Retirement Plans

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

SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC.

HALLIBURTON CO.

SAP AMERICA

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How much fee disclosure is enough when it comes to your 401(k)?

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 ...

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