April Job Creation Data Shy of Expectations
May 4¸ 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Hiring activity by U.S. managers was weaker than expected in April as the total of new jobs showed the weakest gain in more...
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U.S. Pension Funding Inches Up 1.8% in April
May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan climbed slightly by 1.8% for the month of April, according to the Mellon Pension...
U.S. Pension Funding Inches Up 1.8% in April
May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan climbed slightly by 1.8% for the month of April, according to the Mellon Pension...
Mutual Fund Flows Fall Off in March
April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. mutual fund assets climbed 1.5%, or $155.2 billion, to reach $10.7 trillion in March, according to the Investment Company Institute's monthly survey...
Compensation Costs See Slight Rise From Last Quarter
April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8% in the December 2006 to March 2007 period - about the same rate as the...
Study: Costs Hurt Big Traders More than Small
April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Money managers who make mega-block trades based on the benefits of the economies of scale may be fooling themselves, a new research paper...
Funds See $36B in March Inflows
April 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced net inflows of $36.4 billion in March, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
S&P: Big Improvement in 2006 DB Funding
April 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Echoing other similar studies, preliminary results of new Standard & Poor's research show that U.S pension funds produced strong market returns that reduced...
Mid- and Small-Cap Indexes Score Strong on Q107 SPI VA
April 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Indexes led active funds in both the mid- and small-cap categories in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest Indices Versus...
Institutional Investment Plans Report Modest Growth in Q107
April 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported modest gains for the quarter ending March 31, 2007, according to data in the Northern Trust...
S&P: Mid-Cap Equities are Where It Is At
April 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services contended in a new research report that investors would do well to focus on the mid-cap asset...
World Mutual Fund Assets Bump Up 7.6% in Q406
April 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the world's mutual funds increased 7.6%, to $21.76 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 and 22.5%...
Morningstar: Hedge Funds Experience 2.10% Gains for Q107
April 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds posted 2.10% returns for the first quarter, outperforming the S&P 500 and the MSCI World Index, according to research from Morningstar,...
March 401(k) Transfers Directed Toward Fixed Income
April 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The name of the game for 401(k) participants in March was fixed income with $572 million transferred from equities to fixed income over...
Institutions Bolstered Interest in Alternative Investments
April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. pension funds and endowments raised their stakes in hedge funds, private equity and international equities in 2006, but scaled back on domestic...
Institutions Bolstered Interest in Alternative Investments
April 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. pension funds and endowments raised their stakes in hedge funds, private equity and international equities in 2006, but scaled back on domestic...
S&P Emerging, Developed Equities Back in the Black in March
April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The world's emerging and developed stock markets returned to positive territory in March after falling into the red the month before, according to Standard...
Heightened Awareness, Broader Definition Boosts SRI Holdings
April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The concept of socially responsible investment in Canada has undergone dramatic change since it emerged there in the late 1980s, and the two...
State Street: ETF Assets Reach $450B in March
April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The month of March saw the launch of 22 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a $9 billion increase in U.S. ETF assets, according...
March Job Growth Rebounds, Beats Analysts Predictions
April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment increased by 180,000 to 137.6 million in March, a boost from the 97,000 gain in February, according to the Department...