Investment Instruments

Experts say Europe now needs to work on reforming pension systems and labor markets, and making many professions easier to enter.

Consider several frequently missed deductions, including excess Roth contributions and divident reinvestments, to get the most of your tax return.

Even with 14.2 percent earnings on its investments, the automaker is seeing a rapidly increasing global pension deficit, topping $18.7 billion.

Goldman Sachs on Jan. 9 became the first to post daily values of its money funds. More than a half-dozen other companies have since followed suit or announced similar plans.

MetLife Inc. plans to pay about $2 billion to buy the largest private pension fund administrator in Chile, as the insurer and annuity provider seeks to build its presence in emerging markets.

Illinois officials have delayed borrowing $500 million for construction projects because the pension crisis makes the state's debt more expensive.