Retirement

A new report by the National Center for Policy Analysis examines the different proposals that have been suggested for fixing Social Security.

Resounding voter support this week for pension reform measures in San Francisco and Modesto offered some reassurance to leaders of other California cities also struggling to deal with ever-tightening budgets partly due to the costs of generous retirement plans for their employees.

Despite numerous stories and hearings on the topic, new fee disclosure regulations in the 401(k) retirement plan system could cause some angst among plan sponsors and plan participants.

With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over the coming decade, showing flexibility on tax revenue increases for the first time while proposing to gradually raise the Medicare eligibility age to 67...

The Principal announced this week that it is rolling out revised materials with fee disclosures for its plan sponsors ahead of the U.S. Department of Labors fee disclosure deadline of April 1, 2012.

The poor economy is having a negative effect on American workers, according to a survey sponsored by MassMutual Retirement Services.