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Investing | July 11th, 2011

Nonprofit Healthcare Orgs See Second Year of Double Digit Gains

July 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average FY2010 total return on investable assets for nonprofit healthcare organizations participating in the 2011 Commonfund Benchmarks Study Healthcare Organizations Report was...

Investing | July 8th, 2011

Interest Rate Rise Lifts Milliman 100 Pension Funding Status in June

July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by $25 billion during June 2011, as...

Investing | July 8th, 2011

Fixed Income Funds Draw In Investors in May

July 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $12.4 billion in May, according to Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Investing | July 7th, 2011

REITs See 10% Returns in First Half of 2011

July 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. REITs continued to outperform the broader equity market in the second quarter and the first half of 2011, according to NAREIT, the...

Investing | July 5th, 2011

Fund Allocations to Asia Stocks Decline

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, as cash flows to emerging market...

Investing | July 5th, 2011

Fund Allocations to Asia Stocks Decline

July 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock markets in Asia are getting much less liquidity from mutual fund allocations compared to last year, as cash flows to emerging market...

Investing | June 29th, 2011

Manager Optimism for Equities and Bonds Falls

June 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The latest Investment Management Outlook (IMO) survey from Russell Investments finds manager optimism regarding U.S. equities and bonds fell across the board, trending...

Investing | June 22nd, 2011

Global Mutual Fund Industry on Track for another Record Year

June 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year-to-date global long-term fund flows through April 2011 reached $268 billion, according to Strategic Insight’s Global Mutual Fund Review April 2011, New &...

Investing | June 13th, 2011

ETFs Post Net Outflow in May

June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in May experienced roughly $6.5 billion in net outflows.

Investing | June 13th, 2011

Bonds See Continued Investor Demand

June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. mutual fund investors added about $24 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in May 2011, according...

Investing | June 13th, 2011

Russell Announces Index Additions

June 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has posted its official lists of companies that are set to join or leave the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when its...

Investing | June 7th, 2011

ETF Assets Decrease in May

June 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ETF industry assets fell $22.7 billion for the month of May - down 2%, according to State Street Global Advisors’ latest ETF Snapshot...

Investing | June 6th, 2011

Performance of U.S. REITs Outpaced Markets in May

June 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index was up 1.00% and the FTSE NAREIT All REITs Index was up 0.84%, while...

Investing | June 2nd, 2011

Investors Put More into Equities

June 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $44.7 billion in April, according to data from Financial Research Corporation.

Investing | May 27th, 2011

Investors Globally Put Trust Back in Equities

May 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Year-to-date cash contributions through April 2011 to equity and mixed funds globally surpassed fixed income for the first time since the financial crisis,...

Investing | May 17th, 2011

U.S. Stock ETFs Bounce Back in April

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows for U.S. ETFs accelerated to $23.3 billion in April after reaching just $6.9 billion in March.

Investing | May 17th, 2011

Taxable-Bond Funds Top Flows in April

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term mutual funds saw inflows of $23.9 billion in April, which trailed March’s $27.0 billion, according to data from Morningstar.

Investing | May 17th, 2011

Japan Sees Notable Fund Inflows in March

May 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Long-term fund flows in Asia were flat during March, but Japan garnered a notable $4.5 billion in net new money, $2.6 billion of...

Investing | May 11th, 2011

Falling Interest Rates Widen Pension Funding Gap in April

May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A $31 billion increase in liabilities offset a $19 billion increase in assets, widening the pension funding gap of the...

Investing | May 11th, 2011

ETF Flows Surge in April

May 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, estimated that investors poured an additional $23 billion into U.S. Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in April 2011, up...

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