Generally, qualified defined benefit plans must be funded under a trust created or organized in the United States.

Six states account for the bulk of the unclaimed pension assets. New York had the highest number of missing participants at 6,678, with $40.33 million that remains unclaimed.

TAMPs can be offered as stand-alone products or as a platform in which financial advisors can direct clients retirement savings to different investment models for a fee.

An 87-basis-point surge in interest rates and an 11.2 percent investment gain in 2013 powered a historic year in corporate pension funded status improvement, gaining $318 billion for the year.

The Census Bureau has found that although the elderly were less likely to fall in and out of poverty during this time span, once they fell into poverty they stayed there for the entire three years of the study.

The changes were fueled by the mortgage crisis, which hindered retired individuals by reducing their ability to tap into home equity to help pay for health care or monthly bills

Retirement plan sponsors should update their plan documents to protect the money of "lost" participants from state escheatment laws.

Of the 3.5 million taxpayers who made IRA contributions, 62 percent were over the age of 50.