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July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global investors will now have some additional benchmark guidance for value and growth investments in a half dozen European countries.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) decreased by nearly $4 billion in June, but international ETFs managed to gain ground.

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors fled US equity mutual funds in droves last month, pulling out more than $18 billion on a net basis, according to an...

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to unit investment trusts totaled $923.8 million in June, down from the previous month's $957.9 million, but a substantial decrease from a...

July 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - European settlement houses Euroclear and Crest Co. announced plans to merge yesterday, creating Europe's biggest settlement system for both stocks and bonds.

July 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Average US Hedge Fund lost ground in June but still outperformed major US equity benchmarks, according to a preliminary report from Van...

July 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's unemployment rate edged up slightly in June, despite an increase in job openings.

July 3, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's jobless claims fell for the second month in a row - and to a 15-month low last week - and there...

July 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual funds fared miserably in the last few months, as accounting shenanigans, bankruptcies and bleak profit forecasts dragged shares lower and raised...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets suffered a dismal month in June, with the FTSE All-World Index falling 6.2% in dollar terms.

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k)-type retirement plans are more popular among working age Americans than Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) - and they also tend to be larger,...

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things looked brighter in the beaten-down tech sector with a 67% drop in announced job cuts in June compared to a month earlier.

The traditional bear market havens of gold and real estate fared best over the second quarter.

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by $10.8 billion, settling at $6.9 trillion, according to figures from the...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - May job vacancy advertising, as measured by the Conference Board's Help-Wanted Index fell by 4% over the month as disappointing corporate profits put...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aiming to increase transparency in the mutual fund market, RiskMetrics Group launched "Best and Worst" Fund Evaluations, an evaluation of stock mutual funds.

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the recovery from America's recession has been uneven in recent months, there was good news in the latest government jobless figures...

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.75%, despite increases in economic...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After years of weaning and winnowing out unprofitable and undercommitted providers, today's recordkeeping field still offers plan sponsors a robust choice of funds,...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors steering clear of the equity market, have caused a liquidity crunch on the debt side, leaving the global high yield bond default...