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A new study by Towers Watson examined 13 major pension markets, totaling $27.5 trillion and accounting for 72.3 percent of the GDP of these markets. This represented a 3.9 percent increase compared to the year-end 2010 value.

Cerulli Associates announced that total assets in the U.S. retirement market, including public and private defined-contribution, defined-benefit and individual retirement account markets, increased 9.6% in 2010 to $15.8 trillion.

State retirement systems increased their holdings by 10.7 percent in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. They had $2.2 trillion in cash and investment holdings, an increase of $213.9 billion from 2009. This followed a $610.8 billion loss the previous year.

It's the most expensive metropolitan setting in the United States, and the results may be grim for hard-working New Yorkers, more than a third of whom can't afford to retire.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday that with an $8 billion pension bill squeezing the city's finances, state legislators should back the governor and create a new lower pension tier for future municipal and state workers.

Last year, Republican lawmakers shifted more of New Hampshire's public pension costs onto workers to ease employers' expenses. Now, they're proposing a parallel plan for new employees that lacks a guaranteed lifetime benefit.

Under a state senator's proposal, employees and their employers would have to contribute to a system similar to a 401(k) where their money is invested and their retirement payment depends on their total investments when they retire.

For whatever reason, advisors and plan sponsors seem to take the Fifth when it comes to exposing their thoughts in public. So this is my humble request: Tell me what you think about the most pressing issues ahead this year, and subsequently, what you're doing about it.