ETF Flows Top $5B in September
October 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Month over month, exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets fell $95 billion, down 9.1%, in September.
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REITs Outperform S&P 500 in 2011
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. REIT market continued to outperform the broader equity market in the first nine months of 2011, in spite of losing ground...
Mutual Funds See Even Bigger Exits in August
September 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $32.8 billion from long term funds, while garnering net inflows of $1.4 billion from ETFs...
Mutual Funds See Gains Despite Dramatically Slower Pace
September 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Long-term funds took in $370 billion in cash contributions globally, according to Strategic Insight (SI).
Morningstar Expands ETF Resources
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morningstar, Inc. announced plans to launch rankings and research on exchange-traded fund (ETF) managed portfolios later this year.
Investor Appetite for ETFs Increasing
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Charles Schwab study found that 44% of individual investors plan to invest more...
FTSE Announces Country Classification Changes
September 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global index provider FTSE has announced the results of its 2011 Country Classification Annual Review.
Callan DC Index Falls Behind Average Corporate DB Plan
September 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index eked out a negligible 0.23% return in the second quarter of the year.
Vanguard Research Releases August Market Volatility Report
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard researchers report the levels of market variations today are ordinary when compared to other periods characterized by major global events in their...
Morningstar Reports Long-Term Mutual Funds Nearly Double in August
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Morningstar reported estimated U.S. mutual fund and exchange-traded fund asset flows through August 2011....
U.S. Bond & Stock Mutual Funds See Net Outflows of $34 Billion in August
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In an unusually volatile month, nervous investors redeemed an estimated $34 billion in net...
Cambria Files to Launch Actively Managed ETFs
September 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Cambria Investment Management
September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There was no change in the nation’s unemployment rate in August – and no new jobs added.
Asia Funds See $7B in Mutual Fund Flows in July
September 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Excluding money market programs, local funds in Asia pulled in $7.7 billion in cash flows in July, with bond and real estate products...
ETF Assets Down Nearly 4% in August
September 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF assets fell $42 billion in August, down 3.8%.
No Jobs Added in August: Labor Department
Stock and Bond Funds Experience Net Outflows in July
August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
U.S. Stock Funds Experience Market Crisis Levels of Outflows in July
August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund outflows reached 2008 levels in July, with U.S. stock funds losing the most assets at $122 billion, or -3.3%, according to...
ETFs See Positive Flows in July
August 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and...
Funds Globally See $370B Inflow in 2011
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment...
Mutual Funds See Net Outflows in July
August 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Uncertainty over the economy accelerated in July, causing U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of...