution

A surge in AI-powered financial advice is reshaping how Americans plan for retirement, but industry voices caution that human insight remains critical.

By Leo Almazora
HSA assets climb to $159 billion as investment surges among account holders
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 10, 2025
HSA assets climb to $159 billion as investment surges among account holders

Investment assets drive double-digit growth in health savings accounts as new legislation expands eligibility for millions of Americans.

By Leo Almazora
Bessent touts drop in deficit-to-GDP ratio, sees tax-refund wave
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 09, 2025
Bessent touts drop in deficit-to-GDP ratio, sees tax-refund wave

The Treasury secretary talked up fiscal progress following latest CBO estimate showing a $1.8 trillion budget gap for this fiscal year.

By Bloomberg
Rising doubt in retirement timing forces advisors to retool strategies for client lifetime income
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2025
Rising doubt in retirement timing forces advisors to retool strategies for client lifetime income

New report finds two thirds of Americans doubt they will retire on time.

By Steve Randall
AI, cost control, and fiduciary expertise redefine the DC plan landscape in 2025
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 07, 2025
AI, cost control, and fiduciary expertise redefine the DC plan landscape in 2025

New research shows plan sponsors embracing tech and outsourcing to boost outcomes.

By Steve Randall
'Financial vortex' of priorities squeezing workers' retirement prospects, Goldman says
RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 02, 2025
'Financial vortex' of priorities squeezing workers' retirement prospects, Goldman says

Rising living costs and life events are forcing more to pause retirement savings, but new research highlights how early planning, access to 401(k)s, and income strategies like annuities can help.

By Leo Almazora
Advisors' equity recommendations often exceed client preferences, study finds
EQUITIES OCT 01, 2025
Advisors' equity recommendations often exceed client preferences, study finds

But clients' actual stock allocations closely matched advisors' recommendations, which generally fall in line with models in target-date funds.

By Leo Almazora