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Pay raises were widespread in the industry last year, but it turns out that a number of firms also feel financial advisors have lots of room for improvement, the results of a new study suggest.
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To those who think millennials are profligate in their spending, far too focused on immediate gratification rather than what’s in their long term interests, a new survey may have them singing a different tune.
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Each and every one of us is getting older, some aging more gracefully than others. And the same is true for the world at large, as certain countries are entering their elder years at a slower pace. Chief among them? The United States, a new government study shows.
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Approximately 80 percent of Canadians say they're successfully preparing for retirement, according to a 2015 report from management and consultancy firm McKinsey & Company.

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At north of 1.3 billion, China is the world’s most-populated country, with India in a not-so-far distant second. It’s also one that’s aging. By 2050, approximately 33 percent will be 60 years or older.
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Whether most of your sales are in life insurance or annuity policies, 2016 is shaping up to be an above-average year for insurance professionals, newly released polls suggest.
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Despite the burnout that the medical community often feels, the satisfaction they get from doing good makes it all worth it at the end of the day, according to recent poll.
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Members of today’s workforce are largely united in one fundamental belief: They’re paying more than they ought to be to the federal government in taxes, a new poll reveals.
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If there’s only one conference you go to this year, make it the one that’s scheduled next month in the nation’s capital.
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Over 33 percent of Generation X hasn’t saved anything for retirement, according to a recent poll conducted by the Insured Retirement Institute.
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