The Markets

The current economic climate has affected the way in which nearly half (49%) of Americans are approaching contributions to their individual retirement accounts (IRA).

The percentage of U.S. workers who make annual individual retirement account (IRA) contributions has dropped to a record low of 15%, according to a recent survey commissioned by...

The lifecycle investment product market increased to $842 billion as of year-end 2011, reports Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company. 

In February, corporate pension plans experienced a $20 billion improvement in funding, according to Milliman's Pension Funding Index.  

The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies was $410 billion on February 29, 2012.

The typical U.S. corporate pension plan’s funded status rose 2.1% in February. 

It is a good time for retirement plan sponsors to take stock of the long-term benefits of retirement programs, and get that message out to participants.

Plan sponsors of the largest U.S. defined benefit (DB) pension plans are deepening their risk-management focus on plan liabilities.  

Liabilities still outpaced the growth in assets for the 16 publicly listed U.S. corporations with pension liabilities of more than $20 billion, according to an analysis conducted by...

State Street Corp. said on Monday the U.S. attorney in Manhattan and the New York attorney general are investigating its foreign-exchange trades.

In contrast to the majority of months in 2011, the net direction of 401(k) participants’ transfers in January 2012 returned to equities.

Total 529 college savings plan assets were an estimated $144.4 billion in Q4 2011, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC), a division of Strategic Insight.

Net cash contributions to long-term mutual funds around the world came in at around $200 billion for 2011, down from almost $1 trillion in both 2010 and 2009,...

Japan's financial regulator halted operations of a Tokyo money-management company after finding it allegedly lost billions of dollars in client money.

Bank of America will freeze its pension plans for eligible employees, effective July 1, 2012.

New federal employees will pay 2.3% more toward their government pensions under a new deal approved by Congress.

Working together to increase K-12 employee participation in 403(b) plans can produce benefits for advisers, school districts and employees alike.

 The College Savings Plans Network (CSPN) reported that as of the close of the most recent fiscal year, Section 529 prepaid tuition plans are, on average, approximately 93%...

Investors put an estimated net $35 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in January 2012, reports Strategic Insight (SI).  

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, reports U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) enjoyed $28 billion in net inflows in January.