Global Retirement Assets See Growth in 2009
June 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global retirement assets stood at $24 trillion in 2009, up from $21.4 trillion the year before, according to Cerulli’s Quantitative Update: Global Markets...
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Mutual Fund Flows Retreat in May
June 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $2.9 billion in May, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
MSCI Makes No Market Classification Changes
June 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MSCI has announced that there will be no changes in market classification as part of its 2010 Annual Market Classification Review.
April Fund Flows Total $126B
June 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors pumped in $126 billion to equity/mixed, bond, and other long-term mutual funds in April on a net basis, which marked the third...
Tooth Fairy Still Making House Calls
June 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite what you may have heard about the Tooth Fairy, she’s apparently still trading in cash for cuspids.
ETFs See $5B in May Inflows
June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – May might have been a brutal month for markets around the world, but investors continued to funnel assets into U.S.- listed exchange-traded funds,...
$13B Yanked from Mutual Funds in May
June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investors responded to worrisome economic events in May by yanking $13.2 billion from equity funds.
ETFs Enjoy $3B May Inflows
June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Strategic Insight (SI) estimate indicated that investors put a net $3.5 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in May.
May Net Fund Outflow Slowed
June 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite the return of extreme volatility to financial markets, U.S. mutual fund investors withdrew a net of only roughly $7 billion from stock...
401(k) Participants Retreat from Equities in May
June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid more than 7% in May, 401(k) participant transfers became strongly fixed income-oriented, according to the results...
ETF Assets Drop $46B in May
June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF industry assets fell $46 billion for the month of May, or 5.5%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ ETF Snapshot.
April Fund Inflows Pegged at $53.7B
June 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $53.7 billion in April, according to the latest data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
Private Equity Posts Positive Finish to ‘09
May 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the quarter ended December 31, 2009, the State Street Private Equity Index posted a 5.94% quarterly return.
International/Global Equity Leads ETF Fund Filings in April
May 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-four open-end exchange-traded funds were filed in April, according to the New Fund Filings Review from Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.
Milliman Index Shows Pension Funded Status Declined $33B in April
May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans deteriorated by $33 billion during April 2010 as measured by the...
BNY Mellon Master Trust Universe Sees another Positive Quarter
May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median plan in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe posted a 3.53% return for the first quarter of 2010, the fourth...
ETFs See Inflows of $12B in April
May 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors poured $12.2 billion into exchange-traded funds in April 2010, bringing total year-to-date net inflows to $19.9 billion, according to Morningstar Direct Fund...
Investors Still Favor Bond Funds
May 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. open-end mutual funds gathered almost $41 billion in assets during April, according to Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.
401(k) Participants Flocked to Equities in April
May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participant transfers were strongly equity-oriented in April, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.
ETF Assets Increase $23B in April
May 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF assets increased by $23.3 billion for the month of April, totaling $830 billion, according to the latest ETF Snapshot from State Street.