Retirement & Benefits

Citing Peter Thiel's $5 Billion Roth IRA, the House Ways and Means chairman is working on legislation to "stop IRAs from being exploited."

Clients of the bank's Personal Retirement Strategy can make their own 401(k) investments or pay to have their portfolio managed by Merrill.

Fidelity's State of Retirement Planning study takes the financial pulse of American workers, finding some good news and some not-so-good news.

From tax credits to changes in RMDs to allowing CITs in 403(b)s, this legislation has many provisions meant to encourage employers to offer retirement plans.

Be aware of this recent DOL guidance, both to make sure you're in sync with your fiduciary duty and to protect the interests of plan participants.

The department has released information for employee benefit plans and retirement-investment advisors.