The Markets

Facing a decline in corporate sponsorships, National Public Radio announced layoffs and benefits changes in an attempt to close a $15 million budget gap.

Dallas, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark Corporation will freeze its defined benefit pension plan for non-union workers on December 31 and adopt a new 401(k) program.

Ibbotson Associates reported that the first quarter of 2009 is the sixth quarter in a row that the average target-maturity fund experienced a loss.

Weyerhaeuser Co. said it approved the temporary suspension of 401(k) matching contributions for all employees.

Although most Americans are sticking with their 401(k)s, it does not solve the savings crisis in America.

A recent Gallup poll shows that, for the first time this decade, a majority (52%) of non-retired Americans say they will not have enough money to live comfortably...

The majority of active fund managers underperformed benchmarks across all categories over the past five years, according to Standard&Poor’s.

As the stock market moved into positive territory in March, 401(k) participants also changed the direction of their transfers, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

An employer’s retirement plan investment committee will be at its best when it is big enough but not too unwieldy, according to a new study.

As part of an effort to conserve cash, Media General Inc. said Friday it would freeze its pension plan.

A new study of 401(k) fees found that the median fee was 72 basis points—but also found a significant range of variance.

The state of Oregon has sued OppenheimerFunds Inc., charging the fund manager with understating the risk it took with a bond fund in Oregon's state college-savings plan.

The average fees and expenses that investors paid on mutual funds fell in 2008 to their lowest levels in more than 25 years, according to the Investment Company...

Goldman Sachs Asset Management has raised $5.5 billion from investors to start a fifth fund dedicated to buying private equity investments on the secondary market.

A survey of investment managers by Northern Trust Global Advisors (NTGA) found that nearly half of those polled are less risk-averse than they were three months ago.

Anheuser-Busch plans to freeze its pension plan for salaried employees, eliminate retiree health coverage for new employees and ask retirees to contribute more to their health benefits –...

The Utah Symphony&Opera is cutting its budget, including its 403(b) contributions.

A retirement plan fund for Chrysler LLC employees that was designed not to lose money has decreased to 89 cents on the dollar, Reuters reports.

As they look to cut fees, corporate 401(k) plan sponsors are continuing to opt for institutional pools over institutionally priced mutual funds, according to research by Cerulli Associates.

The U.S. Treasury Department has extended its intervention efforts to support money market funds for five more months, the agency announced.