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September 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan participants transferred assets from equities into fixed-income investments again in August, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index.

September 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –  Long-term mutual fund inflows were just $20.7 billion in August, as open-end U.S.-stock funds tallied yet another month of outflows, losing $14.3...

September 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Inflation has remained steady in the U.S. and most developed countries in the aftermath of the economic...

September 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets totaled $1.2 trillion as of August 31, up 16.6% year-to-date, according to...

September 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 86 nonprofit healthcare organizations participating in the 2012 Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Healthcare Organizations reported investment returns of zero in FY2011.

August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Average net transfer activity remained very low among defined contribution (DC) plan participants in July.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term mutual fund flows were $24.6 billion in July, following just $10.8 billion in June.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors’ search for safety led to bond fund demand across a spectrum of corporate and U.S. government funds, high and low credit quality,...

July 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan participants transferred monies from equities into fixed-income investments in June despite the market rally, according to the results of...

July 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets rallied in June, but second-quarter performance suffered as the global economic picture showed little signs of sustained improvement, a report...

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) enjoyed $16 billion in net inflows in June, their best month since February’s $15 billion in net inflows.

July 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors continued to exhibit anxiety over global economic growth, putting just $13 billion in estimated net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds...

July 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets increased $43.2 billion, or 3.8%, in June, according to State Street Global Advisors’ (SSgA) ETF Snapshot report.

June 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plan participants transferred monies from equities into fixed-income investments as the stock markets dropped substantially during May, according to the...

June 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - April was the first month this year that the net direction of 401(k) participant transfers moved back toward fixed income.

June 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May, long-term mutual funds recorded their smallest monthly intake year to date, with $14.1 billion in new...

June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw roughly $2 billion in net inflows in May 2012.

June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors put $14 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the U.S. in May.

June 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets decreased $67.4 billion, or 5.7%, in May.

June 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index enjoyed a strong first quarter in 2012, returning 8.7%.