Only 19 percent of workers globally have high confidence they will have a comfortable retirement.

According to findings, women executives allow themselves to be interrupted, apologize often, and fail to back up opinions with hard facts.

Gallups U.S. Economic Confidence Index was -15 for the week ending May 25, the ninth consecutive week it has been at or near this level.

Although many Americans who are saving for their golden years still fear going broke in retirement, they are not afraid enough to curtail their current lifestyle, according to Bank of Americas biannual Merrill Edge report.

Advisors were increasingly focused on portfolio management in the first quarter of 2014, while fixed-income also remained at the top of their minds, according to Fidelity.

While target-date funds seem to be generating most of the buzz these days, target-risk funds actually have more assets, according to a report by Morningstar subsidiary Ibbotson.

Just days after BlackRock put out a white paper telling the world it was in favor of to vs. through target-date funds, its rivals at Fidelity Investments have taken the opposite stance.

With interest rates and bond yields stuck at or near historic lows, absolute return investing is attracting attention, and rightly so, though there are associated risks, according to Towers Watson.