Retirement Trends

The funded ratio of the Fortune 1000 pension plans improved slightly from the previous year to 74 percent and 70 percent of companies had a funded status of less than 80 percent.

Although the name is changing, the company will continue to help Americans save more for retirement through its retirement, investment and insurance market segments.

Stocks were little changed as investors assessed prospects for economic and corporate earnings growth after the Standard & Poors 500 Index rallied the most last year in more than a decade.

U.S. pensions, which control $16 trillion, shifted out of equities and into bonds in the third quarter at the fastest rate since 2008,

Fidelity's 401(k) team put together a list of trends it believes will gain traction in the coming months, including higher adoption of Roth 401(k) and managed account options.

Corporate pension funds ended 2013 95 percent funded compared to a Towers Watson analysis which shows that 70 percent of systems were less than 80 percent funded at the end of 2012.