Investing

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.

January 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the last month of the year, 401(k) participants moved their assets, but in no significant way, according to Hewitt Associates.

January 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Directional and event-driven managers again led the way in December as the S&P Hedge Fund Index rose 1.23% on the month.

January 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - "The bigger, the better" didn't seem to hold true in 2004, with small-cap value mutual funds outperforming all others, according to Standard &...

January 4, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UK money managers can certainly go the socially responsible equity fund investing (SRI) route if they want to please a client or to...

January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite market prognostications for a mild year, the average equity mutual fund rose over 13% in 2004, lifted by small-cap value, real estate,...

January 3, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite market prognostications for a mild year, the average equity mutual fund rose over 13% in 2004, lifted by small-cap value, real estate,...