Tag: Equities

T. Rowe Price, a provider of investment management services, has launched the new Credit Opportunities Fund.

Mirae Asset Global Investments, an investment services provider specializing in emerging market equities, launched an enhanced website focusing on financial adviser support and education.

Funding for corporate defined benefit (DB) plans decreased in April, says an analysis from the BNY Mellon Investment Strategy and Solutions Group (ISSG).

The estimated funded level of defined benefit (DB) plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies fell another 1% in April to 84%, according to Mercer.

Plan officials need to offer a greater variety of target-date fund glide path options to meet the differing needs of participants, Transamerica says in a new white paper.

More Americans realize they aren’t on track to meet retirement income needs, according to Northwestern Mutual, but the country as a whole is struggling to address longevity risk.

Nearly three in four Americans (73%) say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market, even after a stellar 2013, according to new research from...

Sure it's good to achieve a “comfortable” retirement, but one investment manager says many retirement plan participants are struggling to achieve even basic levels of retirement income adequacy.

Strong global equity market performance and higher liability discount rates worked wonders on the funded status of S&P 500 Index companies during 2013, says Wilshire Consulting.

March was a light trading month for defined contribution (DC) plan participants, according to Aon Hewitt’s 401(k) Index.

Defined contribution (DC) plan participants reduced their holdings in fixed income and increased allocations to U.S. small-cap and mid-cap equities in 2013, while target-date funds continued to increase...

It sounds like the ever-elusive free lunch—an investment strategy that reduces the potential for major losses while still pursuing the market’s strongest opportunities for growth.

In prior decades, international and emerging market stocks were good investments to get diversification for a retirement plan portfolio, but things have changed.

The first quarter of 2014 saw very light pension rebalancing flows, but liability-driven investing (LDI) and de-risking strategies continue to pick up steam.

Even the best laid plans can go off track, and this is true for defined benefit plan portfolios.

Defined contribution (DC) plans outperformed defined benefit plans significantly during the fourth quarter of 2013 and during the whole year, according to a recent analysis.

In a reversal of the past four months, participants of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans favored fixed-income investments in February, according to Aon Hewitt’s 401(k) Index.

The funded status of pension plans showed an improvement in February compared with figures from January, says a new analysis from Russell Investments.

The expectations of institutional investors are predicted to remain positive during 2014 and beyond, says a new survey.

Defined benefit plan sponsors have a window of opportunity to take action on pension risk.