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November 6, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors saw the performance of their portfolios drop sharply in the third quarter of 2008, with foundations and endowments having the worst...

November 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World equity markets registered their worst month in history as investors lost an estimated $5.79 trillion during October, Standard & Poor's Index Services...

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $21.9 billion in September, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

October 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell 8.3% or $959 billion to $10.6 trillion in September, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide decreased 0.7% to $24.64 trillion at the end of the second quarter of 2008, according to Investment Company Institute...

October 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a statement presented in response to a recent Congressional Committee, the Investment Company Institute (ICI) made a case for riding out the...

October 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported a fourth consecutive quarter of negative results for the period ending September 30, 2008, according to...

October 15, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants didn't panic in September - but they did respond to market events.

October 13, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the assets of the Milliman 100 pension plans suffered major investment losses (more than $78 billion) during September, significant increases in interest...

October 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding ratios at the typical U.S. pension plan dipped 0.3 percentage points in September, according to BNY Mellon Asset Management.

October 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It's been a rough month for the markets, and a challenging quarter for 401(k) plan investments.

October 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September 2008 was not a happy time in the world of emerging market equities.

October 1, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Everybody talks about the changing face of retirement, but a new index purports to help put a face on that changing face.

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment...

September 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $401 million in August, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

September 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's is updating the market cap guidelines for its U.S. indices.

September 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) will replace American International Group Inc. (AIG) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective with the opening of trading...

September 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) will replace American International Group Inc. (AIG) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective with the opening of trading...

September 18, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) will replace American International Group Inc. (AIG) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, effective with the opening of trading...