Investment Instruments

The number of alternative investment strategies used among four popular types of products more than doubled between 2007 and 2011, according to a new report.

The fund hopes for votes against CEO Mike Duke and four other board members due to concerns about the world's largest retailer's bribery investigation in Mexico.

Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company has introduced a new retirement income solution for bank-affiliated broker/dealers, called Great-West SecureFoundation Smart Future.

Illinois lawmakers gave a preliminary nod to a money-saving move on Wednesday that would take away a big health care perk for retired government workers, part of a battle over cutting state pension costs.

Prudential Financial Inc. swung to a loss of nearly $1 billion in the first quarter as it wrote down the value of derivatives, and operating results fell short of expectations.

Ford's announcement that it will offer voluntary lump-sum payments to 90,000 pensioned retirees is a first for a major employer. Maybe not the last, either.