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October 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets slipped 2.6% to $7.28 trillion in September, according to the Investment Company Institute.

October 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds could see more money withdrawn than invested for the first time since the Russian debt default in August 1998, according to...

October 25, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Buoyed by strong markets, retirement assets of state and local government employees hit a record high of $1.9 trillion in 1999, up more...

October 20, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Once again, September was a rough month for the markets, but the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was down just 0.4% for the month....

October 17, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global private equity and venture capital investment rose at a 65% pace last year, to $136 billion, and looks to be on track...

October 16, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan participants rode out volatile market swings in September, but appeared to do a bit of portfolio shifting at quarter end, according to...

October 10, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over $17 billion has flowed into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the first half of this year, and now total $57.5 billion, according to...

October 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Value funds continued their winning ways in the third quarter, outperforming growth funds, according to preliminary figures from mutual fund performance tracker Lipper.

September 29, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - America's mutual funds increased by 5.7% to $7.49 trillion in August, as cash continued to flow from bond and hybrid funds and into...

September 27, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Orbis Investment Management topped Nelson Information's quarterly ranking of the top institutional money managers. Caldwell & Orkin and Fidelity topped the US equity...

September 18, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Last year's 401(k) fund chart toppers have turned into bottom-feeders, according to new fund data.

September 15, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rebounding markets lifted the CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index 3.4% in August, as gains in long/short equity funds were limited by the impact to...

September 12, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Seven of the world's leading investment banks are teaming up to launch TheMarkets.com, a financial information Web site for large institutional clients, including...

September 7, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund assets under management have quadrupled to $205 billion during the past six years, according to a study by TASS Investment Research.

September 5, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity funds were red-hot in August, with the average US diversified equity fund rising 8.34%, now up 10.31% for the year according...

August 30, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard reclaimed its standing as the No.1 selling US mutual fund group in July, a position it hasn't held since last September, according...

August 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants rode out another rough month in the markets in July, with just six days of "above normal" transfer activity compared with 13...

July 13, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FTSE and Frank Russell Thursday announced a cooperative effort to align their various indexes, a move that will enhance the global profile of...

July 3, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Second quarter fund statements may raise a few concerns, as last year's killer categories took it on the chin in the second quarter....

June 26, 2000 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors - and participants - might want to start resetting their expectations for market returns, based on the findings of a new...