Investment Instruments

Investment research company BrightScope announced the Top 10 Commodities Fund Distribution List for the 401(k) and defined contribution industry.

In a new report, the Employee Benefit Research Institute examines the effectiveness of immediate versus longevity annuities at reaching adequate retirement income targets.

Lincoln Financial Distributors hired Jacqueline O'Connor as a Relationship Manager for the Institutional Retirement Solutions Distribution (IRSD) consultant channel.

With a wider choice of investment options in their retirement plans, participants are picking twice as many mutual funds to include in their plan portfolios, said the Spectrem Group in a report issued Wednesday.

Vanguard named greatest pay enabler, Palmer Square launches its first mutual fund, New York Life funds surge, and muni mutual funds lose $108M.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) analyzed 26 of the largest mutual fund families' voting patterns on compensation proposals in 2010 and released a new report this week, naming Vanguard as the mutual fund industry's greatest "Pay Enabler."