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Iowa's Tom Harkin, chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, will continue to push his own vision for a nationalized U.S. retirement system through 2014.

The Institutional Retirement Income Council issued a report to help employers that sponsor retirement plans better understand and navigate through the maze of retirement income products that are emerging in the marketplace.

Louisiana Gov. Jindal's plan to shift future state workers to a 401(k)-style retirement plan is unconstitutional because it didn't receive enough support from lawmakers, a judge ruled Thursday.

The Institutional Retirement Income Council aims to help plan sponsors get a better overview of the options available and a way of evaluating what's best for their employees.

A LIMRA study shows Canadian workers feel equally underprepared when it comes to maintaining their current lifestyle in retirement.

2012's sweep of retirement reforms will likely stall, critics note, leading to much larger and impossible-to-manage costs in the not-so-far future.