Investment Instruments

The SPARK Institute and the Investment Company Institute have released a Sample Glossary of Investment-Related Terms for Disclosures to Retirement Plan Participants that defined contribution plans can use and adapt in complying with new Department of Labor participant disclosure regulations requiring plans to give participants specific information about plan investments,...

The Southwest Airlines Pilots Retirement Savings Plan took the top spot in BrightScopes Year-End Top 30 Ratings List covering 401(k) plans with more than $1 billion in assets. The Southwest plan bumped The Savings Plan of Saudi Arabian Oil Company to the number 2 spot after it held the...

In a letter to the Federal Insurance Office today, the Insured Retirement Institute encouraged the FIO to focus on the insurance regulatory system in the context of the current state of retirement savings in America and the need for consumers to insure against the risk of outliving their assets as...

Perhaps, after its all said and done, the end of the Mayan Calendar the Year 2012 will not mark the end of civilization as we know it. Maybe it just will just mark the beginning of the end of overpriced 401*(k) service providers.

Security Benefit Corp. is partnering with Mesirow Financial to launch a new 401(k) product with fiduciary protection.

MassMutuals Retirement Services Division has launched a new fund, called the MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund. The fund features portfolio management by MassMutual affiliate Baring International Investment Limited.

Not-for-profit 403(b) retirement plans continue to grow and adapt to new regulations and a volatile economy, according to a new study by the Plan Sponsor Council of America. Many have taken to emulating their private sector counterparts in the 401(k) market, adhering to guidelines set forth in the Employee...

A new survey of affluent Americans shows that the wealthy are just as insecure about their ability to retire comfortably as their middle class counterparts.