Investment Instruments

Despite an improving U.S. job and housing markets, consumer confidence fell to the lowest level it's been since November 2011.

More companies are now offering a 401(k) match to their employees than were before the 2008 financial crisis, according to new data by Charles Schwab.

State employees want the North Carolina treasurer to answer questions about why the state's pension fund used a firm that invested in Facebook stock.

Toronto Dominion Bank will sell its American insurance holdings to USI Insurance Services, which hopes the acquistion will boost its revenues by $58 million a year.

Mercer's research shows funding levels dropping and an appalling 2.9 percent medium asset return rate for S&P 1500 company DB plans.

Putnam Investments suggests that deferral rates have a greater impact on a portfolio than fund selection, asset allocation or rebalancing.

Given a choice in an Associated Press poll, 53 percent of adults said they would rather raise taxes than cut Social Security benefits for future generations.

MFS Investment Management's Bob Pozen warns that private pension funds are making their plight even worse by pushing for unrealistically high discount rates.