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May 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For most institutional investors, the first quarter of 2004 did not stand for strong performance, according to the latest plan sponsor performance survey...

May 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits continued dropping last week to its lowest level since 2000.

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly all constituents of the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Indices were down in April.

May 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors including corporate and public pension funds enjoyed a 3.18% gain for the first quarter of 2004.

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian institutional investors including corporate defined benefit pension plans were ahead by 3.9% during the first quarter of 2004, according to a news...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide were up 9% in the fourth quarter of 2003.

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While U.S. Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday opted to keep interest rates at 46-year lows, they signaled they may be taking a different...

May 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Amid a string of strong employment reports that has prompted many job market analysts to hail a budding economic recovery, a new report...

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless workers queuing up for first-time benefits was a good bit shorter last week, the government announced.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the first quarter of 2004, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose 1.1%.

April 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - International investment managers, buoyed by the rising tide of international equity markets, produced a median portfolio return of 4.5% in the first quarter...

After six months of rising mutual fund asset levels, funds lost ground slightly in March.

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Although equity markets ended the first quarter of 2004 with overall gains, the strong start seen early in the quarter was wiped out by volatility...

April 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset flows into unit investment trusts (UIT) roared ahead in March after falling back the month before.

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The pace of venture capital placements eased during the first quarter of 2004 over the prior three-month cycle with a total of $4.6...

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted an increase for March of 0.41%, according to MSCI data.

April 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETF) grew again in March, adding $2.17 billion, bringing the asset total to $161.7 billion, according to data supplied by the...

April 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continuing a trend that started in February, fund investors in March cut back further on their net equity purchases, choosing instead to bulk...

April 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds in March continued along the same path as they had in February as the funds (including exchange-traded funds) ended March with...

April 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial requests for jobless benefits last week fell 9,000, the government said - way short of the expected dropoff.