Retirement Trends

While SIFMA 'strongly supports' some recommendations, others are 'incongruous' with Dodd-Frank's intent, says SIFMA's Carroll.

If Social Security can keep politics out investing and find way to absorb financial market shocks, maybe it could invest in equities.

CalPERS board says it's now seeking a risky, lower yielding portfolio and wants to keep the discount rate at 7.5 percent or higher.

Companies operating at a loss will be able to end or reduce non-elective contributions made to Safe Harbor 401(k) plans midyear.

Colleges and other high-ed institutions are reducing costs by increasingly using single plan providers.

Most companies, Fortune 100 companies included, have attempted to lower their retirement costs over the past decade. The most popular way has been to close pension plans to new hires and begin offering defined contribution plans instead.