Investment Instruments

Borrowing - but promising to repay - up to $185 billion in federal pension savings might offer the U.S. Treasury some breathing room to wait out the fiscal cliff crisis.

Living through an ongoing period of low interest rates can cut a participant's retirement savings by as much as half, a new Prudential study reports.

If your clients lose their wealth, you do too - so advisors should not be indifferent to actions clients can take to legally safeguard their wealth, notes an attorney.

The name George "Gus" Sauter may not ring a bell for most investors. But it probably should, because Sauter may very well have influenced how their retirement funds are invested.

The company has been asked to disclose all its direct and indirect spending on politics and lobbying, filing a shareholder resolution as trustee of the state workers' retirement fund.

While the bulk of participants' 401(k) investments still sit in the stock market, more and more investors are diversifying with TDF holdings.