Retirement planning

The confidence level of women in their ability to plan for retirement has reached a three-year high, according to a new survey, with 69 percent of women rating their confidence level as good or very good.

Nearly 40 percent of working Americans say that they will never afford retirement, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

Nearly 40 percent of working Americans say they will never afford retirement, according to a new survey by the American Institute of CPAs.

IMGCAP(1)]Baby Boomers are now or soon will be part of the senior generation.

U.S. workers are more pessimistic about their prospects for a comfortable retirement than at any time in the past two decades, according to a new survey.

The U.S. Labor Department has filed suit against Parnell & Co. LLC, alleging that the South Carolina accounting firm helped itself to at least $75,000 from the employee 401(k) plan.

The Social Security Administration warned in a letter to employees that it may have to furlough workers if proposed cuts to its budget are enacted into law.

Half of Baby Boomer clients who have postponed retirement due to the economic downturn expect to work at least four years longer than they originally planned, according to a new survey of CPA financial planners.

Employees as a whole made significant improvements to their finances in 2010, despite a tepid economic recovery and sluggish rebound of job and real estate markets, according to a new study.

The youngest generation in the workforce has become more engaged in the past two years learning about the benefits that can help protect them financially, according to a new study.

Last week while flipping the channels amidst the 8th winter storm of the season here in the Northeast, I happened across a news segment detailing how a pair of once exorbitantly paid professional football players, each commanding an annual salary that approached $10 million, are now broke.

The majority of baby boomers intend to have a more active lifestyle in retirement than their parents (86 percent), as well as a better standard of living (72 percent), according to Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch Affluent Insights Quarterly.

As the economy gradually recovers, some mature workers are feeling more comfortable about retiring now compared to last year at this time.

Emerging Information Systems Inc., developer of NaviPlan and Profiles financial planning software, has introduced a new Retirement Consumer Facing Application for Profiles Professional.

The economic crisis has brought personal finance front and center, for Americans as well as others throughout the world, the ING Retirement Institute Research Institute found.

Three-quarters of millionaire retirees were highly satisfied in their retirement, but satisfaction didn't change much more as net worth rose beyond that, and half of those with less than $250,000 in net worth were highly satisfied in retirement, according to a new survey.

IMGCAP(1)]If the stock market and your clients’ declining 401(k) balances are making them feel like they’ll never be able to fully retire or become financially stable, they’re not alone.

Three months of rising confidence among small business owners stalled in December, as fewer saw the economy getting better and more said they saw it getting worse, according to a new survey.

Today’s workers anticipate retiring much later than previous generations, according to a new global retirement planning study.

The 2010 Small Business Jobs Act, enacted on Sept. 27, 2010, provides a new opportunity for Roth 401(k) plan participants to convert their existing 401(k) plan balances into Roth 401(k)s.