Putting into place a retirement plan at your company can seem daunting. There are so many options. Plan sponsors need to set goals and determine what type of plan they want.

According to Mercers latest data, the funded ratio of these plans remained at 89 percent, which is 15 percent higher than it was at the end of 2012.

Generation Y learned a lot about finances during the Great Recession and took more positive financial action since 2008 than any other generation.

The New Mexico Supreme Court will soon issue a decision about whether the state can cut cost-of-living increases for retired government workers to better manage its pension liabilities.

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco bank and its directors alleging their mismanagement of the banks Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets resulted in a $1.4 million loss.

EPIs Retirement Inequality Chartbook offers dozens of charts that look at retirement preparedness and outcomes by income, race and ethnicity, education, gender and marital status. Its conclusion? The 401(k) revolution created a few big winners and many losers.

According to Cogent Researchs Advisor Touchpoints study, advisors receive an average of 126 contacts per month from product manufacturers.

Forty-two percent of institutions surveyed say they already use an advisor or consultant, a trend that is expected to grow by 10 percent over the next year.