February 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2004 pension asset/liability gap started off behind the eight ball in January with an "impressive" 1.42% asset gain, but ran into a...
February 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for initial unemployment benefits shot up last week, according to a government report.
February 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US companies' unit labor costs fell 1.3% in the final quarter of 2003, after a 5.6% third-quarter drop, the government said.
February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total mutual fund assets ticked up by 4% worldwide during the third quarter of 2003, a much weaker showing than the second quarter's...
February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity markets continued on the rise during the fourth quarter of 2003 as increasing investor appetite for a larger equity allocation led to...
February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return for the 498 corporate, foundation/endowment, public and Taft-Hartley funds in the Russell/Mellon US Master Trust Universe roared ahead by 22.61%...
February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when the domestic job market is supposed to be slowly mending, companies announced 26% more job cuts in January 2004...
February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) continued to rise after finishing well in 2003, as the NAREIT Composite increased by 4.3% last month.
February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only five of the 10 largest equity funds outperformed the S&P 500 in 2003, but by an amount barely enough to propel the...
January 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Football fans and stock market pundits alike have a simple explanation for the stock market rebound in 2003 - the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's...
January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for first-time unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, the government reported.
January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the last quarter of 2003, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose only 0.7%, the smallest increase of the year.
January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it three months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up by $178.9 billion (2.5%)...
January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As it has in recent months, the Federal Reserve shied away Wednesday from changing interest rates from their decades-old lows.
January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows into venture capital investments totaled $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2003, again riding the wave of funds flowing into biotechnology...
January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Riding high on fourth-quarter 2003 equity strength, the median master trust in the universe of the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) ended the year...