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April 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment insurance claims moderated slightly in the week ending April 14, falling to 385,000 from the previous week's five year high of...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a surprise move, the Federal Reserve has cut short-term US interest rates a half percentage point to try to spark the nation's...

April 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index dipped a comparatively small -0.3% in March, according to Roland Lorenzo, president and chief operating officer of Credit...

April 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity income funds may provide a safe harbor in the current market turbulence, according to Standard & Poor's Fund Services Research.

April 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small business owners had less trouble filling jobs last month, but the jobless rate could be on the rise as well.

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A number of US money management firms have started using Liquidnet, an electronic system that allows them to bypass Wall Street brokers when...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has moved Greece to its developed market index from its emerging market index and added Egypt and Morocco...

April 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might find it a bit easier to find workers these days, at least according to data released today by the Department...

April 11, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While qualified plan investments may be shielded, the tax "pain" of mutual fund ownership rose 9.5% last year, according to a new report.

April 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A record 225 mutual funds liquidated last year, and 40 have already folded in 2001, according to a study by Wiesenberger Thomson Financial.

April 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US venture capital funds suffered their first quarterly loss since 1998, falling 10.2% over the final three months of 2000, according to preliminary...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - New pension legislation, creating a new type of occupational pension plan 'pensionsfonds" and amending current plans, has been introduced in Germany.

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Average US Hedge Fund returned -1.1% outperforming the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ during the month, according to preliminary estimates from global...

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today the NASDAQ will complete its conversion to decimal trading for all equity securities traded on the exchange.

April 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley today announced the launch of two new convertible securities indices.

April 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As anticipated, the unemployment rate increased from 4.2% to 4.3% in March, a level not seen since July 1999, the Department of Labor...

April 5, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the week ending March 31, the number of claims for first-time unemployment insurance benefits increased to the highest level in two years.

April 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock funds suffered their worst quarter in more than two years, according to final data from fund tracker Lipper.

April 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants responded to March's turbulent market volatility with the highest transfer activity since last July - but may have sold "low", according to...

April 2, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Global stock markets retreated again in March, dampened by earnings disappointments and concerns surrounding the breadth of a global slowdown.