Investment Instruments

Although more than half of plan sponsors offer target-date funds in their defined contribution plans, only half of those are using TDFs as their default, according to a new survey by AllianceBernstein L.P.

ShareBuilder 401k has launched new online tools and resources to help companies and their employees better understand their new 401(k) fee disclosure statements.

Despite the Social Security COLA increase, critics say those increases will be offset by higher Medicare premiums. Welcome to the future of retirement.

BlackRock Inc.'s iShares, the biggest ETF provider, expands a fee-cutting war that's benefiting cost-conscious investors.

The new suite of separate accounts makes it easier to add an LDI strategy to a defined benefits plant.

As companies have slowly moved their retirement plans from defined benefit pensions over to defined contribution plans, thereby shifting the risk onto individuals, they have gotten away from offering insured products to help protect employee assets.