ETFs Fared Well in February
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot report reveals assets in the U.S. ETF industry totaled $752 billion as of February 28 – up $21.5...
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ETFs Fared Well in February
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State Street’s latest ETF Snapshot report reveals assets in the U.S. ETF industry totaled $752 billion as of February 28 – up $21.5...
Russell Sets Index Reconstitution Schedule
March 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has announced the schedule for its annual index reconstitution process, which it says will “capture and reflect the past...
ETFs Continue Growth in 2009
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) closed out 2009 with $785 billion in assets, up from roughly $533 billion at the end of 2008, according...
SI Report Sees an Inflection Point for the Mutual Fund Industry
February 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The mutual fund industry gathered $4.2 trillion in net cash flows worldwide in the second half of the decade, according to...
Market Continues to Move Participants
February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Once again, 401(k) participants that were inclined to rebalance their accounts tended to chase the market.
Mutual Funds Globally Make a Turnaround in 2009
February 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity/mixed, bond and other long-term mutual funds around the world captured $900 billion in net flows during 2009, according to Strategic Insight, an...
Q409 Sees 3.3% Return in BNY Mellon Universe
February 16, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median plan in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe posted a 3.3%-return for the fourth quarter of 2009, the third straight...
Domestic Stock Funds Reverse Flow in January
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds saw inflows of $44.5 billion in January, according to estimates from Morningstar, Inc.
ETFs Didn't Fare Well in January
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following strong inflows in 2009, U.S. ETF flows dipped into the red to kick off 2010, with $16.7 billion in net outflows in...
Stock and Bond Mutual Funds Started Year Strong
February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors poured an estimated $46 billion into stock and bond mutual funds in January, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset...
Institutional Plans See 2009 Improvement
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The median return for its universe of institutional plans was 3.1% in the fourth quarter and 19.4% for the year ended December 2009,...
ETFs See Losses in January
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF industry assets fell by $45.3 billion for the month, or 5.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors' January 2010 ETF Snapshot
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Pensions See January Funding Status Drop
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies in the S&P 1500 suffered a slight drop in their pension plan funded status in January to 83% from 84% the month...
Mercer Finds Equity Markets End 2009 Strong
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer’s fourth-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found gains in all equity markets during the period.
Bond Funds Continue to Dominate in December 2009
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bond funds saw inflows of $29 billion in December 2009, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.
A(nother) Sure Thing?
February 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Generally speaking, there’s no such thing as a sure thing – certainly when it comes to investing, and certainly not two...
ETF 2009 Inflow was $100B-Plus
February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – ETF net inflows topped $100 billion during 2009, as investors moved away from large-cap U.S. equities and developed international equities and increased their...
Target Maturity Fund Performance Climbs Back Up in 2009
January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Performance for target maturity funds in 2009 almost made a complete 360 from 2008, according to the Ibbotson Target Maturity Report Q4 2009.
Fund Flows Globally Reach 2007 Level
January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Progress in November helped bring year-to-date net flows worldwide to $825 billion - reaching full-year gains made in 2007, according to data from...