The Illinois governor is hoping a new social media campaign will help raise public awareness about his state's nearly $100 billion pension deficit.

The IRS has offered Superstorm Sandy victims the opportunity to use their 401(k) and 403(b) savings for emergency purposes.

Despite successes in protecting retirement benefits for employees of companies such as American Airlines, the PBGC still faces a $34 billion funding deficit.

The federal pension agency says it will try to help the 2,300 Hostess employees enrolled in its single-employer plan, underfunded by $55 million.

A proposal to drop pension benefits for new hires and subsitute a DC plan has mayoral candidates and the L.A. police union up in arms.

United Technologies' fixed-annuity option in its 401(k) plan could provide retirement income guarantees for its participants, but there are costs involved.

MetLife's new quiz on retirement income is a good starting point for retirement advisors to gauge just how little clients may know about their coming needs.

Does the AARP have stocks in paper companies? Maybe a better issue to push is fee disclosures with good information, not just pages and pages of vague data.