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February 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. defined benefit pension plan saw its funding status increase by 2.4% in January - the latest performance in a trend...

February 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants entered the New Year in a mood for trading, according to the Hewitt 401(k) index.

February 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2006 was extremely kind to most institutional investors with an annual median return of 12.95%, according to new data.

February 8, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth quarter of 2006 saw a strong performance from U.S. equity markets with modest overall economic growth and a subsiding of inflation...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US workforce productivity went up in the fourth quarter by 3%, following a third quarter that showed no change and labor costs rose...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Money raising got tougher for new hedge funds in 2006 after the equity market slowdown at midyear and the later meltdown of Amaranth...

February 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Money raising got tougher for new hedge funds in 2006 after the equity market slowdown at midyear and the later meltdown of Amaranth...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $39.4 billion in December, following a low net intake of $17.4 billion in November, according...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although US hiring managers brought on a fewer-than-anticipated 111,000 new workers in January, the job market in the fourth quarter of 2006 was...

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adherents of the so-called Super Bowl Theory are no doubt grinning ear-to-ear these days, regardless of Sunday's winner.

February 2, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Adherents of the so-called Super Bowl Theory are no doubt grinning ear-to-ear these days, regardless of Sunday's winner.

February 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of mutual funds around the globe climbed 4.1% in the third quarter of 2006 to $20.22 trillion, beating the 2005...

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in Section 529 college savings plans climbed by 4.9% to $97.4 billion during the third quarter of 2006, up from $92.9...

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds once again benefited from strong cash inflows, but only thanks to the continued allure of international offerings.

January 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock funds once again benefited from strong cash inflows, but only thanks to the continued allure of international offerings.

January 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors looking for the next hit mutual fund would be better off studying funds that previously finished back in the pack in market...

January 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "Prudent diversification" was a main contributor to the over $1.6 trillion growth in mutual fund assets in 2006, according to a Strategic Insights...

January 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in multi-manager products grew by 40% during 2005 to exceed $1.3 trillion, according to the recent Cerulli Quantitative Update, Global Multi-manager Products...

January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund assets reached a record $1.43 trillion in 2006 despite underperforming equity indexes, according to new data from Hedge Fund Research (HFR).

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The latest Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) shows the S&P 500 outperformed 69.1% of large-cap funds.