The investments reached $11 billion over 180 portfolios compared to $5 billion in 2012.

State Treasurer Janet Cowell, who is one of the few public pension administrators empowered to act as sole fiduciary, reported that the fund ended last year with $86 billion in assets, a rise of $8 billion for the year.

Catholic dioceses across the country need to make sure they have made adequate preparations for their priests to live once they retire.

Just 6 percent of the 114 Fortune 500 multinational companies said they want to continue their defined benefits plans.

The survey looked at two groups of women, the Silent Generation, ages 67 to 80, and Generation X, ages 32 to 47, and found 93 percent of the older group was loyal to advisors when left on their own.

For the second time in little more than a week, a group decrying the cost of public pensions has launched a website listing the benefits paid to about 50,000 former state and local government employees.

Much of the growth in balances came from the stock markets, which hit records last year, with 22 percent due to employee contributions and matches from employers.

Its time for advisors to dust off a topic they havent needed to discuss with clients for quite some time: the impact of rising interest rates on investment strategy.