401(k)

Cash balance, deferred compensation and profit-sharing plans are gaining in popularity — especially for small employers.

Cash balance, deferred compensation and profit-sharing plans are gaining in popularity - especially for small employers.

Retirees have median savings of $839,000, but many of them are unwilling to spend away their nest egg.

Employers should concentrate on adopting measures that enable seamless plan-to-plan savings portability for participants, especially for employee accounts with less than $5,000.

A new benefit program at Abbott means employees won’t have to choose between paying down student debt and saving for the future.

Rising interest rates can be a boon for seniors seeking better returns from low-risk investments, but can hamper other clients with adjustable-rate mortgages.

Those who can't downsize can still rent out a portion of their property to help cover expenses.

Reasonable costs, healthy account balances and a high percentage of employee participants are attributes of great retirement plans.

Municipal bonds can be a more lucrative option for some retirement savers than comparable, higher-yielding bonds.

During that first 10 years of our 40-year careers, most of us contribute very little or nothing to our retirement accounts. At that time in our lives, retirement seems pretty far off – but it isn’t.