As prosperous a nation as Germany is, its own retirement crisis is causing many of its elderly to be sent to lower-cost retirement facilities in eastern Europe and Asia.

Costs for DC plans now total 60 cents per employee per hour, versus 43 cents per employee per hour in DB plans, with unionized workers' costs seven times more than non-union workers.

Sure, fee disclosure regs seem to have gone over like a lead zeppelin, but if the participants actually open them in 2013, you could see some big interest in your expertise.

The Garden State's popular governor made unpopular retirement plan cuts in 2011, though critics say the reforms need to be even more intense.

The DOL is hoping to distribute more than $81,000 in plan assets frozen for more than two years following an embezzlement case in New Jersey.

Principal's Larry Zimpleman argues that the tax deferral incentives in America's retirement plans look at the issue in the long term.

The House approved a bill Thursday requiring federal employees to contribute 5 percent more of their salaries over five years toward retirement, as part of a wider deal hoping to avoid the fiscal cliff.

While the bulk of participants' 401(k) investments still sit in the stock market, more and more investors are diversifying with TDF holdings.