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January 18, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund assets reached a record $1.43 trillion in 2006 despite underperforming equity indexes, according to new data from Hedge Fund Research (HFR).

January 17, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The latest Standard & Poor's Indices Versus Active Funds Scorecard (SPIVA) shows the S&P 500 outperformed 69.1% of large-cap funds.

January 16, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 2006 proved to be a quiet trading year for 401(k) plans, with just 0.034% of balances shifted per day on a net basis...

January 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The majority of active international equity investment managers posted their second consecutive calendar year of above index returns despite the MSCI EAFE benchmark...

January 11, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds, government organizations and endowments and foundations say they are particularly eager to expand their hedge fund holdings in the Emerging Asia...

January 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investment earnings for US higher education endowments and foundations seem to be back on the uphill swing as an average annual return of...

January 10, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The engine of growth for traditional IRAs is being powered by qualified plan rollovers and not new contributions, according to a new data...

January 9, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -The world's emerging and developed markets continued to stay in positive territory in December, making a full year of positive results as oil prices...

January 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment climbed by 167,000 to 136.2 million in December, a significant jump from the 132,000 job gains recorded the month before,...

January 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The international stocks in the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) continued to bring in the most robust earnings of all of the five...

January 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $17.4 billion in November, down from the $29.8 billion they brought in the month before,...

January 5, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The international stocks in the federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) continued to bring in the most robust earnings of all of the five...

January 3, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While it seemed the emerging markets sector was declining based on a downturn experienced earlier in 2006, the Credit Suisse/Tremont Emerging Markets Hedge...

December 29, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq will be shut down January 2 for a national day of mourning for the death...

December 28, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $265.3 billion, or 2.6%, to $10.281 trillion in November, according to the Investment Company...

December 22, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - He's no longer the Federal Reserve Chairman, but Alan Greenspan had a storied ability to keep us all guessing at what he actually...

December 18, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at new record levels and the S&P 500 at highs not seen since 2000, 401(k) participants have...

December 15, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real average weekly earnings rose by 0.2% in November, according to preliminary data from the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

December 8, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-farm payroll employment jumped to 132,000 in November, topping the small 51,000 increase the month before, according to the Department of Labor's Bureau...

December 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of a typical US pension plan deteriorated by 0.8% in November despite a good month in most capital markets, according...