Defined Benefits

If GM had gone under, taxpayers would have had to pick up pension plans with a $26 billion shortfall.

The top three concerns were risk management (31 percent), low return environment (29 percent) and volatility (24 percent).

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

Most federal civilian employees hired beginning in January will contribute 4.4 percent of their pay to their pension plans under the House-passed budget bill the Senate is expected to approve this week.

The bankrupt city is expected to learn this week the value of roughly 2,800 of its pieces at the Detroit Institute of Arts when New York auction house Christie's delivers its final report.

Try these three steps as a way to differentiate yourself as an advocate for retirement plans that work.