Investment Instruments

If Social Security can keep politics out investing and find way to absorb financial market shocks, maybe it could invest in equities.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a record $13 billion settlement with federal and state authorities, resolving claims over the bank's sales of low-quality, high-risk mortgage-backed securities that collapsed in value during the U.S. housing crisis.

Federal courts in Ohio and California saw executives facing legal consequences for their involvements in employee pension plans.

CalPERS board says it's now seeking a risky, lower yielding portfolio and wants to keep the discount rate at 7.5 percent or higher.

Companies operating at a loss will be able to end or reduce non-elective contributions made to Safe Harbor 401(k) plans midyear.

Colleges and other high-ed institutions are reducing costs by increasingly using single plan providers.