The Markets

A recently published white paper from investment manager Cohen & Steers maintains that dividend oriented companies are "strongly positioned to continue raising pay-outs and deliver solid returns." 

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $14.6 billion in July, according to data from Financial Research Corporation (FRC). 

Aperio Group has published a research paper that discusses best practices for gaining emerging market exposure in a global portfolio.  

Savingforcollege.com released its 529 Plan Composite Performance Rankings for the second quarter.  

The dual impact of the persistently weak economic environment and new regulations is keeping investment management companies on a slow growth track, according to industry executives surveyed by...

J.P. Morgan said it is seeing many of its institutional clients actively taking advantage of the down markets to rebalance and get back to their target allocations across...

Nearly half of DC sponsors either offer or plan to soon offer some type of inflation protection strategy to their participants, according to the Mercer US Defined...

Mutual fund outflows reached 2008 levels in July, with U.S. stock funds loosing the most assets, at $122 billion, or -3.3%.

Although ETFs remain $27.6 billion off their peak asset level from April 2011, they experienced two consecutive months of inflows in June and July ($10.0 billion and $17.3...

Investors who maintain a diversified asset-allocation strategy, and do not pull out of equities or make sudden contribution reductions, during even the most volatile market activity are rewarded...

Financial Research Corporation's (FRC) 529 College Savings Quarterly Data Highlights show 529 savings plan assets have increased to an estimated $149.8 billion as of the second quarter of...

In a new review of litigation on the issue of employer stock in retirement plans, the National Center for Employee Ownership has found almost all of the stock...

Although plan sponsors report high satisfaction levels with their current QDIA (qualified default investment alternatives) investment managers, opportunities exist for aspiring managers to differentiate themselves.  

Investors believe that the global economy will slow significantly in the coming 12 months but will avoid dipping back into recession, according to BofA Merrill Lynch's Survey of...

Russell Investments analysts say that the market volatility of the past week was not reacting directly to the downgrade of the U.S.’s credit rating, but rather to the...

In the first half of 2011, long-term fund flows reached $370 billion (including Canada and Brazil), despite a difficult economic and political environment globally.

In the month of July, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan G fund, the most conservative investment offered by the plan, hit a new monthly record: almost $5.6 billion was...

An S&P report contends that if the goal of employers is to offer retirement plans that are capable of generating adequate retirement funding for participants, then index funds...

Uncertainty over the economy accelerated in July, causing U.S. mutual fund investors to net redeem an estimated $16 billion in cash out of U.S. stock and bond mutual...

In June, excluding short-term money products, local funds in Asia attracted over $15 billion in net flows, according to Strategic Insight, an Asset International company.