Q210 Bleak in BNY Mellon Master Trust Arena
August 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median plan in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe posted a -4.87% return for the second quarter of 2010.
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U.S. Job Market Sputters in July
August 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation’s unemployment rate held steady at 9.5%, but the U.S. economy continued to lose jobs in July.
June Fund Flows Reported at $25B
August 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stock and bond funds experienced June net inflows of $25.5 billion, according to new Financial Research Corporation (FRC) data.
Private Equity Sees Modest Gain in Q1 2010
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the State Street Private Equity Index posted a 2.22% return.
Institutional Investment Plan Sponsors See Loss in Q2 2010
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors experienced a median loss of 4.7% after four consecutive quarters of positive performance, according to data in the...
Fixed Income ETFs Continue Growth
July 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange traded fund (ETF) industry assets in the U.S. decreased 0.4% during the first half of 2010, as investors held $772 billion in...
State Street Master Trust Universe Sees Loss in Q2 2010
July 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street Corporation reported that the median return of the State Street Universe (SSU) of total plans fell 4.4% in the second quarter...
First Half 2010 Fund Flows Total $486B
July 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The second quarter of 2010 may have been “challenging,” but the first half of the year actually generated twice the net flows to...
Target Maturity Funds See Negative Returns in Q210
July 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As global equity markets stumbled during the second quarter, so did returns for target maturity funds, according to Ibbotson Associates.
Skittish Investors Reverse Fund Flow May Trends
July 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors who were skittish over the European sovereign debt crisis and whether the global economy would slide back into recession reversed course in...
Bond Fund Flows More than Double from May to June
July 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June saw flows into bond funds more than doubling from the volumes in May, to $22 billion, according to Strategic Insight (SI), an...
ETFs See $34B Inflow through June
July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - June marked the fifth consecutive month of inflows for U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Morningstar reported.
Bond Funds Dominate Mutual Fund Inflows through June
July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Flows into U.S. mutual funds reached $13.5 billion in June, according to data from Morningstar.
Strategic Insight Sees More Growth for Bond and Alternative Investments
July 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. investors put $176 billion into stock and bond mutual funds (excluding ETFs) in the first half of 2010, according to Strategic Insight...
ETF Assets Fall in June
July 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot reveals assets in the U.S. exchange traded fund (ETF) industry totaled approximately $772 billion as of June 30...
U.S. Pension Funding Status Falls to 74% in June
July 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A combination of U.S. stock market declines and lower interest rates in June resulted in the lowest-funded status for the typical U.S. corporate...
Depositary Receipt Investors Seek Growth Outside U.S.
July 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American and global depositary receipt (DR) trading volume increased 8.3% to 78.1 billion DRs during the first six months of 2010, according to...
When Did the Stock Market Recover from the Great Crash?
July 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today marks the anniversary of the worst stock market crash ever.
Participants’ Move to Fixed Income Slows
July 6, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants transferred monies from equities into fixed income investments for the second consecutive month in June, according to the results of the...
Reconstitution of Russell Global Index Completed
June 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has completed the annual realignment of the Russell Global Index and added 1,190 stocks to the equity benchmark.