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July 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic hiring was decidedly lackluster in June as companies brought on 146,000 new workers over the month, shy of analysts' expectations.

July 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary half-year data from Standard & Poor's shows that US stock funds fell 0.3%, international equity funds advanced by 0.57%, high-quality corporate bond...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Projected international equity assets under management at US institutions rose almost 30% in the past year, according to a report issued by Greenwich...

July 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Mercer Investment Consulting survey has found that the move by UK pension plans from equity to bond positions continues, but has...

June 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds pulled in a total of $204.3 billion in May for an asset total of $8.12 trillion up from $7.91...

June 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds pulled in a total of $204.3 billion in May for an asset total of $8.12 trillion up from $7.91...

June 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After being reported as having the largest outflows in April, State Street Global Advisors bounced back to be the top seller in May...

June 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has released its preliminary lists of companies that will join or leave the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when Russell's family...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US charities and foundations turned in a respectable average annual return of 11.4% during FY 2004, despite being down from the 17% performance...

June 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wirehouses are capturing an outsized share of rolled-over K plan assets, a new study showed.

June 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lower than expected first-quarter equity returns in several countries produced a mixed bag when it came to the funded status of benchmark pension...

June 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite resurgent markets, participants continued to pull money out of equities in May, according to new data from Hewitt Associates.

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US domestic equity funds may have been in the dumps during March and April, but they apparently enjoyed a significant pick-me-up in May,...

June 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The S&P Hedge Fund Index was up 0.29% for the month of May, Standard and Poor's reported in a news release.

June 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies cut back on their personnel expansion during May as hiring managers only added 78,000 new jobs - way below the 175,000...

June 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growth stocks outpaced their value counterparts in May at every capitalization level, according to Russell data.

May 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Men take more risk with their retirement savings than women, but women are executing trades in their self-directed brokerage accounts (SDBA) more often...

May 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moderate allocation funds, along with intermediate-term bond funds and large-capitalization value offerings, were the top selling mutual fund categories in April, according to...

May 24, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The hedge fund industry gained $24.6 billion in net assets in the first quarter of 2005, according to Tremont Capital Management, Inc.

May 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Estimated equity fund inflows were $18 billion in April - a $3.5 billion increase over March - but it wasn't spread very far...