Investing

March 15 2001 - Closing figures for widely followed mutual fund benchmarks:

March 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down 0.6% in February, but the results of the nine style-driven sub-indices varied widely in the midst...

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average US hedge fund suffered a 2.5% loss in February, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, outperforming major US indexes for...

March 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average US hedge fund suffered a 2.5% loss in February, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors International, outperforming major US indexes for...

March 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite continued concerns from institutional investors, NASDAQ will launch its first pilot wave of decimal pricing today for 15 securities.

March 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Performance measurement firm WM has teamed up with US trading cost analysis firm Elkins/McSherry to monitor brokerage charges to pension funds in different...

March 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) totaled $72.13 billion at the end of January, up 10% from the month before.

March 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average US hedge fund slipped 2.3% in February, outpacing major US stock indexes for the month, according to Van Hedge Fund Advisors...

March 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants made a slow, but steady push toward less volatile investments in February, shifting money from equities to bonds, stable value and money...

March 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an effort to reduce their exposure to California energy utilities, three mutual funds sold commercial paper issued by the utilities in an...

February 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual fund assets rose 3.8% in January, led by strong increases in stock and taxable money market funds, according to the...

February 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FTSE is hoping to do a little good with its launch of FTSE4Good, a new family of indices designed to provide a benchmark...

February 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In response to financial crises over the past few years, a group of international banks has issued "best practice" guidelines, hoping they will...

February 23, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The junk bond market may be ready to rebound, based on some measures, according to Standard & Poor's.

February 20, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Record inflows of cash to equity funds last year were not enough to overcome the market slump, as total equity fund assets dipped...

February 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is planning to ask the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to trade in 5-cent price increments rather than...

February 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new internet service linking issuers of and customers for new bond offerings was launched today by six of Wall Street's leading securities...

February 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors with select European and US stock exposures now have a new tool at their disposal: stock futures which were launched January...

February 13, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some institutional money managers are complaining about Wall Street's decade-long decision to finally implement decimal pricing, according to the Wall Street Journal.

February 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, totaled $65.6 billion at the end of 2000, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI) which has begun tracking...