January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets grew by around 9% during 2007 to over $25 trillion, according to Watson...
January 30, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global institutional pension fund assets in the 11 major markets grew by around 9% during 2007 to over $25 trillion, according to Watson...
January 29, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced net inflows of $47.2 billion in December and $376.3 billion for the year, according to data from...
January 25, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The one-year average rate of return reported by college and university endowments participating in a survey by the National Association of College and...
January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demand from institutional investors for precise and often-custom made indexes to allow them to meet socially responsible investment (SRI) constraints could represent a...
January 23, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest year-end data from Northern Trust indicates that most U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors reported modest returns for the year ending December...
January 22, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Venture capital investment in U.S. companies continued to climb in 2007 with the most deals and capital invested since 2001, according to the...
January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The average annual total return earned by the 767 U.S. institutions participating in the Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Educational Endowments was 16.9% (net...
January 17, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds in Morningstar's database, excluding funds-of-funds, returned an average of 1.98% during the fourth quarter of 2007, outperforming the S&P 500 Index...
January 14, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The resulting reduction in labor force growth in the United States brought on by the Baby Boomer retirement wave of the next decade...
January 7, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan finished December and the year 2007 in better shape than at the start of both periods, thanks to...
January 3, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios fell 8% in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to the latest quarterly US Pension Fund Fitness Tracker from UBS...
January 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds enjoyed a $502 million November asset inflow, according to data from the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).
January 2, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Observations from Strategic Insights point out 2007 proved to be a landmark year with many milestones reached in the worldwide use of mutual...
December 14, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The weakness of the stock market led 401(k) participants to seek more cautious investments, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index...
December 13, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.COM) - Americans' retirement savings grew in the second quarter of 2007 to $17.4 trillion, according to the latest Investment Company Institute (ICI) data.
December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Callan DC Index for the third quarter of 2007 found returns were modest, flow activity was relatively high, and growth of asset...
December 12, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Standard & Poor's global stock market review, The World By Numbers, developed equity markets fell 4.39% in November, while emerging equity...