Retirement Trends

Solid market returns drove nationwide growth in 401(k) balances last year, though not every state enjoyed the same level of success, according to a study by Judy Diamond Associates.

An annual 3 percent compounded cost-of-living pension increases would be tied to inflation and would be skipped in certain years.

Chief Executive Officer Sam Walshs pay compared with the companys average worker is deemed to be disproportionate, PIRC, a U.K. adviser to institutional investors with more than 1.5 trillion pounds ($2.5 trillion) in assets, said today.

There are far more older women than older men, and the Bank of England policy in the post-crisis period had a dramatic negative effect on pensions and annuities, said a former director of the Sage Group.

Not everybody is enamored of these vehicles, including the Department of Labor, which has said it will have a discussion sometime in the future about how target-date funds can be made more standardized and transparent.

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- The damage inflicted on U.S. households by the collapse of the housing market and recession wasn’t evenly distributed. Just…