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February 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December hedge funds returns were moderate, with the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index (Asset Weighted) posting 1.37% returns on the month.

January 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Boosted by a large dividend payment from computer giant Microsoft Corp., December personal income jumped by 3.7%, according to a US Commerce Department...

January 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total assets in US mutual funds increased by over $177 billion in December, a gain of 2.2% on the month.

January 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US hedge funds pulled in over $73 billion in 2004, according to database group Hedge Fund Research (HFR).

January 26, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund industry assets grew by 16.1% in 2004, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

January 25, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The total combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as of December were up 6.9% to $226.1 billion, according to an Investment...

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows into stock mutual funds were $12.4 billion in December, half of November's inflows due to seasonally light activity.

January 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2004 was a tremendous year for those who invested in American real estate investment trusts (REITs), with the group as a whole returning...

January 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merger and convertible arbitrage profits will rebound in 2005 while distressed debt and credit related strategies will bring lower returns, according to hedge...

January 19, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Merger and convertible arbitrage profits will rebound in 2005 while distressed debt and credit related strategies will bring lower returns, according to hedge...

January 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While institutions continue to pour more money into hedge funds, investors should expect these vehicles to look and act more like mainstream -...

January 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's benchmarking indices outperformed their actively managed equity counterparts in the mutual fund business in eight out of nine style categories...

January 18, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While institutions continue to pour more money into hedge funds, investors should expect these vehicles to look and act more like mainstream -...

Managers with non-US equity mandates apparently had a bang-up year, according to data from InterSec Research Corp.

January 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average hedge fund posted its seventeenth positive returning year in a row in 2004, according to Van Global Hedge Fund Advisors.

January 13, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Being a contrarian investor can have its rewards, it seems.

January 12, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund assets increased by $139 billion in 2004, $64 billion of that coming from positive investment performance, according to hedge fund investment...

January 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The defined benefit funding picture at Fortune 100 companies was a bit brighter by year-end 2004 with the plans carrying an average 88%...

January 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity markets will continue pushing upward in 2005 with targeted returns of 7.3%, while corporate profits, interest rates and the state of...

January 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payrolls grew by 157,000 in the month of December, topping off a year in which 2.2 million new jobs were created.