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November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new report predicts that rapid growth will restructure the asset allocation and packaging of target-date products, and that target-date and target-risk retirement...

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors emerged from the third quarter with another solid round of gains, according to a new report.

October 15 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target maturity funds enjoyed their second quarter in a row of positive returns, and on an annual basis significantly outperformed the S&P 500...

October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Open-end mutual funds saw inflows of over $49 billion in September, according to data from Morningstar Direct Fund Flows.

October 13, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Hewitt 401(k) Index for September shows 401(k) participants continued to slowly and modestly transfer assets from fixed income investments back into equities.

October 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong long-term fund flows persisted in August, and the recent pattern of greater flows into bond funds continued as well, according to Strategic...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors poured more than $54 billion into U.S. open-end mutual funds in August - the largest inflow since February 2007, according to Morningstar.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans continued a cautious move into equity during August, with a total of $203 million shifted from fixed income into...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After six consecutive quarters of losses, the Callan DC Index posted a gain of 12.26% in the second quarter of 2009.

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets may have been rosier during August, but that did not translate into an improved funded status for pension plans of...

September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funds of hedge funds industry shrank a further 13.5% in the first half of 2009, with the previous freefall broken by relatively...

September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funds of hedge funds industry shrank a further 13.5% in the first half of 2009, with the previous freefall broken by relatively...

$250 billion in net flows to equity and fixed-income funds in the first half of 2009, the best performance for stocks in any quarter since the late 1990s...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July was the fourth consecutive month in which long-term fund flows equaled or surpassed $50 billion, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International...

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite strong domestic-equity and sound fixed-income performance during the second quarter of 2009, hefty investor assets were cashed out of separate accounts and...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that history repeats - and that those who do not learn from the past are destined (doomed?) to repeat it.

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest proportion of participant assets in plans administered by MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is in equities (38.7%) versus stable value options (31.7%)...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the impact of robust portfolio returns tempered by a...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the impact of robust portfolio returns tempered by a...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market uptick continued to benefit U.S. mutual fund flows in July, as investors poured almost $44 billion ($171 billion year-to-date) into...