The Markets

A new Callan report provides what is says are 10 lessons for managing risks and the next steps institutional investors may want to take.

Target maturity funds enjoyed their second quarter in a row of positive returns, and on an annual basis significantly outperformed the S&P 500 Index, according to the Ibbotson...

As investors remain optimistic about a global economic recovery, risk appetite is at its highest point since 2006, according to the latest BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund...

The Hewitt 401(k) Index for September indicated 401(k) participants continued to slowly and modestly transfer assets from fixed income investments back into equities.

Open-end mutual funds saw inflows of more than $49 billion in September, according to data from Morningstar.

Consolidation looms for some asset managers as revenue declines continue to outweigh steep cost-cutting measures.

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets in the U.S. rose again in September.

The selection of a qualified default investment alternative is one of the most important plan sponsor investment decision because of how many participants it may affect.

Individual investors buy guaranteed income products for retirement, why not retirement plan participants?

Strong long-term fund flows persisted in August, and the recent pattern of greater flows into bond funds continued as well, according to Strategic Insight (SI).

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will phase out a defined benefit pension plan covering union employees and set up a 401(k) plan under a new contract with the...

The majority of investors said the amount of risk they have taken with their investments has stayed the same over the past two years, according to a Financial...

The asset allocation of target-date funds has been a hotly debated topic, especially as the financial crisis has put them under the microscope.

The latest Russell Investments quarterly investment manager survey found the hottest asset classes are emerging market equities and non-U.S. (developed market) equities at 67% bullish and 63% bullish,...

A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its current defined benefit plan.  

Financial risk should be redefined to be viewed as the potential to lose money, rather than the average return, said Tim Knepp, CIO of Genworth Financial Asset Management,...

Investors poured more than $54 billion into U.S. open-end mutual funds in August—the largest inflow since February 2007, according to Morningstar.

Participants in 401(k) plans continued a cautious move into equity during August, with a total of $203 million shifted from fixed income into equities, according to the Hewitt...

A new Morningstar analysis gave Vanguard Target Retirement target-date funds the highest possible rating for its “best practices and low fees.”

Stanford University faculty and staff will soon be making new decisions about their retirement savings as changes to the school's 403(b) plan will take effect November 2.