Tag: Benchmarks

PlanTools, LLC, announced the release of its Expense Analysis and Benchmarking Tool that will offer more than 10 reports.

Participants in 401(k) plans continued a cautious move into equity during August, with a total of $203 million shifted from fixed income into equities, according to the Hewitt...

After six consecutive quarters of losses, the Callan DC Index posted a gain of 12.26% in the second quarter of 2009.

Focus Retirement Plan Partners has announced an enhanced suite of retirement plan consulting services available to retirement plan sponsors and financial advisers serving plan sponsor clients.

The Spectrem Affluent Investor Index (SAII) rose 1 point in August, while the Spectrem Millionaire Investor Index (SMII) saw a 6-point gain.

Wells Fargo & Company has announced the launch of the Wells Fargo Build America Bond Index. 

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), long an iconic measure of the stock market’s performance, may soon have a new name.

BPAS said its new benchmarking tool helps financial intermediaries prepare for annual plan meetings.

Vanguard has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for seven new bond index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

Global index provider Dow Jones Indexes has named Tariq Al-Rifai as its new director of Islamic indexes.

STOXX Limited, provider of European equity indexes, has launched the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Optimised Supersector Indexes, a new series of European sector indexes.

AQR Capital Management, LLC has launched the AQR Momentum Indices, a new set of indexes that capture the returns of stocks that have positive "momentum."

Dow Jones Indexes has licensed the Dow Jones Islamic Market International Titans 100 Index to Javelin Investment Management, an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

MSCI Inc. launched the MSCI FX Hedge Indices, designed to help institutional investors decompose and measure the impact of hedging the currency exposure of MSCI equity indexes.

FTSE Group and Record plc, a specialist currency investment manager, have hashed out an agreement to create a new range of currency Forward Rate Bias (FRB) indexes.

The First Trust NASDAQ ABA Community Bank Index Fund (NASDAQ: QABA) is scheduled to begin trading on July 1.

MSCI Barra has launched a range of long/short factor indexes based on MSCI indexes and Barra risk models.

FTSE Group, a global index provider, has launched capital investment tools to help investors identify and gain exposure to the environmental technology sector.

Dow Jones Indexes announced the launch of the Dow Jones U.S. Economic Stimulus Index.

The Bank of New York Mellon launched The Bank of New York Mellon Classic ADR Index and 34 subindexes, including two market, three regional, 10 sector and 19...