Investing

April 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US hedge funds lagged the broader market, rising 1.79% in March, compared to a 3.07% return on the S&P 500 Index, according to...

April 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In what could be viewed as the most positive development in the pension industry in two years, asset growth finally outpaced that of...

April 11, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The number of US workers lining up to file for unemployment benefits for the first time tumbled significantly in the week ending April 6,...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Tax-exempt accounts, such as 401(k)s and pensions, are expected to gain a larger share of the separately managed account market over the next...

April 10, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were more job seekers - and they were looking longer - in the first quarter, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray &...

April 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On Thursday, Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) will announce the final round of changes to its indices as it moves to a free...

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The unemployment rate inched up by 0.2% in March, a further sign that the economic recovery is struggling to take hold.

April 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The month of March is said to come in like a lion - and participant transfer activity certainly perked up during the month,...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US bond funds edged up by 0.28% in the first quarter of the year, lagging behind the 0.36% return of stock funds, as...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among Frank Russell Company's family of 21 US equity indexes, the small cap Russell 2000 Value Index performed best during the first three...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The number of unemployed American workers filing for benefits for the first time shot up by 64,000, according to data released by the Department...

April 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets bounced back, the FTSE All-World index gaining 4.3% in March, from the lows of the early months of 2002, bolstered...

April 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund returns were all over the board in the first quarter, but broadly speaking, investors had little to cheer about.

March 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest reading of the Conference Board's Help Wanted Advertising Index, a rough gauge of prospects for job hunters, points to a job...

(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most stock and bond fund categories gained ground in the first quarter, although the best performers probably weren't in your 401(k) menu.

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of US workers filing for first-time unemployment benefits jumped up by a larger-than-expected 4.7% during the week ending March 23, a...

March 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fixed-income investments had a blockbuster year in 2001 because of plummeting interest rates, but the ongoing economic recovery may make 2002 a volatile...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors and participants may have fed a growing interest in passive benchmarks last year, resulting in a record year for Frank Russell's...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Red Herring Communications, a media firm specializing in technology and Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. (MSCI), a provider of global indices and benchmark-related...

March 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of America's mutual funds fell to $6.92 trillion in February, from $6.97 trillion in the previous month, according to data...