Investment Instruments

Schwab CEO Walt Bettinger says price cuts were not a temporary response or a marketing strategy.

The U.S. Department of Labors Employee Benefits Security Administration is offering a new 401(k) fee disclosure website for consumers.

Traditional life insurance is not the primary business of many companies in the life/health insurance industry, being outpaced by more retirement-focused annuities instead.

Baby Boomers spend more of their income on education and on their adult children and not on their retirement accounts, according to the National Center for Policy Analysis.

The PSCA is providing plan sponsors with advertising materials to help get employees thinking about their retirement accounts.

Hoping to make the shift from risk-averse, self-directed investments, pre-retirees are increasingly moving to professionally managed TDF funds.