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A Government Accountability Office report found that billions in savings from forced transfers out of 401(k) plans are defaulted into costly, unproductive IRAs, most of which generate more in fees than returns.

Opponents were already weighing their legal options in response to this weeks passage by Congress of the amendment allowing troubled, multiemployer pension plans to cut retiree benefits.

Hatch said he plans to reintroduce his Secure Annuities for Employee Retirement Act next year.

Supreme Court decisions, crackdowns by the Department of Labor and a shift in the political balance of power were among the big stories on the retirement front. And 2015 promises even more.

The National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans says the amendment gives multiemployer pension plans the tools they need to head off insolvency and preserve retiree benefits for decades to come.

Congressional legislation would allow cuts in a handful of troubled plans, but critics fear more cuts are next

The Urban Institute's Build Your Own Pension Plan allows policymakers and researchers to plug in proposed changes to compare how they might influence their finances and benefits.

Debra Wetherbys firm was No. 1 in Bloomberg Markets first ranking of independent registered investment advisers, or RIAs, based on the assets they manage.