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Making sure plan participants understand the positive aspects of volatility can help them avoid poor trading decisions during periods of negative returns.

Finding that most households own mutual funds in employer-sponsored retirement plans, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) looked into the factors considered when selecting mutual funds.

According to Northern Trust, Corporate Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) pension plans had the best first quarter on a relative basis, while the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison...

For more than one year, 401(k) investors have been moving to safer investments, according to the Alight Solutions 401(k) Index.

This may expose participating governments to higher funding risks, FitchRatings says.

Morningstar observes more flows into target-date funds (TDFs) using collective investment trusts (CITs) and those investing in index mutual funds.

A Morningstar study says investors are paying almost half as much to own funds in 2018, compared to 2000. 

The San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association uses knowledge management and InvestTech to make better-informed portfolio rebalancing decisions.

Research from Morningstar finds most investors, across ages and genders, have clear preferences for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment products, but another study suggests education is needed...

An analysis from Morningstar suggests monitoring defined contribution (DC) plan fund menus can have a positive impact on performance, and investment management providers weigh in on how to...

In his experience leading Principal’s retirement income solutions business, Sri Reddy says, the No. 1 thing people get wrong about annuities is to say that purchasers of such...

Tontines are a type of historical annuity structure that was first put into well-documented practice as far back as the 1600s.

One firm, for example, plans to soon roll out multiple additional products to complement its two existing ESG-labeled strategies—next will come ESG approaches to global equity and global...

Nearly 90% of the days in the quarter saw net trading activity favor fixed income, according to the Alight Solutions 401(k) Index.

Two separate reports suggest that public pension plans’ strict adherence to target allocations and corporate pension plans’ focus on bonds and de-risking their portfolios may be hindering potential...

In recent years, hedge funds have not assumed sufficient risk to deliver attractive performance, but Willis Towers Watson suggests new approaches they can take to remain relevant.

Performance is not sacrificed by investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments, and plan sponsors and participants can align their financial goals with their values, a white...