Investing

December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's been a lot of change in the financial services sector - change that will shortly be reflected in a major US stock...

December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $478.06 billion in November, down 0.9% from the prior month, according to the...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P 500 pension funds are expected to report broad losses in their $1.5 trillion portfolio for 2008, as well as "potentially post record...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -American savers held $16.9 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the second quarter of 2008, accounting for nearly 36% of all U.S....

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By the end of the November, the allocation of 401(k) assets to stable value was at a historical high as 401(k) participants continued...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan activity rose as participants reacted to economic turmoil by reallocating their portfolios away from equity assets to fixed income funds,...

December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recession or not, true love will cost you dearly this year.

November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $1.087 trillion, or 10.2%, to $9.6 trillion in October, according to the Investment...

November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants' transfer activity level was significantly higher than usual in October, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) indicates that active fund managers underperform benchmarks over long periods of time.

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HedgeFund.net said total assets in single manager hedge funds fell 16% in third-quarter 2008 to $2.5 trillion.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The newest BNY Mellon Master Trust Universe data shows a combined -8.89% third-quarter return for the median plan for the 509 corporate, foundation,...

November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors saw the performance of their portfolios drop sharply in the third quarter of 2008, with foundations and endowments having the worst...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World equity markets registered their worst month in history as investors lost an estimated $5.79 trillion during October, Standard & Poor's Index Services...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $21.9 billion in September, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell 8.3% or $959 billion to $10.6 trillion in September, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 0.7% to $24.64 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2008, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a statement presented in response to a recent Congressional Committee, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) made a case for riding out the...

October 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported a fourth consecutive quarter of negative results for the period ending September 30, 2008, according to...

October 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants didn't panic in September - but they did respond to market events.