TAMPs can be offered as stand-alone products or as a platform in which financial advisors can direct clients retirement savings to different investment models for a fee.

An 87-basis-point surge in interest rates and an 11.2 percent investment gain in 2013 powered a historic year in corporate pension funded status improvement, gaining $318 billion for the year.

The U.S. chamber will work to repeal what it views as onerous health care taxes; repeal, delay, or change the employer mandate; and give companies and their employees more flexibility in the choice of health insurance plans.