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November 1, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average corporate pension plan shrink by 11.1%, and the average public plan lose 11.8% on a year to date basis, and an increasing...

November 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans lining up for initial unemployment benefits shrank by 2% in the week ending October 27. However, continuing claims rose...

October 31, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Treasury has announced plans to eliminate the 30-year Treasury bond, citing its loss of benchmark status and decline in demand -a decline that...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by 4.8% to $6.417 trillion in September, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI)'s survey...

October 30, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Technological advances and the globalization of capital markets will force European stock exchanges to consolidate, resulting in a single pan-European clearing-house by 2006, according...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 18 months, UK retailer Boots PLC has shifted its entire £2.3 billion ($3.31 billion) defined benefit portfolio away from equities...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Financial Research Corp. reports that 17 of the 25 largest mutual fund companies saw net withdrawals from their stock and bond funds in...

October 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SRI World Group, a financial consulting firm, has published a guide on socially responsible investment strategies for institutional investors.

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Barclays Global Investors has announced that three international regional iShares exchange funds (ETFs) have begun trading on the American Stock Exchange.

October 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 1,316 mass layoff events, involving 50 or more employees, occurred in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

October 25, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans remaining on the unemployment rolls in the week ending October 13, the latest week for which data is available, surged...

October 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If you are a sponsor considering the addition of some new funds to your plan's offerings, checking out Doug Fabian's Lemon List might...

October 24, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The September terrorist attacks brought the economy to a standstill followed by a short period of reduced economic activity, according to the Federal...

October 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETF) totaled $64.35 billion at the close of September, down dramatically from $72.08 billion a month earlier,...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though total US pension fund assets fell by just over 7%, the largest institutional funds aren't making major changes to their long-term...

October 19, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors pulled a record $32 billion from stock mutual funds in September, according to preliminary data from fund tracker Lipper. More than $6...

October 18, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a weakening economic backdrop, more Americans lined up for first time unemployment benefits last week, newly released data from the Department of...

October 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in Fidelity's Magellan fund have declined 23% since the beginning of the year and total $71.6 billion as of September 30.

October 16, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - While some $450 billion is currently invested in hedge funds, only 20% of the plans surveyed invest in these vehicles, according to a new...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Canadian mutual fund values fell in line with the equity market last month, ratcheting up a double-digit loss.