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January 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The fourth quarter of 2008 was a dark time for target-maturity funds as the average offering suffered a 17.3% setback, a new Ibbotson...

January 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index lost 10.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 22.2% for the year, wiping out the last...

January 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The growing popularity of automatic enrollment in defined contribution plans - and target-date default choices in those plans - should fuel a surge...

January 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a reaction to the plunging stock market, the overall transfer activity in the Hewitt 401(k) Index was significantly higher in 2008 than...

January 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current assets in Shariah-compliant investments may be more modest than cited by many regulators and industry players, according to a new analysis.

January 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets rebounded in December, according to Standard & Poor's Index Services monthly global stock market review, The World by Numbers.

January 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Global Asset Management's US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker, a quarterly estimate of the overall health of a typical U.S. defined benefit pension...

December 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $261.65 billion, or 2.7%, to $9.355 trillion in November, according to the Investment...

December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - There's been a lot of change in the financial services sector - change that will shortly be reflected in a major US stock...

December 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $478.06 billion in November, down 0.9% from the prior month, according to the...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - S&P 500 pension funds are expected to report broad losses in their $1.5 trillion portfolio for 2008, as well as "potentially post record...

December 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -American savers held $16.9 trillion in retirement assets at the end of the second quarter of 2008, accounting for nearly 36% of all U.S....

December 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By the end of the November, the allocation of 401(k) assets to stable value was at a historical high as 401(k) participants continued...

December 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution plan activity rose as participants reacted to economic turmoil by reallocating their portfolios away from equity assets to fixed income funds,...

December 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Recession or not, true love will cost you dearly this year.

November 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $1.087 trillion, or 10.2%, to $9.6 trillion in October, according to the Investment...

November 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants' transfer activity level was significantly higher than usual in October, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

November 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) indicates that active fund managers underperform benchmarks over long periods of time.

November 12, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - HedgeFund.net said total assets in single manager hedge funds fell 16% in third-quarter 2008 to $2.5 trillion.

November 10, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The newest BNY Mellon Master Trust Universe data shows a combined -8.89% third-quarter return for the median plan for the 509 corporate, foundation,...