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October 6, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong long-term fund flows persisted in August, and the recent pattern of greater flows into bond funds continued as well, according to Strategic...

September 15, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors poured more than $54 billion into U.S. open-end mutual funds in August - the largest inflow since February 2007, according to Morningstar.

September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants in 401(k) plans continued a cautious move into equity during August, with a total of $203 million shifted from fixed income into...

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After six consecutive quarters of losses, the Callan DC Index posted a gain of 12.26% in the second quarter of 2009.

September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets may have been rosier during August, but that did not translate into an improved funded status for pension plans of...

September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funds of hedge funds industry shrank a further 13.5% in the first half of 2009, with the previous freefall broken by relatively...

September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funds of hedge funds industry shrank a further 13.5% in the first half of 2009, with the previous freefall broken by relatively...

$250 billion in net flows to equity and fixed-income funds in the first half of 2009, the best performance for stocks in any quarter since the late 1990s...

August 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July was the fourth consecutive month in which long-term fund flows equaled or surpassed $50 billion, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International...

August 20, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite strong domestic-equity and sound fixed-income performance during the second quarter of 2009, hefty investor assets were cashed out of separate accounts and...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The greatest proportion of participant assets in plans administered by MassMutual's Retirement Services Division is in equities (38.7%) versus stable value options (31.7%)...

August 18, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - They say that history repeats - and that those who do not learn from the past are destined (doomed?) to repeat it.

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the impact of robust portfolio returns tempered by a...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market uptick continued to benefit U.S. mutual fund flows in July, as investors poured almost $44 billion ($171 billion year-to-date) into...

August 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest Towers Perrin Pension Index was up 1% in July to 67.6 with the impact of robust portfolio returns tempered by a...

August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of institutional investors' portfolios continued to improve in the second quarter of 2009 with median returns ranging from 7.55% for Taft...

August 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median plan in the BNY Mellon U.S. Master Trust Universe posted a 10.8% return for the second quarter of 2009, representing the...

August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small, entrepreneurial investment management firms maintained a performance advantage over larger, established firms through last year's market downturn, according to updated research on...

August 5, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small, entrepreneurial investment management firms maintained a performance advantage over larger, established firms through last year's market downturn, according to updated research on...

August 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Commonfund Benchmarks Study Foundations Report shows the 290 participating foundations had fiscal year 2008 investment returns averaging -26%.