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February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's global stock market review, The World by Numbers, indicates world markets registered one of the worst ever starts to a...

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Mercer's fourth-quarter 2007 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found losses in most equity markets during the period, a Mercer news release indicates.

February 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's global stock market review, The World by Numbers, indicates world markets registered one of the worst ever starts to a...

February 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide increased 6.2% to $25.82 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2007, according to the Investment Company...

January 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $30.4 billion, or 0.3% to $12.04 trillion in December, according to the latest...

January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets grew by around 9% during 2007 to over $25 trillion, according to Watson...

January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets grew by around 9% during 2007 to over $25 trillion, according to Watson...

January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced net inflows of $47.2 billion in December and $376.3 billion for the year, according to data from...

January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The one-year average rate of return reported by college and university endowments participating in a survey by the National Association of College and...

January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demand from institutional investors for precise and often-custom made indexes to allow them to meet socially responsible investment (SRI) constraints could represent a...

January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest year-end data from Northern Trust indicates that most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported modest returns for the year ending December...

January 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital investment in U.S. companies continued to climb in 2007 with the most deals and capital invested since 2001, according to the...

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds in Morningstar's database, excluding funds-of-funds, returned an average of 1.98% during the fourth quarter of 2007, outperforming the S&P 500 Index...

January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average annual total return earned by the 767 U.S. institutions participating in the Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Educational Endowments was 16.9% (net...

January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants had equities on their minds in December, according to the latest Hewitt 401(k) Index data.

January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The resulting reduction in labor force growth in the United States brought on by the Baby Boomer retirement wave of the next decade...

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January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan finished December and the year 2007 in better shape than at the start of both periods, thanks to...

January 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios fell 8% in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the latest quarterly US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker from UBS...

January 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds enjoyed a $502 million November asset inflow, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).