The key to boosting retirement savings is putting much of the process on autopilot, according to Robert Kaplan, vice president of ING's U.S. Retirement Services.

The CBO found that raising the Medicare eligibility age or the early or full eligibility age for Social Security would reduce federal spending and limit the number of people with access to health insurance.

As a result of the current economic environment, John Hancock is the latest insurer to limit its annuity exposure.

Gen Y workers in higher education retirement plans tend to be as conservative as their older counterparts a Fidelity survey released Monday found.

They say acknowledging that you have a problem is half the battle, but corporate pensions in the United States and the United Kingdom appear to be losing.

Retirees are returning to their 2008 attitudes about finances, a report released by the Society of Actuaries, LIMRA and the International Foundation for Retirement Education found, even if theyre not quite there yet.

Two-thirds of defined-contribution plan participants use smartphones and one-quarter use tablets, a report released in October by Spectrem Group found.

Average returns for funds with an equal mix of stock and bond allocations have historically been statistically equivalent during recessions and expansions, according to Vanguard.