The workforce is aging in most of the worlds largest economies, which is putting unfunded pension systems under a lot of pressure.

The success of a social media campaign during National Save for Retirement Week earned some 665,000 impressions in October for Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust.

The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $12 billion to $607 billion in November.

A coalition of retirement industry associations announced its support for the Sense of the Congress resolution, which calls for maintaining the current incentives for retirement savings.

The funded ratio of the top 100 pension funds increased in November, according to Milliman.

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a New York-based ESOP.

More than half of all respondents to an ING survey said they would be motivated to do more for retirement if their savings didnt measure up to those of their peers.

What does that much-discussed tax leap mean for sponsors of 401(k) plans and their participants? Higher taxes could make the plans more attractive.