Defined Benefits

Happiness in retirement is falling substantially -- is the decline of pensions to blame?

The Supreme Court ruled that employee retirement plans of religious-affiliated nonprofits -- so-called 'church plans' -- are exempt from the protections and requirements of federal pension law.

A former managing director admitted to bribing a NY state pension fund portfolio manager, who is pleading not guilty to fraud.

The fiduciary rule is another disclosure rule -- without it, firms wont give investors the information they need, because they profit from keeping their clients in the dark.

Proposed changes to the IRS mortality tables would have a negative effect on the funding requirements for single-employer pension plans, an SOA report finds.

Sponsors need to be engaging consultants on an annual basisat a minimumon whether they are applying the most beneficial funding and documentation strategies to their plan.

Retirement savers sometimes forget the 'deferred' part of 'tax-deferred savings.'

Money worries are approaching the nightmare status not seen since the Great Recession -- starting with health care costs and retirement and finishing with student loan debt.