Retirement readiness

82% of surviving spouses could have collected a higher benefit if they did things differently with their filing, according to a new report.

States with unfunded public employee retirement obligations will have to rely on real estate property as their ultimate collateral to deal with the risk.

Divorce is expected to be different for couples who are in their advance years than when they were younger.

Many seniors who succeeded in retirement set their sights on becoming millionaires while they were young.

Clients will be better off using the income allocation strategy than the asset allocation approach when building a retirement portfolio, an advisor says.

Employers and employees both say programs are necessary to help manage debt and prepare for retirement, but participation still lags.

Retirees may have gotten out of the workforce too early if they are not yet eligible to claim health coverage through Medicare.

Many workers are not financially stable and not prepared for retirement, according to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, resulting in an increase in onsite financial programs.

Employers looking to beef up retirement strategies must talk with lawmakers and adopt new strategies to create innovative ways to better prepare workers for post-work years.

Many workers are not financially stable and not prepared for retirement, according to the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans, resulting in an increase in onsite financial programs.