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May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only 22 venture capital funds raised $996.1 million in the first quarter of 2003.

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest report on planned US job cuts in April screamed "gloomy" with the downsizings skyrocketing by 71% to 146,399 from March's 85,396...

May 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As domestic equity investments were being reduced in US institutional investor portfolios in 2002, exposure to fixed income, real estate and hedge funds...

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The crippled US economy continued to bleed jobs in April as the nation's unemployment rate took an unexpectedly large jump to 6%.

May 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets had a good showing in April with an 8.63% advance by the MSCI All Country World Free Index, including a...

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment picture brightened a bit last week, but the long-slumbering job market is far from being out of the woods.

May 1, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity hedge funds focusing on mid- and large-cap issues bested their small-cap counterparts for the year ending March 30, according to MSCI data.

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) rose to $100.83 billion in March from $92.83 billion in February.

April 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There was a hint of good labor market news Wednesday with word that the number of mass layoffs in March plummeted to its...

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Riding substantial increases in benefits costs, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for total compensation rose 1.3% from December 2002 to March 2003.

April 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third month in a row, the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased in March, this time by 0.03% or...

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After experiencing three months of positive returns, final data shows the MSCI Hedge Fund Indices slid into the red by 0.47% in March.

April 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American personal income rose by 0.4%, or $35.5 billion, in March.

April 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds continued to pick up assets in March, recording net inflows of $11.8 billion for the month.

April 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job market continued to erode last week as the number of Americans applying for jobless benefits soared to its highest level...

April 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors poured money into taxable high yield bond funds in March, in an apparent continued queasiness to commit long term to the equity...

April 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Annual private equity returns continued to be negative for the eighth straight quarter, as three-year private equity returns slipped to a negative 5.4%.

April 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Other economic signals may not be too promising at the moment, but at least mid- and large-sized companies had fewer mass layoffs during...

April 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The already bleak US job picture took another turn for the worse last week as first time jobless claims skyrocketed by 30,000 from...

April 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed a bang-up March with a 20% growth in total deposits to $784.8 million from February's $651.4 million