State and local government pensions do not offer the same level of protection as ERISA-regulated corporate pensions. State and local government pensions assure workers and retirees that they enjoy the ...

Read this if you're thinking about retiring and taking the lump-sum option Clay Halton was a Business Editor at Investopedia and has been working in the finance publishing field for more than five ...

A pension, Social Security and some personal savings: A few decades ago, this was all most retirees needed to fully enjoy their golden years. Fast-forward to today, one of those three pillars has ...

Are you getting ready to retire and deciding what to do with your pension? Making the wrong decision can be costly, especially considering that, most likely, you won’t be able to change it. Plus, the ...

California state government observers have wondered in recent months why the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation's largest state pension fund and one of Wall Street's ...

While jobs with pensions are much less common than they used to be, they still exist. Today, we're going to look at 15 such ...

Learn four smart strategies for managing your retirement accounts after retiring — and four mistakes to avoid — so you can stretch your nest egg further.

The future adequacy of pensions remains under pressure in the EU. Women continue to receive significantly lower pensions than ...

Although not his intent, John Micek ("The Sunday Brunch," July 27) nicely highlights news reports on other states that illustrate why Pennsylvania should not switch to a 401(k)-style public retirement ...

Voters in San Diego, San Jose and Wisconsin made it clear last week that they no longer will tolerate the expense of public employee pensions that are straining local and state government budgets.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. The hardest part of investing for retirement is budgeting ample ...