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May 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first quarter performance for corporate, public, and foundation/endowment pension plans fell below Q4 performance, according to Mercer Investment Consulting's Summary Performance of...

May 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investments in the global real estate market are gaining traction as a way for investors to diversify their portfolios, a recent study commissioned...

May 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced net inflows of $33 billion in April, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

May 15, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants continued shifting their assets from equities to fixed income investments in April, but not with the same aggression as they did...

May 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting's first-quarter 2007 Defined Contribution Universe Summary showed International Equity outperformed all other equity classes during the quarter.

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -Standard & Poor's said Monday that emerging and developed markets ended the month of April in positive territory, their second consecutive month with such...

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The assets in U.S.-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) climbed 5% during April, with International and Specialty ETFs making the biggest leap, according to recent...

May 7, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement assets reached $16.4 trillion at the end of 2006, propelled largely by an increase in individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and DC plans,...

May 4¸ 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Hiring activity by U.S. managers was weaker than expected in April as the total of new jobs showed the weakest gain in more...

May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan climbed slightly by 1.8% for the month of April, according to the Mellon Pension...

May 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan climbed slightly by 1.8% for the month of April, according to the Mellon Pension...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. mutual fund assets climbed 1.5%, or $155.2 billion, to reach $10.7 trillion in March, according to the Investment Company Institute's monthly survey...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total compensation costs for civilian workers increased 0.8% in the December 2006 to March 2007 period - about the same rate as the...

April 27, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Money managers who make mega-block trades based on the benefits of the economies of scale may be fooling themselves, a new research paper...

April 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced net inflows of $36.4 billion in March, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

April 26, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Echoing other similar studies, preliminary results of new Standard & Poor's research show that U.S pension funds produced strong market returns that reduced...

April 25, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Indexes led active funds in both the mid- and small-cap categories in the first quarter of 2007, according to the latest Indices Versus...

April 23, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported modest gains for the quarter ending March 31, 2007, according to data in the Northern Trust...

April 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Equity Research Services contended in a new research report that investors would do well to focus on the mid-cap asset...

April 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the world's mutual funds increased 7.6%, to $21.76 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2006 and 22.5%...