Retirement benefits

Given millennials’ rep for job hopping and stock shunning, here’s a striking statistic.

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.

Lawmakers have a responsibility to craft legislation and regulations that will help employers of all sizes, says State Street Global Advisors’ Melissa Kahn.

Why timing is so important for college graduates when making contributions to their employers' 401(k) plans.

Why timing is so important for college graduates when making contributions to their employers' 401(k) plans.

As the benefits landscape becomes more regulated, complex and costly, the right technology can set the course for accomplishment.

Most plan sponsors are falling short when it comes to managing their RFP process, says adviser Robert Lawton.

As the human resources landscape becomes more regulated, complex and costly, employers need to set up their department for success by providing them with the right technology.

Lawmakers have a responsibility to craft legislation and regulations that will help employers of all sizes, says State Street Global Advisors’ Melissa Kahn.

Men and women approach retirement planning in opposite ways, and benefit managers need to change the way they advise female staffers.

Companies aren’t really giving potential employees what they want, a new survey finds.

Spousal and survivor benefits have become outdated and no longer address the needs of today's families given divorce rates and the number of single households.