The Bear Stearns debacle is forcing a new group of employees to face retirement with far less savings than they anticipated.

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When it comes to retirement, many finance executives are walking away from the corporate world years earlier than their father’s generation.

After years on the endangered species list, defined benefit (DB) plans have halted what many considered their slide toward extinction, according to two new surveys by benefits consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide.

Given the potential for many baby boomers to outlive their retirement savings, companies should consider adding annuities to 401(k) plans, according to a recent report by Watson Wyatt Investment Consulting.

While companies have been busy closing, freezing or even terminating defined benefit (DB) plans for employees, there is one group that still seems to have a guaranteed retirement package awaiting them: CEOs at Standard & Poor’s 500 companies.

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Veteran policymaker Alicia Munnell talks about changes that could help get baby boomers on track for what could be a long retirement

As defined benefit plans fall by the wayside—frozen or converted to a less desirable cash balance account—employers are coming to the realization that their employees may be left with too little money to stretch across the expanding retirement horizon. The solution is clear: The 401(k) has to become more than a supplement. It has to begin to walk and talk like a pension plan—just not cost so much or be as volatile.

Despite some headaches, the PPA is giving pension room to morph and maybe even survive

Health savings accounts have been touted as the future of healthcare. But now Steve Case’s ConnectYourCare, in partnership with banks, is working to make employees see that as a good thing

There has been considerable hand wringing over the fate of defined benefit plans. But, thanks to a combination of economic and legislative factors, DB plans have a new lease on life for once-skeptical companies

Gov. Schwarzenegger's plan calling for universal healthcare coverage in california is bold in scope and detail—and along with activity in other states, could elevate the debate to the national stage

No one loves having to wade through healthcare plan options, but with online tools by Asparity, employees can find the plan that best suits them and employers receive data that can improve their policies

Lucent Technologies Inc. is the 2006 gold AHA winner in retirement.

DB Plans are hard enough to manage in one country, but as companies go global and are entrusted with plans under different regulatory and tax systems, they must come up with new economies of scale