Retirement

Female employees are ill-prepared for retirement — roughly one-third less than their male coworkers — but employers can help close the gap.

Younger workers are closing the savings gap due to design features and qualified default investment alternatives like target-date funds or managed accounts.

Older Americans would be subject to an "age tax" under the Senate legislation designed to revamp the Affordable Care Act, says an expert with the AARP.

An IPS is a key part of the fiduciary compliance process and should clearly state roles and responsibilities.

Older Americans would be subject to an "age tax" under the Senate legislation designed to revamp the Affordable Care Act, says an expert with the AARP.

UPS will freeze a pension plan because of escalating costs and volatility in determining future payments, replacing it with a different retirement benefit.

Setting up an investment account for every newborn, with the federal government seeding it with $7,000, might be a solution to the looming Social Security crisis, says expert.

Gold tends to hold its value in the long-term, but it's volatile — almost as much as stocks — so clients may need decades to ride out its ups and downs,

The best retirement providers should sign on to a plan as a fiduciary, provide a complete menu of services and have a clean background.

Without defaulting to electronic disclosures, the cost burden falls on organizations and employees, says ERISA Industry Committee.