Retirement Trends

Investment experts say that despite recently reaching a five-year high, markets are generally expected to experience a major drop in the coming year.

AIG is considering Wednesday whether the company should join a lawsuit against the government that spent $182 billion to save it from collapse.

Pentegra Retirement Services launched a new Web tool that will allow plan sponsors and advisors to speak with a retirement specialist.

White Plains, N.Y.-based Pentegra Retirement Services has purchased Advanced Pension Solutions, a third-party retirement plan administration firm in Blacklick, Ohio and Louisville, Ky.

American International Group Inc, the insurer rescued by the U.S. government in 2008 with a bailout that ultimately totaled $182 billion, may now join a lawsuit against the government alleging the terms of the deal were unfair, the company said on Tuesday.

Investors have had a nice four-year run in municipal bonds. Since the start of 2000, national long-term muni bond indexes have returned 8.5 percent annualized.