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November 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $41 billion during October, from a deficit of approximately $512...

October 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust announced that U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors lost 9% at the median in the third quarter of 2011, ending a streak...

October 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a new survey by BNY Mellon, companies worldwide continue to shift their investor relations strategies to expand outreach to sovereign wealth...

October 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite steep losses in the stock market in September, participant transfers were very modest, according to the Aon Hewitt 401(k) Index Observations for...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index declined more than three points over the last...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $6 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in September, a reversal...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors withdrew an estimated $5 billion out of U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in September 2011 (in open-end and...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. ETFs, which have seen just one month of net outflows in the last 12 months, added $4.1 billion in September, according to...

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term mutual fund flows turned positive in September for the first time in three months with inflows of $3.8 billion, according to Morningstar.

October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the month of August, long-term funds in Asia (excluding India and China which, with exception of new fund IPOs, report assets on...

October 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Month over month, exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets fell $95 billion, down 9.1%, in September.

October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. REIT market continued to outperform the broader equity market in the first nine months of 2011, in spite of losing ground...

September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $32.8 billion from long term funds, while garnering net inflows of $1.4 billion from ETFs...

September 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds took in $370 billion in cash contributions globally, according to Strategic Insight (SI).  
 

September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -   Morningstar, Inc. announced plans to launch rankings and research on exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed portfolios later this year.
 

 

September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  A Charles Schwab study found that 44% of individual investors plan to invest more...

September 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global index provider FTSE has announced the results of its 2011 Country Classification Annual Review.

September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index eked out a negligible 0.23% return in the second quarter of the year. 

September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard researchers report the levels of market variations today are ordinary when compared to other periods characterized by major global events in their...

 September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund asset flows through August 2011....