The Markets

Mercer’s fourth-quarter 2009 Defined Contribution Universe Summary found gains in all equity markets during the period.

Exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets fell by $45.3 billion for the month, or 5.8%, according to State Street Global Advisors January 2010 ETF Snapshot.

Generally speaking, there’s no such thing as a sure thing – certainly when it comes to investing, and certainly not two years running.

ETF net inflows surpassed $100 billion during 2009, as investors moved away from large-cap U.S. equities and developed international equities and increased their exposure to ETFs, according to...

Sixteen months after imposing a withdrawal freeze, the Principal has made a partial distribution to participants.

Investors have rediscovered their risk appetite and are putting cash reserves to use, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for January.

Performance for target-maturity funds in 2009 almost made a complete 360 from 2008, according to the Ibbotson Target Maturity Report Q4 2009.

While economic recovery will be muted, global equities will likely go up 10% during the next 12 months, said Robert Buckland, managing director and chief global equity strategist...

Progress in November helped bring year-to-date net flows worldwide to $825 billion—reaching full-year gains made in 2007, according to data from Strategic Insight (SI), an Asset International company.

A listing of the fastest-growing active fund managers in 2009 includes mostly smaller firms.

U.S. investors’ use of bond mutual funds reached record levels in 2009.

Fund managers polled late last year were significantly more optimistic about their business prospects than those surveyed at mid-year, according to Cerulli Associates.

In 2009, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), including exchange-traded notes (ETNs) drew $114.4 billion in net inflows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.

The year 2009 proved to be a recovery year for the fund industry after a brutal 2008 that saw shareholders dump their funds en masse, according to Morningstar...

The U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry closed out 2009 with $785 billion in assets under management, according to Morningstar Direct's latest Fund Flows Update.

The T. Rowe Price Retirement Target-Date Fund family came out in the lead of Russell Investments’ top five funds of the fourth quarter of 2009.

A new study suggests mutual fund companies might no longer need to keep in place short-term redemption fees that were imposed in 2003 as a result of controversy...

WACO Community Schools of Wayland, Iowa, will continue offering the state’s 403(b) retirement plan to employees, after staff spoke out against its elimination.

BlackRock, Inc. said that global exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets hit an all time high of $1 trillion at the end of 2009.

Last year was kind to the exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) market, with a whopping 45% jump in assets over the year to $775.8 billion as of December 31, according to...