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September 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a noticeable K plan participant exodus out of equities and into fixed income as Hurricane Katrina was slamming the US Gulf Coast,...

September 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than 40% of Canadian institutions say they expect to increase their use of US Treasuries and high-grade corporate bonds if the 30%...

September 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The government's latest reading on the strength of the domestic employment market showed continuing signs of vigor with a healthy job gain and...

August 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds grew by $240 billion, or 2.9%, to a total of $8.4 trillion in July according...

August 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds had net inflows of $16 billion in July, with International/Global funds taking in the most dollars ($7.3 billion), according...

August 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worldwide mutual fund assets were $16.13 trillion in the first quarter of 2005, practically the same as the $16.16 trillion reported for the...

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds notched an average 1.74% advance in July, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

August 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median US corporate, public, and foundation/endowment plan enjoyed positive results for the second quarter of 2005, according to the Mercer Investment Consulting...

August 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US pension plan funded ratios moved up dramatically in July, driven by strong equity returns and increasing long bond yields, according to the...

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant trading remained within normal levels throughout July, but registered two moderate-trading-volume days, and one high-volume day.

August 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July's 3.85% was the best month so far for the S&P/Citigroup Developed World Index, and its strong performance has vaulted the index to...

August 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer hiring offices were apparently bustling places in July as domestic nonfarm hiring turned in a robust performance over the month, the government...

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The luster was off the once extremely popular hedge fund area in the April to June period.

August 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Life began returning to the US equity markets in the April to June period as the continued US economic growth and solid corporate...

August 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic stocks funds gained 4.6% in July for their third consecutive month of positive returns, according to data from Standard & Poor's.

July 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds had net inflows of $17 billion in June according to Financial Research Corporation's (FRC's) report of June 2005 Estimated...

July 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continuing the trend for 2005, participants are fleeing equity funds in favor of fixed income investments.

July 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds are expected to bring in $40 billion this year - about a third of their 2004 totals - as investor tastes...

July 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With 52.5% of large cap funds outperforming the S&P 500 through June, actively managed mutual funds were able to avoid a complete sweep...

July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The S&P Hedge Fund Index (HFI) showed a gain of .90% in the month of June, contributing to a gain of .13% for...