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May 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds accounted for $3.1 trillion, or 24%, of the $12.9 trillion US retirement market, according to the Investment Company Institute's (ICI) latest...

May 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While overall participation rates moved up slightly, less than half of workers under the age of 30 are participating in their 401(k) plan,...

May 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The world's equity markets lost ground again in April, as more than three quarters of the developed world's stock markets posted negative returns.

May 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most participants remain disinclined to reallocate their retirement plan balances, but those who do seem to be chasing market trends.

May 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just over 15% of the 559 corporate, foundation, endowment, public, Taft-Hartley, and healthcare funds that make up the Russell/Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe...

May 5, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven out of nine hedge fund strategies, as measured by the S&P Hedge Fund Index, were down in April as the index gave...

May 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index suffered a 0.61% setback in March, bringing its total for the year to a 0.33% gain, according...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets at mutual funds worldwide grew 14.3% at year-end 2004 after a strong fourth quarter that saw a 9.7% advance, according to the...

May 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets at mutual funds worldwide grew 14.3% at year-end 2004 after a strong fourth quarter that saw a 9.7% advance, according to the...

April 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total assets in American mutual funds slid back by 1% in March, according to a monthly report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

April 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total hedge fund assets pushed past $1 trillion in the first quarter of 2005 for the first time ever.

April 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds enjoyed healthy inflows during March, but at a pace that continued to slow compared with previous months.

April 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds enjoyed healthy inflows during March, but at a pace that continued to slow compared with previous months.

April 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bear market of the past few years is finally seeping out of 401(k) retirement accounts, according to a report from the Vanguard...

April 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The bear market of the past few years is finally seeping out of 401(k) retirement accounts, according to a report from the Vanguard...

April 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as of March were up 2.2% to $228.7 billion, according to an Investment...

April 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - April employment growth slowed slightly, according to the latest figures from the Leading Indicator of National Employment (LINE).

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Increasingly popular exchange-traded funds (ETF) took in $9 billion in net new investments in the January to March period, pushing asset totals to...

April 20, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial reports reveal that in March, stock fund investors added nearly $30 billion to stock and balanced funds.

April 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has announced the 2005 schedule for annual reconstitution of its stock indexes.