Milliman 100 Finished 2009 with Funding Deficit
January 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An end of the year rally was still not enough to keep the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index from an overall deficit for...
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Participants Go With the "Flow" in 2009
January 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Participants who were inclined to rebalance their accounts in 2009 tended to follow the market, according to a new report.
Yemen to Launch Stock Market
January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The poorest country in the Arab world plans to launch a stock market in one year as part of desperately needed economic reforms,...
DR Market Remains Robust
January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Global equity markets may have experienced significant volatility during 2009, but the depositary receipt (DR) market has remained healthy, according to data from...
Popularity of ETFs Continued to Grow in 2009
January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In 2009, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including exchange-traded notes (ETNs) drew $114.4 billion in net inflows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.
Bond Funds See Record Inflows in 2009
January 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. investors’ use of bond mutual funds reached record levels in 2009.
ETF Assets Grow by 50% in 2009
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. ETF industry closed out 2009 with $785 billion in assets under management, according to Morningstar Direct's latest Fund Flows Update.
2009 a Comeback Year for Mutual Funds
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The year 2009 proved to be a recovery year for the fund industry after a brutal 2008 that saw shareholders dump their funds...
T. Rowe Takes Top Spot in Russell Target-Date Metrics
January 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The T. Rowe Price Retirement Target-Date Fund family came out in the top spot as Russell Investments announced the top five funds of...
BlackRock Says ETFs Passed $1T Milestone
January 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BlackRock, Inc. says that global exchange-traded funds' (ETFs) assets hit an all time high of $1 trillion at the end of December 2009.
ETFs See Healthy Asset Gain
January 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The year 2009 was kind to the ETF market, with a whopping 45% jump in assets to $775.8 billion as of December 31,...
Equity Bounceback Gives UK Pensions Good Year
January 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial estimates for State Street Corporation's WM UK Defined Benefit Pension Fund Universe and WM UK Charity Fund Universe suggest that the average...
December Best Month of Year for Corporate Pension Funding
January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. corporate pension plans turned in their best performance in terms of funding ratio for 2009 in December, up 3% to 85.5%, according...
Many Happy Returns?
January 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Major US stock indexes ended what turned out to be a good year on a sour note - albeit on very...
Indexes Bounce Back in 2009
December 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As 2009 nears its end, it looks like it will be a good year for many equity indexes.
Hedge Fund Assets Back Above $2 Trillion
December 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total hedge fund assets at the end of November were estimated at $2.03 trillion, an increase of 3.20%, or $63.07 billion...
Institutional Investor Confidence Rises, But…
December 29, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors seem to be broadly more optimistic, but it matters where you are.
TUCS Plans’ October Returns in the Red
December 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Public pension plans had the worst October performance, giving back 1.19%, according to the latest data from the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service...
SI: “Resilient” Fund Flows Set Stage for 2010
December 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On the heels of a financial crisis that shook both the financial services industry and investors worldwide, a new report catalogs a surge...
Money Managers See 2010 Growth
December 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. money managers participating in a recent Russell Investments poll are apparently an optimistic bunch, predicting equity markets still have room to grow...