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The coronavirus pandemic may be receding, but the resulting 'she-cession' remains, even as employers are digging into their toolboxes to increase support for employees who are caregivers. By March 2021, [...]

Byline: Melanie Waddell While retirement savers are more optimistic about how much they've saved, inertia and competing financial demands are keeping them from saving more. But savers -- specifically millennials [...]

Byline: Michael S. Fischer Global investors are currently holding 5.7% of their portfolios in cash, up from 5.5% in May and the highest level since November 2001, according to the [...]

Byline: Michael S. Fischer Hedge fund investors are feeling optimistic about 2016, expecting hedge funds to outperform equity markets, Deutsche Bank reported Tuesday in announcing highlights of its latest alternative [...]

Byline: Michael S. Fischer Hedge fund assets will grow at a 7% clip in 2014, surpassing $3 trillion by year-end, according to a Deutsche Bank survey released Tuesday. The study [...]

Byline: Brian Collins A regulatory report released this summer helped to fuel hopes that banks were beginning to loosen up on making mortgage loans. But now it looks as if [...]

A new report launched by the Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina, surveyed attitudes of would-be first-time homebuyers and found that a slim majority (52 percent) are still looking to [...]

Byline: Megan Leonhardt A RISING MARKET lifts many spirits, including advisor satisfaction with the firm that employs them. REP.'s 23rd annual Broker Report Card, our annual survey that lets advisors [...]

Byline: Trevor Hunnicutt Wealthy investors don't see themselves as old until they are 80, and that perception is driving how they save for retirement, according to a survey released last [...]

Byline: Danielle Andrus, ThinkAdvisor Millennials feel less financially independent today than they did two years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by PNC Financial Services. Just 17% of 20-somethings [...]

Americans are increasingly using their mobile phones to access bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial accounts, according to the Federal Reserve Board's latest report on mobile financial services. As [...]

Byline: Arleen Jacobius Most alternative investment asset classes -- both in U.S. defined contribution and defined benefit plans -- realized stunning asset increases in the year ended Sept. 30, according [...]

401(k) guidance The Treasury Department soon will offer guidance on lifetime income options for 401(k) plan participants Saver survey Saving for retirement has become a diminishing priority for 401(k) participants. [...]

Byline: Adam Lewis Global fund managers slashed their weighting to global emerging markets (Gem) to the lowest level since March 2009, according to the February Bank of America (BofA) Merrill [...]

Byline: John Aidan Byrne U.S. and Canadian banks say developing mass affluent wealth management business is a top priority, but they're not doing enough about it, says a recent report [...]

Byline: Jeff Benjamin Middle-class Americans need more help than they realize in planning for retirement, according to the results of a survey from Wells Fargo & Co. The study -- [...]

Byline: Jerry Gleeson Advisor satisfaction at Wells Fargo Advisors hasn't changed much from last year, and that's not good. Last year, advisors gave it a 5.5 rating out of 10, [...]

Byline: Timothy Inklebarger Public pension plans are giving endowments and foundations a run for their money in alternative investing, according to a preview of a J.P. Morgan Asset Management report [...]

Byline: Ken Tarbous Hedge fund inflows are expected to top $220 billion this year as asset levels return to near pre-crisis levels in a reversal of last year's trend of [...]

Defensives gained more than cyclical resource stocks and financials as managers turned cautious in February, according to the latest fund manager survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. The group [...]

Asset allocators upped their weightings to commodities in November as a hedge against rising inflation prospects, according to the Bank of America (BofA) Merrill Lynch Global Fund Manager Survey. Respondents [...]

Byline: Jeff Nash Just because participants in 401(k) plans have investment information doesn't mean that they will read it, according to a JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services survey. Two-thirds of 401(k) [...]

Byline: Sara Hansard Fear of unemployment and the state of the job market most influence homeowners' concerns over their financial situation, according to a survey of 1,600 homeowners conducted for [...]

Wealthy with advisersoutdid those without Millionaires who worked with financial advisers saw investible assets decline by an average of 4% last year, compared with 18% for those without an adviser, [...]

Fund managers have turned bullish about global economic growth prospects and corporate profits, according to the latest monthly survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Emerging markets are proving particularly [...]

Byline: Sara Hansard Most affluent Americans earn their wealth and are more likely to feel secure during challenging economic times, compared with wealthy people who inherit their money, according to [...]