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October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors has announced that three international regional iShares exchange funds (ETFs) have begun trading on the American Stock Exchange.

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 1,316 mass layoff events, involving 50 or more employees, occurred in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you are a sponsor considering the addition of some new funds to your plan's offerings, checking out Doug Fabian's Lemon List might...

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans remaining on the unemployment rolls in the week ending October 13, the latest week for which data is available, surged...

October 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The September terrorist attacks brought the economy to a standstill followed by a short period of reduced economic activity, according to the Federal...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETF) totaled $64.35 billion at the close of September, down dramatically from $72.08 billion a month earlier,...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though total US pension fund assets fell by just over 7%, the largest institutional funds aren't making major changes to their long-term...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors pulled a record $32 billion from stock mutual funds in September, according to preliminary data from fund tracker Lipper. More than $6...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a weakening economic backdrop, more Americans lined up for first time unemployment benefits last week, newly released data from the Department of...

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in Fidelity's Magellan fund have declined 23% since the beginning of the year and total $71.6 billion as of September 30.

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While some $450 billion is currently invested in hedge funds, only 20% of the plans surveyed invest in these vehicles, according to a new...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian mutual fund values fell in line with the equity market last month, ratcheting up a double-digit loss.

October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index fell by 0.8% in September 2001, outperforming most major US equity indices, and bringing year to date returns to...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Decimalization has adversely affected market liquidity and transparency for a majority of institutional traders, a survey by Midwood Securities finds.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a backdrop of earnings warnings and overcapacity in the sector coupled with the terrorist attacks in September, Internet-focused funds plummeted by 19.0%...

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nuveen Investments plans to launch a public offering for a closed-end exchange-traded real estate income fund in November.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities Industry Association (SIA) is expected to announce later today that it recommends the postponement of T+1 settlement.

October 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were fewer Americans filling out initial unemployment benefit claim forms this week due to seasonal factors, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

October 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has posted the changes to the MSCI Standard Index series resulting from the first phase of the implementation...

October 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In line with the growing interest in leveraged loans by institutional investors, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and Standard & Poor's...