S&P Hedge Index Ticks Down in June
July 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June hedge fund performance as measured by the Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Index was down a notch ( 0.25%) for a year-to-date...
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Lipper: Funds Up Marginally in Q2
July 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US diversified mutual funds turned in a 0.84% return in the second quarter.
Challenger: June Job Reductions Down 12%
July 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Announced June job reductions fell 12% to 64,343 in June, the lowest figure since the 59,715 seen in June 2003, an outplacement firm...
Russell Reconstituting Investment Indexes
July 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group is preparing a rollout of its new official membership list for the firm's family of 21 unmanaged US stock indices.
REITs Return 3% in June
July 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NAREIT Composite Index rose 2.99% in June and is now up 5.17% for the year on a total return basis.
Fed Hikes Federal Funds Rate Up a Quarter Point
June 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to raise its target for the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 1.25%.
May Fund Assets Up $32B
June 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds bulked up in assets in May, adding $32.8 billion for a total of $7.5 trillion, according to data from...
ICI: ETFs Up in May
June 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) added more assets in May, swelling by more than $4 billion for the month.
Challenger: Hiring Managers Still Picky
June 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than four in 10 companies plan second-half 2004 hiring, but that doesn't mean they're throwing the workplace doors completely open.
Funds Hit With Substantial May Setback
June 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - May's emerging spring wasn't all that kind to mutual funds, with stock and bond fund offerings suffering an $11.2 billion setback.
Funds Holding More Retirement Assets
June 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Healthy cash inflows and a market turnaround combined to bulk up retirement assets in mutual funds by 28% to a record $2.7 trillion.
Bond Funds Continue Bleeding in May
June 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising interest rates continued to exact a toll on bond mutual funds in May, sparking a record fixed income outflow.
UITs Plummet in May
June 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset flows into unit investment trusts (UIT) plunged in May.
CSFB/Tremont Hedge Index Retreats 0.23% in May
June 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index gave up 0.23% in May 2004, according to a Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont news release.
Van Global Hedge Fund Retreats in May
June 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Van Global Hedge Fund Index fell 0.3% in May, according to industry consultant Van Hedge Fund Advisors International (VAN).
Study: Individual K Plans Booming
June 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Individual 401(k) plans were hot during 2003 - red hot, according to a new research report.
Ryan: Pension Assets Better Liabilities in May
June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension assets continued to outpace liabilities in May.
Hewitt: K Plan Participants Flood Into Fixed-Income in May
June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dow Jones swooned in May and with the dip, 401(k) participants transferred more of their retirement funds into fixed-income investments, but overall...
Hennessee Hedge Index Wraps Up May in the Red
June 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds ended May in the red, losing 0.37%, bringing the year-to-date Hennessee Hedge Fund Index return to 1.82%.
S&P Hedge Indices Hit By Across the Board Losses
June 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Standard & Poor's hedge fund indices suffered across-the-board losses in May in what S&P labeled "an increasingly uncertain marketplace," the company said...