Retirement Trends

Global pension fund assets hit a record high in 2012, climbing 10 percent to a grand total of $16.9 billion, according to Towers Watson tracking.

Even with 14.2 percent earnings on its investments, the automaker is seeing a rapidly increasing global pension deficit, topping $18.7 billion.

As of January 8, Fidelity became Dells new recordkeeping service provider of its 401(k) plan with approximately 50,000 participants and $3.4 billion in assets under administration.

Great-West Financial now includes a retirement income estimate on its account statements, designed to help participants on track for their retirement planning.

Testifying at a Senate retirement hearing, TIAA-CREF managers say the erosion of the traditional DB plans and Social Security has left workers in precarious waters.

Consulting firms that have one or more conflicts of interest oversee more than half of pension assets reported to be under the care of pension investment consultants, according to new research.