August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) is changing the criteria for inclusion in its MSCI Small Cap Country Indices.
August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An overwhelming 95% of respondents to a survey by the Liberty Mutual Group believe workplace safety has a positive impact on a company's...
August 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors might want to offer a faith-based mutual fund among their 401(k) investment choices, if the results of a recent survey are...
August 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of investors feel optimistic about the market, with 65% of respondents in a survey expecting the market to rally within a...
August 23, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETFs) added up to $75.52 billion at the close of July 2001, a decrease of $40 million on...
August 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to the nation's unit investment trusts rose to $7.24 billion in July, the second straight month-over-month increase and a significant improvement over...
August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors bailed out of equity mutual funds for the first time since March last month, yanking about $1.5 billion, according to data from...
August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to revive sluggish US economic growth, the Federal Reserve cut its key federal funds interest rate by a quarter of...
August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) made just a few changes to its MSCI Standard Indexes as part of its quarterly index rebalancing.
August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In July, an unrelenting stream of negative economic news kept the market in the doldrums, with the Average US Hedge Fund decreasing by...
August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment claims dipped to 380,000 in the week ending August 11, falling by 8,000 from the previous week's 388,000 level, according to...
August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index came in totally flat at 0.0% for July 2001, with gains in dedicated short bias and convertible arbitrage...
August 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Junk bonds lived up to their name in July, with the default rate rising to 8.29% - the highest level since February 1992.
August 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity was largely "normal" in July but moved increasingly toward more conservative investments, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.
August 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lines of the unemployed claiming benefits for the first time grew longer by 33,000 in the week ending August 4, 2001. However,...
August 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Falling labor costs led American worker productivity in the second quarter to a 2.5% annual growth rate, the largest gain since the second...
August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Returns were negative nearly across the board in July amid increasing concerns on the direction of the global economy, according to data from...
August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5% in July, with employers shedding 42,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.