Retirement planning

If costs continue to escalate, Medicare may be forced to pass on the costs to beneficiaries, who are mostly retirees.

Company after company has repudiated traditional pensions, pushing younger workers into 401(k)-style retirement plans. For diligent savers, a 401(k) can accumulate a big balance, but when the time comes to start using it, things will get a lot more complicated than it was for their parents.

There’s a wide disconnect between retirement plan participants and their retirement goals, and that is affecting how employees understand and interact with plans, according to new research.

When addressing plans for life and finances after work, employers should focus their message to specific age groups, OneAmerica research suggests.

As the fiduciary rule creates challenges to old ways of growing retirement assets, it’s time to consider another source of growth: portability solutions.

Index funds can have longer-term benefits than just a one-time expense that's lower than the other investment options.

More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.

Index funds can have longer-term benefits than just a one-time expense that's lower than the other investment options.

More than half are optimistic that the marketplaces will be an alternative to coverage they now offer their pre-Medicare-eligible retirees by 2018.

Many Americans make the mistake of tapping their home value for immediate financial issues instead of using it to help fund their retirement.