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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) - Observations from Strategic Insights point out 2007 proved to be a landmark year with many milestones reached in the worldwide use of mutual...

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).

December 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The weakness of the stock market led 401(k) participants to seek more cautious investments, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index...

December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Americans' retirement savings grew in the second quarter of 2007 to $17.4 trillion, according to the latest Investment Company Institute (ICI) data.

December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index for the third quarter of 2007 found returns were modest, flow activity was relatively high, and growth of asset...

December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Standard & Poor's global stock market review, The World By Numbers, developed equity markets fell 4.39% in November, while emerging equity...

December 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan declined by 7% in November, according to the latest BNY Mellon Pension Liability Index...

December 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors generally saw third quarter returns of approximately half of what they were in the second quarter of 2007, according to the...

November 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $435 billion, or 3.6%, to $12.356 trillion in October, according to the Investment...

November 20, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants moved a combined $295 million into the international and emerging market equity asset classes in October, according to the results of the...