State Street: ETF Assets Reach $450B in March
April 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The month of March saw the launch of 22 new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and a $9 billion increase in U.S. ETF assets, according...
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March Job Growth Rebounds, Beats Analysts Predictions
April 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment increased by 180,000 to 137.6 million in March, a boost from the 97,000 gain in February, according to the Department...
Russell to Announce Membership in Indexes in June
April 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has announced it will start its annual reconstitution of its U.S. and global indexes with a revelation about probable additions...
Russell to Announce Membership in Indexes in June
April 4, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investment Group has announced it will start its annual reconstitution of its U.S. and global indexes with a revelation about probable additions...
ETF Assets Up More than a Third Over Past Year
March 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past 12 months, ETF assets increased $110.99 billion (34.4%), according to the Investment Company Institute.
A Growing Appetite for US Equity Funds?
March 30, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity funds continued to attract new money in February, though the flows to world equity funds slackened a bit.
Worldwide Hedge Fund Assets Reach $2 Trillion
March 29, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global hedge fund assets have now reached more than $2 trillion, according to newsletter publisher HedgeFund Intelligence.
Fund Flows Reach Record High in First Two Months of 07
March 19, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the first two months of 2007, net flows into stock and bond mutual funds (excluding exchange-traded and variable annuity funds) neared $110...
Weekly Earnings Take Slight Dip in February
March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.3% in February, according to preliminary data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)....
Weekly Earnings Take Slight Dip in February
March 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings fell by 0.3% in February, according to preliminary data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)....
"Terrible Tuesday" Triggers Transfers
March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant traders were relatively sanguine during the month of February - but then "Terrible Tuesday" struck.
"Terrible Tuesday" Triggers Transfers
March 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant traders were relatively sanguine during the month of February - but then "Terrible Tuesday" struck.
February Job Growth Trails Two Previous Months
March 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment increased by 97,000 to 137.4 million in February and the unemployment rate remained fairly stagnant for the month, according to...
Mutual Fund Flows Continue Strong in January
March 6, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $52.9 billion in January, following a net intake of $39.4 billion in December, according to...
Mellon: Pension Plan Funding Drops 3.4% in February
March 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical U.S. pension plan fell by 3.4% in February, following an uptick of 2.4% the month before, according...
Emerging Markets Private Equity Arena Heating Up
March 1, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of private equity dollars being invested in the emerging markets of Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa...
Mutual Fund Assets Up $153.8B in January
February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $152.8 billion, or 1.5%, to $10.56 trillion in January, according to the Investment Company...
Hedge Fund Flows Up 6% in 2006
February 28, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hennessee Group LLC, an adviser to hedge fund investors, estimates that hedge fund industry assets increased by $215 billion (17.5%) in 2006 to...
Institutional Plans Make Strides in 4Q06
February 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting's Summary Performance of US Institutional Portfolios survey found the median corporate plan had a fourth quarter2006 gain of 5.7%, while...