PensionTrend, Inc. and PensionTrend Investment Advisors, LLC reached an agreement to merge its retirement practice with Alerus Financial, a $10.45 billion diversified financial services company headquartered in Grand Forks, ND.
PensionTrend, Inc. and PensionTrend Investment Advisers, LLC have entered into an agreement to merge its retirement plan administration practice and investment advisory services with Alerus Financial, effective February 1, 2012. The union between PensionTrend and Alerus is a good fit. Both companies share a client-centric focus and are mutually committed to client needs. Combining the resources and talents of both organizations allows for services to be expanded nationally while maintaining the quality service clients have come to expect.
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December ended up being fairly uneventful in terms of returns for stocks, both domestically and abroad.
For the month, the S&P 500, our large cap stock benchmark, was up 1.0%, the Russell 2000, a small cap index, was up 0.7% and the MSCI EAFE Index, an international stock index, was down 1.0%. Bonds as measured by the BarCap US Aggregate Bond Index, were up 1.1%.
For all of 2011, the S&P 500 finished up 2.1%, the Russell 2000 was down 4.2%, the MSCI EAFE Index was down 12.1% and the BarCap US Aggregate Bond Index was up 7.8%.
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