When asked about the impact of their employee benefits, 75% of respondents said their company offerings have significantly increased employee retention, as compared to 25% who the offerings have had some impact.

The number of alternative investment strategies used among four popular types of products more than doubled between 2007 and 2011, according to a new report.

Emerging markets equities and commodities comprise the new product plans of 6 in 10 sponsors of exchange-traded funds, new research reveals.

The Country Financial Security Index has risen for the fourth consecutive time, the longest that has happened in the survey's five-year history.

Americans, living longer, are "resetting their retirement clock," according to retirement expert Ken Dyctwald. Nearly half want to cycle between work and leisure.

Ameriprise Financial's research shows less than half of Boomers surveyed felt optimistic about their country's financial futre, down from two-thirds in a 2007 study.

An American College survey suggests that millions of small business owners are underprepared for retirement, with three quarters having no retirement plan at all.

Some 40 percent of Americans at or near retirement age (age 55 or older) are still in the labor force, about the same number as it was in 2010.