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October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary estimates show the Average U.S. Hedge Fund fell 2.3% net in September, according to Steven A. Lonsdorf, CEO of Van Hedge Fund...

October 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In one of the most volatile and unsettling months in history, participants stirred, but only just barely.

October 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment rate remained level at 4.9% in September, according to the Labor Department.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's will consider including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in its US indices, including the S&P 500, and the first addition...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Canada, Ficardre fund investors voted in favor of merging seven Ficardre investment funds with funds in the Talvest Fund Management's family.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 528,000 Americans lined up for unemployment benefits for the first time this week, pushed higher by workers laid off following the attacks...

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The British government has announced measures aimed at safeguarding the returns of the UK's £ 800 billion pension funds, adopting a voluntary code of...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At the end of the second full week of trading, participants were back within normal levels, and heading back toward stocks, according to...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve cut its target for the federal funds rate by 0.5%, reducing interest rates below the core inflation rate for the...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The All-World FTSE Index fell by 9.2% in September in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, which wreaked...

September 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sector funds failed to shine in the third quarter, with the average portfolio tumbling by 18% amid a weak economic outlook and pushed...

September 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although US mutual funds as a group lost 2.3% of their combined assets in August, taxable bond funds surged ahead of the pack...

September 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to unit investment trusts totaled $3.59 billion in August, a substantial increase from August 2000's $2.74 billion, according to data compiled by...

September 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Nasdaq Stock Market on Thursday suspended its minimum bid and public float requirements to help companies affected by the September 11 terrorist...

September 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans lining up for state unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in more than nine years, according...

September 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity continued to spike higher on Monday, but participants turned their attention to stocks for the first time in a month,...

September 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity returned to normal on Tuesday, however, 401(k) funds were moved back towards fixed income after yesterday's brief flirtation with equities,...

September 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell by 4.5% in August to $72.09 billion at month-end, down from a $75.52 billion...

September 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) fell by 4.5% in August to $72.09 billion at month-end, down from a $75.52 billion...

September 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the wake of terrorist attacks that, at least temporarily, threatened the nation's financial markets, a new report is calling for shortening the...