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May 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong returns in April helped world equity markets bounce back from a bad start in 2008, according to data from Standard & Poor's.

May 5, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An April equity market rally led to a 1.5% improvement in the funded status of the typical U.S. pension plan, according to BNY...

April 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Money continued to flow into long-term mutual funds in March, albeit a trickle.

April 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement assets climbed to $17.8 trillion as of September 30, 2007, up from $17.5 trillion on June 30, 2007, according to...

April 24, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond funds posted net inflows of $24.6 billion in March, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

April 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported negative results for the quarter ending March 31, 2008, according to data in the Northern Trust...

April 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants moved assets from equities to fixed-income investments during 80% of the trading days in March, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

April 21, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants moved assets from equities to fixed-income investments during 80% of the trading days in March, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

April 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Morningstar 1000 Hedge Fund Index lost 1.51% in the first quarter of 2008.

April 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net cash flow to mutual funds worldwide was $383 billion in the fourth quarter of 2007, with both long-term funds and money market...

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity markets in Morocco, Egypt, and Nigeria delivered the highest returns during the first quarter of 2008 in investments deemed to comply with...

April 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity markets in Morocco, Egypt, and Nigeria delivered the highest returns during the first quarter of 2008 in investments deemed to comply with...

April 11, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The world's emerging and developed equity markets lost 10.56% and 8.95%, respectively, during the first three months of the year, according to Standard...

April 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It was a rough quarter for large US pension plans - and that could mean trouble for those firms' balance sheets in coming...

April 8, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The "pat" answer to that question has long been "to get to the other side."

March 31, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research from BNY Mellon Asset Servicing finds that in 2007, UK pension funds' holdings in Global Equities fell for the eighth consecutive...

March 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of U.S. mutual funds increased by $14.37 billion, or 0.1%, to $11.742 trillion in February, according to data from the...

March 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of U.S. mutual funds increased by $14.37 billion, or 0.1%, to $11.742 trillion in February, according to data from the...

March 28, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded fund assets declined in February, but have nonetheless increased 29.1% over the past year.

March 26, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has announced the 2008 schedule to fully reconstitute its U.S. and global equity index families.