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July 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lipper, already well known for its matrix-based classifications for domestic mutual funds, is bringing that same discipline to international and global funds open...

July 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Buoyed by strong equity returns and fixed income gains, the median master trust in the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) universe - made up...

July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The long-suffering US job market finally showed some strength last week as the queue of workers lining up for first-time jobless benefits was...

July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds continue to enjoy a forecast of sunny skies in 2003, soaking in $27.4 billion in new assets in...

July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index matched earlier reports, posting a 0.50% final return in June.

July 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of June mass layoffs was 1,691 covering 157,595 people, according to the latest mass layoffs report from the US Department of...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Encouraging returns from the broad-based equity markets have not yet rippled into one-year returns among private equity offerings, which slid for the ninth...

July 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A ray of sunshine is peaking through the corporate bond default storm clouds of 2002 - the number of debt issuers in default...

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced funds exceeded $25 billion in June, the third month in a row of strong stock market demand.

July 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Enjoying their greatest inflow month since March 2002, stock mutual funds continued to be the belle of the ball, adding $19.5 billion in...

July 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The good news in Thursday's regular jobless claims report was that the number of Americans queuing up for initial benefits plunged by 29,000...

July 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed their second straight boffo month in June with a healthy 18% increase in total assets.

July 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although the ardor for real estate investment trust (REIT) investments cooled a bit in June, REITs enjoyed a healthy second quarter - and...

July 14, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Index was up 0.5% in June, according to preliminary data from 60% of the funds.

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a 1.50% return in June.

July 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job picture continued to be full of doom and gloom Thursday with word that the number of Americans filing first-time jobless...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell has completed the annual reconstitution of its 21 unmanaged US stock indexes, in a shift that saw an 11% decline in the...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The employment bloodletting among US high-tech firms appears to have eased for now with announced job cuts during the first half of the...

July 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Actively managed equity mutual funds and their corresponding Standard & Poor's indices rounded the final turn in the second quarter of 2003 in...

July 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Resurgent equity markets helped narrow the pension asset/liability gap in June, according to Ryan Labs.