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October 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index fell by 0.8% in September 2001, outperforming most major US equity indices, and bringing year to date returns to...

October 15, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - Decimalization has adversely affected market liquidity and transparency for a majority of institutional traders, a survey by Midwood Securities finds.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nuveen Investments plans to launch a public offering for a closed-end exchange-traded real estate income fund in November.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Securities Industry Association (SIA) is expected to announce later today that it recommends the postponement of T+1 settlement.

October 12, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a backdrop of earnings warnings and overcapacity in the sector coupled with the terrorist attacks in September, Internet-focused funds plummeted by 19.0%...

October 11, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - There were fewer Americans filling out initial unemployment benefit claim forms this week due to seasonal factors, according to the Department of Labor (DoL).

October 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In line with the growing interest in leveraged loans by institutional investors, the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA) and Standard & Poor's...

October 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has posted the changes to the MSCI Standard Index series resulting from the first phase of the implementation...

October 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary estimates show the Average U.S. Hedge Fund fell 2.3% net in September, according to Steven A. Lonsdorf, CEO of Van Hedge Fund...

October 8, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In one of the most volatile and unsettling months in history, participants stirred, but only just barely.

October 5, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment rate remained level at 4.9% in September, according to the Labor Department.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's will consider including Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in its US indices, including the S&P 500, and the first addition...

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In Canada, Ficardre fund investors voted in favor of merging seven Ficardre investment funds with funds in the Talvest Fund Management's family.

October 4, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Some 528,000 Americans lined up for unemployment benefits for the first time this week, pushed higher by workers laid off following the attacks...

October 3, 2001(PLANSPONSOR.com) - The British government has announced measures aimed at safeguarding the returns of the UK's £ 800 billion pension funds, adopting a voluntary code of...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At the end of the second full week of trading, participants were back within normal levels, and heading back toward stocks, according to...

October 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve cut its target for the federal funds rate by 0.5%, reducing interest rates below the core inflation rate for the...

October 1, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The All-World FTSE Index fell by 9.2% in September in the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, which wreaked...

September 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sector funds failed to shine in the third quarter, with the average portfolio tumbling by 18% amid a weak economic outlook and pushed...

September 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although US mutual funds as a group lost 2.3% of their combined assets in August, taxable bond funds surged ahead of the pack...