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August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC).  

August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund outflows reached 2008 levels in July, with U.S. stock funds losing the most assets at $122 billion, or -3.3%, according to...

August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and...

August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment...

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Uncertainty over the economy accelerated in July, causing U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of...

August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In June, excluding short-term money products, local funds in Asia attracted over $15 billion in net flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset...

August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June saw the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry rebound with net inflows of $9.8 billion, and July saw that trend continue as U.S. ETFs...

August 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June's trends accelerated in July with estimated long-term fund outflows quadrupling to $17.1 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

August 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) assets rose $9 billion in July, up 0.8%, according to the State Street Global Advisors ETF Snapshot report for...

August 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Master Trusts enjoyed their best July to June one-year performance since 1986, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.

 

August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. REIT total returns were more than double those of the broader equity market in the first seven months of 2011 and significantly...

August 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Whether it was the debt crisis or the markets, participant transfers have perked up in recent days.

July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors in the Northern Trust Universe had their fourth consecutive quarter of positive results in Q2.

 

July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $487 million in June, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Against a backdrop of historically low interest rates and global economic uncertainty, U.S. ETFs attracted an impressive $56.3 billion in new inflows during...

July 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a difficult first half for investors, long-term mutual funds around the world achieved $350 billion of inflows so far in 2011, with...

July 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent survey by Northern Trust saw a trend toward risk aversion among institutional investment managers in the second quarter of 2011; however,...

July 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Excluding China, long-term funds in Asia collected over $15 billion in net flows during May, according to data from Strategic Insight, an Asset...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $10.6 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in June, up from...

July 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Uncertainty over the economy and unemployment increased in June, sparking U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $2 billion in cash...