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Despite the economic downturn and a widely held belief that the country is heading into another recession, benefit plan participants are committed to saving money for retirement, according to the Mercer Workplace Survey.

Public sector employees prefer defined benefit pensions over 401(k)-type defined contribution individual accounts, according to a study released today by the National Institute on Retirement Security and Milliman Inc.

A think tank is predicting a "silver tsunami" in the next decade as baby boomers begin to reach age 65 in large numbers in New Hampshire and shift more health care costs to public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

The American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries is launching a new organization to meet the growing needs of advisors working in the 401(k) market.

Stocks soared Thursday after applications for unemployment benefits fell to a five-month low and the government raised its estimate of how fast the U.S. economy grew this spring.

A quarter of retirees dont believe their lives are better now that they are retired, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.