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April 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job picture for March was surprisingly weak as employers only tacked on 110,000 new jobs over the month - the smallest...

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans' incomes, bolstered by strong gains in hiring, rose by 0.3% in February, the government reported Thursday.

March 31, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US mutual fund mergers were slightly down in 2004, but still above historical figures, according to Standard & Poor's.

March 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total assets in American mutual funds rose by 1.5% in February, according to a monthly report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following a period of losses, jittery investors pulled money out of riskier asset classes such as emerging market securities and high-yield bond funds...

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds saw net inflows in February, with International/Global and Domestic Equity funds leading the way.

March 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds saw net inflows in February, with International/Global and Domestic Equity funds leading the way.

March 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total US stock mutual fund value topped $5 trillion for the first time ever in February, with $29.5 billion flowing into stock and...

March 21, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first quarter of 2005 saw a large inflow into equity mutual funds, according to Strategic Insight's Simfund Database.

March 17, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Two months into 2005, hedge funds have outperformed the S&P 500, according to industry-watcher HedgeFund.net.

March 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A desire on the part of retirement plan participants to have an expert keep an eye on their investments has fueled a dramatic...

March 14, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A desire on the part of retirement plan participants to have an expert keep an eye on their investments has fueled a dramatic...

March 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with "persistently low" funding and solvency ratios, US institutional investors are chasing the promise of souped up returns in other places such...

March 11, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 401(k) investors wrapped up their activities in February with a flurry of last-minute asset transfers, overall it was a relatively quiet month,...

March 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American employers were apparently busy bringing on new workers in February as the nation's job machine created 262,000 new nonfarm positions over the...

March 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity funds had a good February, posting positive returns on the month after a dismal January.

March 1, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds posted net inflows of $20.2 billion in January, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

February 28, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trust deposits totaled $2.06 billion in January, up from $1.91 billion a year ago.

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average weekly earnings fell 0.2% from December to January, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of...

February 23, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US, UK, and Asian equity markets surged in 2004, according to a report on global mutual fund performance by Lipper.