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Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman has directed the state pension fund to review any investments in gun, ammunition and other companies in response to the killings last week of 20 children and six adults in a Connecticut elementary school.

A generic TV program put things in perspective: Do we simply sell products, or is our role to serve (and protect) the investing public?

A judge hearing a challenge by public-sector unions and retirees to Rhode Island's landmark pension system overhaul on Tuesday ordered the parties into federal mediation a little over a week after the state asked her to dismiss the lawsuit.

Yes, it turns out, California's teacher pension fund had hundreds of millions invested indirectly in gun companies. Those investments have changed overnight.

A Senate resolution asking leaders to protect the tax deferral incentives of existing retirement savings programs is making the rounds in Washington.

Long-term interest rates will creep higher as the economy gradually gains strength. The wild card is Washington, where talks are under way to avert tax increases and government spending cuts scheduled to start in January.