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.
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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...
Bond Funds Continue Pull on Assets
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Flows into bond funds in November, although somewhat off from the blistering pace of the prior three months, were very robust at $38...
Taxable Bond ETFs Still King of the Hill
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another strong November showing has allowed taxable bond ETFs to walk off with “most popular” honors, with $32.1 billion in net year-to-date inflows,...
Bond Fund Rush Could be Slowing
December 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While November’s mutual fund inflow to fixed income still added up to $33 billion, that was down from the $40 billion pumped into...
Another Record-Setting Year for ETFs?
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – 2009 could be another record-setting year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to a new report.
SI: Bond Funds On Track for Record Inflows in 2009
December 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Looks like bonds are "back" – and in a big way.
November Sees Record High ETF Assets
December 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to the latest ETF Snapshot report by State Street Global Advisers (SSgA), assets in the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry totaled approximately $739...
Pension Plans Continue Funding Recovery
December 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A strong November performance by U.S. equities has led to a 2.6% boost in the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension...
Cost of True Love Rises – Slightly – in 2009
November 30, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Thanks to the weak economy in 2009 the PNC Christmas Price Index increased by a modest 1.8% compared to last year.
Institutional Investors Had a Good Third Quarter
November 23, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Mercer’s Summary Performance of US Institutional Portfolios, the median corporate plan had a third-quarter gain of 12.1%, while public plans and...