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October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The queue of Americans for filing first-time unemployment benefits claims continued to get shorter last week - the fourth straight claims decrease in...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marching in step with the increase in benefits costs, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for total compensation rose 1% from June 2003 to...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $20.9 billion in new assets in September.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—At the end of the third quarter, $456.29 billion was held in separately managed accounts (SMAs), an improvement of 3% over the second quarter assets...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is keeping its hand on the economy's throttle, but still not revving up the...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—During the third quarter venture capitalists invested $4.2 billion in 148 companies, a decline of 8% from the second quarter, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers/Thomson Venture...

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed a strong September showing with an 11.5% hike in total assets.

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the US employment picture may finally be beginning to stabilize, the number of Americans filing for first-time jobless benefits...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bright sign for the nation's employment picture, the number of mass layoffs carried out in September plummeted by 31% while the...

October 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced-type funds neared $25 billion in September.

October 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The four mutual fund companies linked most prominently to the ongoing Canary Capital Partners trading scandal together had $7.9 billion in September outflows...

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week in a hopeful sign for job seekers.

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funds with lower portfolio turnover fared better than their higher turnover counterparts - at least over the longer term, according to new research.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds were up 1.20% in September.

October 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the broader markets turned down last month, so too did the flow of 401(k) participant money into equity investments.

October 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results show the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index gained 1.6% in September.

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Active managers made their mark in a big way in the small-cap area during the third quarter of 2003, according to data from...

October 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September 2003 was one of the most active months in a year with total average daily share volume for exchange-traded funds (ETF) leaping...

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The queue of unemployed Americans applying for first-time jobless benefits last week was the shortest it has been since February, the government reported.

October 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total mutual fund assets spiked 10.3% higher worldwide during the second quarter of 2003.