Retirement

The effect of the premium hikes could increase the carrying costs of unfunded pension liabilities by more than 3 percent.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers support the overall deal, yet they and other business groups warn the fees will have a negative impact.

Fully 70 percent of all companies now offer various forms of education related to saving for retirement.

There are plenty of reasons why plan sponsors peering into 2014 might have that deer-in-the-headlights look about them.

A paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia challenges the idea that much of the decline in unemployment is happening because many discouraged workers have simply given up looking for work.

Aon Hewitt says the most common way employers are doing so include switching share classes to less costly alternatives (62 percent) and swapping out funds for lower-cost alternatives (50 percent).