The top three concerns were risk management (31 percent), low return environment (29 percent) and volatility (24 percent).

Such rollovers from 401(k), 403(b) or 457(b) accounts were expanded this year to be open to any vested funds in a retirement plan that allowed them, but companies were awaiting clarification of the rules.

When the automaker came out of bankruptcy in 2009, a new contract negotiated with the union did not include medical benefits.

Fully 68 percent of those who dont own annuities said they have a positive or neutral feeling about annuities and 91 percent of annuity owners answered the same way.

From deciding when to start drawing Social Security benefits to making sure all your retirement accounts are tagged with the right beneficiaries and communicating with your spouse about the future, its easy to feel overwhelmed.

Of the 130 companies polled in the U.K., Canada and the U.S., 57 percent said they employed such a method, which often relies on bonds,

The biggest change in the retirement plan would require new employees to pay 4.4 percent of their salaries toward retirement benefits.

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