Assets in these retirement plans totaled $750 billion in 2010 and, if projections hold true, could hit $1 trillion by 2016.

The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by a whopping $388 billion in the past year, and $23 billion of that improvement came in July alone.

Numerous changes to the retirement industry in the past decade apparently havent had much effect on participation rates among married couples.

Both groups support the concept, so long as a few changes are made.

With 22.1 million Americans either unemployed or underemployed, retirement savings have taken a major hit since the Great Recession.

Northern Trusts latest long-term forecast predicts a gradual improvement in global growth.

According to BNY Mellon Investment Strategy & Solutions Group, the funded status of U.S. corporate pensions rose 1.6 percentage points to 88.2 percent.

The City of San Jose aka Silicon Valley has been in court trying to find ways to cut its public-sector pension plan costs.