The funded status for the typical U.S. corporate pension plan rose to 74.8 percent in October because of strong asset returns and no change in liabilities, according to a report by BNY Mellon Asset Management.

The Principal is now offering a small plan market tool kit that will help financial professionals get into the growing small plan market and build strong practices with diversified revenue streams.

The number of young adults, aged 25 to 34, living in their parents home increased between 2005 and 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Pensions improve the quality of Californias public education system and reduce turnover costs, according to a report issued by the National Institute on Retirement Security.

Mercers US Outsourcing business has rolled out Financial Engines Income+ to its defined contribution plan client base.

Rhode Island is ground zero for pension reform right now. The state, which has found itself with an unfunded pension liability of between $7 billion and $9 billion, has proposed a hybrid defined benefit/defined contribution plan to reform its retirement system.

Social Security not only shouldn't be cut as part of the United States debt reduction measures, but, according to Merton Bernstein, an expert on Social Security and the Walter D. Coles Professor Emeritus at Washington University in St. Louis, it wouldnt take much to ensure Social Securitys viability 75 years...

Vanguard plans to introduce two international bond index funds: Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund and Vanguard Emerging Markets Government Bond Index Fund. The funds represent Vanguards first international fixed income offerings for U.S. investors.