Different age groups have different concerns about their retirement, according to the 2011 Franklin Templeton Retirement Income Strategies and Expectations survey.

A new report by Fidelity Investments shows that the Pension Protection Act of 2006 has had a positive impact on both 401(k) plan design and participant savings behaviors.

The U.S. population of people 65 and older is now the largest in terms of size and percent of population, compared with any previous census, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The group grew faster than the total population between 2000 and 2010.

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. announced that it will increase the yearly maximum benefit a 65-year-old retiree can receive to almost $56,000 from $54,000.

Stable value funds arent as stable as most investors would like, according to a white paper by Towers Watson.

Transamerica Retirement Services will expand its core investment platform by adding 38 new stock and bond investment choices.

Seventy-five percent of small business owners polled in a recent survey said they agree that most American workers are financially unprepared for retirement, but only one in five small businesses offer their employees a 401(k) or other employee self-funded retirement plan.

While many state-run pension plans are running huge deficits, and many states are calling for a switch from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans, a handful of pensions have managed to weather the market volatility since 2008, including New Yorks.