The estimated aggregate funded status of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies rose in 2015.

Workers in lower income groups would be disproportionately affected by any increases in retirement age due to a growing gap in life expectancy between lower socioeconomic groups and higher ones, a study shows.

When workers change jobs, their retirement plans lose money as they're often cashed out--but two firms aim to stop the leakage.

Reducing the number of investment options available in retirement plans not only reduced risk, but also led to greater long-term savings of nearly $10,000 per participant, a study found.

Here's how the largest corporate pension plans finished out 2015, according to Towers Watson.

Almost half of respondents to an Allianz survey say their top resolution for 2016 will be on health and wellness. Retirement saving? Not so much. But budgeting and paying off credit cards, yes.

New Jersey's Senate budget committee approved a bill creating a retirement program for private-sector workers who do not have an employer-sponsored plan.

The Department of Labor and its Employee Benefits Security Administration have been busy recently, working on behalf of plan participants.