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October 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Value funds continued their winning ways in the third quarter, outperforming growth funds, according to preliminary figures from mutual fund performance tracker Lipper.

September 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's mutual funds increased by 5.7% to $7.49 trillion in August, as cash continued to flow from bond and hybrid funds and into...

September 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thanks to an increase in employer-sponsored health coverage, the total number of uninsured Americans fell for the first time in 12 years, according...

September 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Orbis Investment Management topped Nelson Information's quarterly ranking of the top institutional money managers. Caldwell & Orkin and Fidelity topped the US equity...

September 21, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Congress is willing to listen, but is not very knowledgeable about benefits issues, according to a new employer survey. Employers also feel that...

September 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Health maintenance organization (HMO) premiums are expected to increase as much as 12% next year, putting additional cost pressures on employers.

September 19, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Christopher Ailman, chief investment officer at the Washington State Investment Board, has been named chief investment officer of the nation's third largest pension...

September 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year's 401(k) fund chart toppers have turned into bottom-feeders, according to new fund data.

September 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rebounding markets lifted the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index 3.4% in August, as gains in long/short equity funds were limited by the impact to...

September 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven of the world's leading investment banks are teaming up to launch TheMarkets.com, a financial information Web site for large institutional clients, including...

September 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new Towers Perrin study finds that the implementation of HR transactions of the Web has increased two- to threefold in the past...

November 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will guarantee a maximum benefit of $3,392.05/month next year.

September 11, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average monthly premium for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 8.3% over the past year, the largest increase since 1993 according to a new...

November 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - European acquisitions of US money managers continue, as WestAM lands US asset manager Gulfstream Global Investors.

November 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ProAct Technologies has unveiled an online employee wealth statement that shows employees the value of their total compensation.

November 9, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Every year some $400 billion leave retirement plans due to terminations or withdrawals, according to a study by the Spectrem Group.

August 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's largest employer suddenly finds itself at the center of a number of discrimination and harassment suits from a number of its...

September 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund assets under management have quadrupled to $205 billion during the past six years, according to a study by TASS Investment Research.

September 6, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer health care costs are set to increase at double-digit rates, according to a new survey of health insurers, HMOs and third-party administrators...

September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Forty percent of small employers did not offer employee health coverage last year, while nearly all companies with more than 200 workers did...