State pension funds more than doubled their allocations to alternative investments between 2006 and 2012, about a $600 billion increase.

According to data from the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index, the pension deficit is below $100 billion for the first time in five years as the funded status increased by $34 billion during November.

The savers credit helps offset part of the first $2,000 workers voluntarily contribute to IRAs and to 401(k)s and other defined contribution plans at their workplace.

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals is allowing 170,000 Boeing employees and retirees to proceed to a resolution of their claims that the 401(k) plan had excessive fees and imprudent investment options.

The end of the year is a good time for retirement plans sponsors to take a moment to review their offerings and make certain that business plans and operations strategies are set in place for 2014.

The American work force is embracing the DC plan as an integral part of the retirement process.

Women don't save as well as the opposite sex does for retirement because they don't have access to financial advice, says a new survey.

Housing is lagging behind equity markets, a stat that's keeping the National Retirement Risk Index from climbing further.