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April 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to the State Street Investor Confidence Index, institutional investor confidence in April rose to 82.3 from March's revised reading of 81.9.

April 13, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actively managed mutual funds outperformed their Standard & Poor's benchmark indices in five out of 11 general equity categories, the benchmark beat the...

April 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The picture of US defined benefit pension plans was a largely rosy one in Milliman's sixth annual survey of 100 large plans that...

April 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The flow of 401(k) plan assets into International and emerging market funds continued during March as it had through the first quarter, according...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third consecutive month, Europe was the strongest performing developed world stock market, registering a return of 4.09% in March versus 2.24%...

April 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in March, above analyst expectations.

April 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - March returns for funds in the federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) were more in line with their usual performance, according to govexec.com.

April 4, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US public pension funds saw their funding ratios stay nearly flat last year as compared with the year before.

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total amount of mutual fund assets in the US inched up in February by 0.3% or $25.9 billion, according to new data...

March 30, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $42.2 billion in February of 2006, a significant increase over the net inflows of $32...

March 10, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total non-farm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, according to data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

March 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans continue to transfer their monies into international and emerging market equity funds in February, though at a slower pace...

March 7, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growth of the funds in the federal employees' Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) waned in February following their strong gains in January.

March 3, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After a 5% advance in January, Global Equity Markets fell 0.24% for February, according to data from Standard & Poor's (S&P).

March 2, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic stock funds fell 0.46% on average in February, compared to a 4.76% gain in January, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P).

February 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $32 billion in January, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

February 27, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of US mutual funds increased by $287.5 billion, or 3.2%, to pass the $9 trillion mark in January, according to...

February 23, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hennessee Group LLC has announced that the 2005 Hennessee Hedge Fund Index attrition rate was 3.9%.

February 22, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.2% in January 2006 after seasonal adjustment, according to preliminary government data.

February 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) are chasing hefty returns in the international equity market by moving more of their TSP...