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June 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan participants transferred monies from equities into fixed-income investments as the stock markets dropped substantially during May, according to the...

June 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - April was the first month this year that the net direction of 401(k) participant transfers moved back toward fixed income.

June 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May, long-term mutual funds recorded their smallest monthly intake year to date, with $14.1 billion in new...

June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw roughly $2 billion in net inflows in May 2012.

June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors put $14 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in May.

June 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets decreased $67.4 billion, or 5.7%, in May.

June 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index enjoyed a strong first quarter in 2012, returning 8.7%.

June 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stable value funds continued to significantly outperform money market funds, according to a survey from the Stable Value Investment Association (SVIA).

May 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors are increasingly turning to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for a variety of fund management practices.

May 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors put only $26.5 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds...

May 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets decreased by $5.3 billion (0.4%) in April 2012.

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Transfer activity in March was low, with just 0.024% of total defined contribution plan balances transferring plan assets daily, on average, according to...

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A lingering low interest rate environment helped make equities more attractive in Q1, reports Ibbotson.  

April 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Flows into U.S. open-end mutual funds in the first quarter mirrored the equity market’s blistering performance, but investors were not chasing stocks.

April 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  U.S. mutual fund investors cautiously put an estimated $13 billion in net inflows into stock...

April 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets totaled $1.2 trillion as of March 31, 2012.

April 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  The U.S., Japan and Australia are expected to escape the recession over the next 12 months.  

March 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s 2012 market predictions, areas of concern for investors in 2011 have been some of the best-performing areas...

March 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Open-end mutual funds had their strongest long-term flows in nearly two years with an estimated $44 billion in February inflows.

March 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw $15 billion in net inflows in February 2012.