Interest in sustainable investing has held steady, and in some cases, has grown. And this is particularly true among individual investors, led by Millennials who increasingly see this as a desirable element of their investment portfolio, according to new survey results.Morgan Stanley’s Institute... READ MORE

Advisors across geographic regions, at large and small firms, and across professional designations all tend to agree that the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule will have some impact on their business models, according to new survey results.Conducted by Harper Polling on behalf of the Financial... READ MORE

While growth in clients and assets under management (AUM) was relatively healthy and income-related metrics were largely favorable for advisory firms in 2016, revenue per team member failed to increase for the first time since 2009, according to a new report by TD Ameritrade Institutional.This year... READ MORE

A recent report by the Retirement Advisor Council (RAC) suggests that CFOs who partner with a retirement plan advisor rated as “outstanding” are better able to control future labor costs, spend less time administering their retirement plan and more time running the organization, thus easing the... READ MORE

Extending their first-quarter gains, target-date funds posted a return of 2.83% in the second quarter, with diversification to non-U.S. equities helping drive TDF performance, according to the Callan Target Date Index.Updated quarterly, the Index is an equally weighted composite of 44 TDF series,... READ MORE

Surpassing industry projections, the number of new cash balance plans adopted by employers increased by 17% — rising to 17,812 active plans — in 2015, the most recent year for which complete IRS Form 5500 data is available, according to new research by Kravitz, Inc., an Ascensus company.Kravitz’s “... READ MORE

Recordkeepers which offer proprietary target-date funds are finding their share of assets on their own platforms declining as plan sponsors increasingly select funds from other providers, new research shows. This trend comes partially as a result of the expanding array of benefit solutions, such as... READ MORE

Exams of investment advisers by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly could increase by more than 30% this year, according to Pete Driscoll, Acting Director of the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE).Speaking July 27 at FINRA’s National Compliance... READ MORE

A new report from the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) contends that leveraging auto features, minimizing money out and helping to eliminate barriers to long-term retirement savings are three key steps that DC plan stakeholders can take to help Americans prepare for... READ MORE