Investment Instruments

The seventh annual MullinTBG/PLANSPONSOR Executive Benefits Survey found that executives need options like nonqualified deferred compensation plans (NQDCPs) to help them achieve their savings goals.

Total sales of annuity products reached $219 billion in 2012the lowest level since 2005, according to LIMRA.

The Retirement Services Division of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance is having a great 2013, following the acquisition of The Hartfords retirement plans business.

Retirement plan participants who have adopted mobile technology to keep track of their account balances have higher deferral rates than those who dont use it and are more likely to increase their contributions, according to research by The Principal.

Market pros call it the Great Rotation. That's the long-awaited scenario when investors take their money out of bonds and sink it into stocks.

A new study found that auto savings features do more to get people to save for retirement than government tax subsidies.