Investment Instruments

The recession, job loss, death and disability have pushed 401(k) loan defaults to about $37 billion a year, which has played havoc with the industry.

While many who've chosen ETFs as investments do their trading in a more aggressive manner, Vanguard says the majority take a conservative approach.

Schwab Retirement Business Services has launched a suite of retirement tools to help advisors increase productivity and build skills in their 401(k) plans.

Russell Investments has just released a free Web-based tool designed specifically for advisors that provides institutional-quality equity risk analysis of clients portfolios.

While two-thirds of advisors say technology has been mostly beneficial to their firms, 61 percent say it would be easier to manage if their various systems were better integrated, an SEI survey found.

Industries tackling the obesity epidemic are slowly becoming an investment opportunity.

New data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that government employees were more likely to have access to a retirement plan at work than their civilian counterparts.

Mutual of Omaha Retirement Plans Division has named Brian Armstrong and Oliver Schulz as regional sales managers.