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April 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lines of workers filing for first time unemployment benefits got a little shorter this week, yet the numbers still remain high, new...

April 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers initiated 1,460 mass layoff actions in March 2002 a small decrease from February's total of 1,383, new data from the US Department...

April 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETF) added up to $88.2 billion at the close of March 2002, up 10% from the previous...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Making Doug Fabian's latest mutual fund "Lemon List" is a dubious honor at best, but at least fund families on the First Quarter...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been one week up, one week down for initial jobless claims numbers, and the latest data release from the Department of Labor...

April 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor sentiment was on the up in March, with around $29.6 billion in new money flowing into equity mutual funds, the biggest monthly...

April 16, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a global economic recovery showed further signs of taking hold in March, UK pension and life insurance investors increased their equity weightings...

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total global hedge fund assets are expected to grow 26% in 2002, according to a survey from Goldman Sachs Prime Brokerage.

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While hedge funds have outperformed the broader markets on a year-to-date basis, they lagged the major market indices in March, data from Credit...

April 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an ambivalent stock market environment, the Average US Hedge Fund returned 1.4% net of fees in the first quarter of the year,...

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 86% of funds gained ground in March, according to performance figures compiled by Morningstar Canada.

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Responding to the growth in popularity of exchange traded funds in Europe, Dow Jones launched seven European Country Titan indices.

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US hedge funds lagged the broader market, rising 1.79% in March, compared to a 3.07% return on the S&P 500 Index, according to...

April 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what could be viewed as the most positive development in the pension industry in two years, asset growth finally outpaced that of...

April 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The number of US workers lining up to file for unemployment benefits for the first time tumbled significantly in the week ending April 6,...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tax-exempt accounts, such as 401(k)s and pensions, are expected to gain a larger share of the separately managed account market over the next...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were more job seekers - and they were looking longer - in the first quarter, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &...

April 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Thursday, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will announce the final round of changes to its indices as it moves to a free...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The unemployment rate inched up by 0.2% in March, a further sign that the economic recovery is struggling to take hold.

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The month of March is said to come in like a lion - and participant transfer activity certainly perked up during the month,...