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While only 18 percent of employees participate in advisory services through their 401(k) plans, they report having a more positive outlook about their retirement plans as opposed to those who do not, according to the Mercer Workplace Survey.

In February, the cost of purchasing annuities for retirees in U.S. pension plans jumped to 110 percent of the accounting liability for the plan.

With major health care reform changes planned for 2014, many employees are unaware of how this new marketplace will affect them, and its important that employers get in front of the necessary communication now, says Jackie Cuthbert, principal at Mercer, a human resources consulting firm in New York City.

Mercer launched its U.S. Pension Buyout Index, which allows plan sponsors to see at a glance how much it would cost to have an insurer buy out their retiree liabilities from a defined benefit plan and how that cost changes over time.

Almost 60 percent of financial executives believe their pension plan poses either a moderate or substantial risk to their organization.

Dik Bolger is a lifelong Minnesota Democrat, a gray-bearded baby boomer with a braid down his back whose Minneapolis printing company's plant displays work by local artists and sculptors. He backed Mark Dayton for governor, but his take on the Democratic chief executive's plan for new business taxes could be...

The accounting deficit of defined benefit pension schemes in the United Kingdom increased in January.

When it comes to benefits, employees want them now as opposed over the long term.