Interest Rate Rise Lifts Milliman 100 Pension Funding Status in June
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by $25 billion during June 2011, as...
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Fixed Income Funds Draw In Investors in May
July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $12.4 billion in May, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
REITs See 10% Returns in First Half of 2011
July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. REITs continued to outperform the broader equity market in the second quarter and the first half of 2011, according to NAREIT, the...
Fund Allocations to Asia Stocks Decline
July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, as cash flows to emerging market...
Fund Allocations to Asia Stocks Decline
July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, as cash flows to emerging market...
Manager Optimism for Equities and Bonds Falls
June 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The latest Investment Management Outlook (IMO) survey from Russell Investments finds manager optimism regarding U.S. equities and bonds fell across the board, trending...
Global Mutual Fund Industry on Track for another Record Year
June 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year-to-date global long-term fund flows through April 2011 reached $268 billion, according to Strategic Insight’s Global Mutual Fund Review April 2011, New &...
ETFs Post Net Outflow in May
June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in May experienced roughly $6.5 billion in net outflows.
Bonds See Continued Investor Demand
June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors added about $24 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in May 2011, according...
Russell Announces Index Additions
June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has posted its official lists of companies that are set to join or leave the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when its...
ETF Assets Decrease in May
June 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF industry assets fell $22.7 billion for the month of May - down 2%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ latest ETF Snapshot...
Performance of U.S. REITs Outpaced Markets in May
June 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 1.00% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 0.84%, while...
Investors Put More into Equities
June 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $44.7 billion in April, according to data from Financial Research Corporation.
Investors Globally Put Trust Back in Equities
May 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year-to-date cash contributions through April 2011 to equity and mixed funds globally surpassed fixed income for the first time since the financial crisis,...
U.S. Stock ETFs Bounce Back in April
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows for U.S. ETFs accelerated to $23.3 billion in April after reaching just $6.9 billion in March.
Taxable-Bond Funds Top Flows in April
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term mutual funds saw inflows of $23.9 billion in April, which trailed March’s $27.0 billion, according to data from Morningstar.
Japan Sees Notable Fund Inflows in March
May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term fund flows in Asia were flat during March, but Japan garnered a notable $4.5 billion in net new money, $2.6 billion of...
Falling Interest Rates Widen Pension Funding Gap in April
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A $31 billion increase in liabilities offset a $19 billion increase in assets, widening the pension funding gap of the...
ETF Flows Surge in April
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $23 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in April 2011, up...
Mutual Fund Flows Show Investor Confidence
May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors demonstrated confidence in a gradual economic recovery, adding about $27 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and...