Investment Instruments

The Mercer US Pension Buyout Index for March showed retiree buyout costs accounted for 110 percent of the accounting liability.

Well over half of defined contribution participants who are over the age of 50 say they are interested in a guaranteed income option in their 401(k) plan.

Dutch financial services group ING Groep NV's unit ING U.S. plans to price shares in its IPO at between $21 and $24 each.

The Principal Financial Group announced the launch of the Principal Deferred Income Annuity Tuesday.

The latest hot product in the annuity world is the deferred income annuity, or DIA. In simplest terms, a baby boomer can buy a DIA at age 55, but not switch on the income spigot until he or she actually retires in, say, 10 years, or whatever start date a...

Beneficiary payouts from either retirement or life insurance plans can get sticky.