Mutual Funds See Gains Despite Dramatically Slower Pace
September 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds took in $370 billion in cash contributions globally, according to Strategic Insight (SI).
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Morningstar Expands ETF Resources
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. announced plans to launch rankings and research on exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed portfolios later this year.
Investor Appetite for ETFs Increasing
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Charles Schwab study found that 44% of individual investors plan to invest more...
FTSE Announces Country Classification Changes
September 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global index provider FTSE has announced the results of its 2011 Country Classification Annual Review.
Callan DC Index Falls Behind Average Corporate DB Plan
September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index eked out a negligible 0.23% return in the second quarter of the year.
Vanguard Research Releases August Market Volatility Report
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard researchers report the levels of market variations today are ordinary when compared to other periods characterized by major global events in their...
Morningstar Reports Long-Term Mutual Funds Nearly Double in August
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund asset flows through August 2011....
U.S. Bond & Stock Mutual Funds See Net Outflows of $34 Billion in August
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusually volatile month, nervous investors redeemed an estimated $34 billion in net...
Cambria Files to Launch Actively Managed ETFs
September 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Cambria Investment Management
September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There was no change in the nation’s unemployment rate in August – and no new jobs added.
Asia Funds See $7B in Mutual Fund Flows in July
September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Excluding money market programs, local funds in Asia pulled in $7.7 billion in cash flows in July, with bond and real estate products...
ETF Assets Down Nearly 4% in August
September 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF assets fell $42 billion in August, down 3.8%.
No Jobs Added in August: Labor Department
Stock and Bond Funds Experience Net Outflows in July
August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
U.S. Stock Funds Experience Market Crisis Levels of Outflows in July
August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund outflows reached 2008 levels in July, with U.S. stock funds losing the most assets at $122 billion, or -3.3%, according to...
ETFs See Positive Flows in July
August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and...
Funds Globally See $370B Inflow in 2011
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment...
Mutual Funds See Net Outflows in July
August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Uncertainty over the economy accelerated in July, causing U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of...
Asia Funds Attract $15B in June
August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In June, excluding short-term money products, local funds in Asia attracted over $15 billion in net flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset...
U.S. ETF Inflows Continue Increase in July
August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June saw the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry rebound with net inflows of $9.8 billion, and July saw that trend continue as U.S. ETFs...
Investors Bail out of Mutual Funds in July
August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June's trends accelerated in July with estimated long-term fund outflows quadrupling to $17.1 billion, according to data from Morningstar.