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November 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit (DB) plans outperformed 401(k)s significantly from 2000 to 2002, when the bear market was at its worst, according to consulting firm...

November 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funneling money into strategies that offer less capacity constraints, hedge funds investors put $25.1 billion into the alternative investment vehicles in the third...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite charges of market timing in the mutual fund industry, stock funds typically do not have any more portfolio turnover than they did...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity mutual fund investors are paying $17.3 billion in hidden mutual fund trading costs that are not reported openly in the stated...

November 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund investors showed a bit more confidence in the equity markets during October as net flows into stock funds over the month...

November 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds were up an average of 1.06% in October, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Third quarter self-directed brokerage account (SDBA) activity remained static, with investors maintaining their exposure to equities, mutual funds, money markets and fixed income...

November 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds indices showed positive returns in October, with CSFB/Tremont reporting that its major hedge fund index was up 1.28% on the month.

November 12, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Third quarter performance for corporate, public, and foundation/endowment plans were lackluster at best, according to a survey of plan sponsor performance by Mercer...

November 11, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the 30 days before the Presidential election, 401(k) plan participants moved assets from stocks to fixed income, but didn't exactly do it...

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median master trust showed slightly positive gains in the third quarter, with larger trusts performing better than their smaller counterparts.

November 10, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal Reserve policy makers continued on their interest-rate raising ways as they jacked up US rates by a quarter percentage point for the...

November 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Worldwide mutual fund assets decreased slightly in the second quarter of 2004, down to $14.41 trillion from a previous high of $14.56 trillion...

November 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) has released the third quarter returns for its investment universe, with US Fund sponsors gaining a mediocre 0.3%...

November 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Reversing a trend that has lasted for decades, constituents of the S&P 500 are continuing to increase dividends this year, with more than...

November 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bolstered by a huge influx of post-hurricane construction work, the nation's employment picture brightened considerably in October with the addition of 337,000 new...

November 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's reported that October hedge fund performance, as measured by the S&P Hedge Fund Index, was up 0.72% for the month,...

November 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The name of the game in mutual funds during the third quarter was the value investing approach, according to a Mercer Investment Consulting...

November 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net inflows into the mutual fund industry in September topped $21 billion, according to estimates by the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

November 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US value stock funds have brought higher returns on the year, but growth funds seem to be picking up steam, outperforming value funds...