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Saturna Capital Corporation has launched lower-cost institutional shares of the no-load Amana Income, Amana Growth, and Amana Developing World funds.

Nuance Investments, a classic value investment firm, has launched the Nuance Mid Cap Value Fund.

Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. has partnered with Mesirow Financial Investment Strategies to bring fiduciary partnership services to retirement plan clients.

KCG Holdings Inc. has completed the consolidation and renaming of its U.S. broker/dealer operations into KCG Americas LLC.

Investment management firm T. Rowe Price closed its New Horizons Fund and Small-Cap Stock Fund to new investors, along with similar portfolios for institutional clients.

Five target-date funds (TDFs) are among the nine funds launched by BMO Global Asset Management.

Henderson Global Investors launched the Henderson Unconstrained Bond Fund, a mutual fund that provides investors with a dynamic approach to fixed-income investing.

Financial services and asset management firm DST reached an agreement to bring its retirement income clearing calculator (RICC) services to Prudential Retirement clients.

National Life Group will increase emphasis on marketing 457(b) plan solutions.

VALIC, a retirement plan provider for nonprofit institutions, released a plan fee equalization feature within its recordkeeping services.

Millennium Trust Company released a white paper that addresses the growing problem of uncashed checks faced by retirement plan sponsors.

Invesco PowerShares, a provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), will change the names and underlying indexes of 10 ETFs.

Fidelity Investments launched the Fidelity Advisor Event Driven Opportunities Fund for financial advisers and defined contribution plan sponsors as an investment-only option.

The Principal Financial Group is offering services with eSignature capabilities to better streamline the transfer from one retirement plan provider to another.

Retirement plan provider Securian Retirement announced the launch of a new open-architecture product offering.

Great-West Life has launched a website to help employers better educate workers on retirement planning and saving.

Aon Hewitt has launched SimPlus Savings, a suite of services aimed at assisting retirement plan sponsors and fiduciaries with plan-related tasks.

Investment analytics firm ClearVest opened its unified investment management platform to investors and financial advisers seeking access to alternative investments.

Prudential has launched Prudential Day One Funds, its target-date fund series.

Alliance Benefit Group-Illinois (ABG-IL) has released an application to keep interested parties updated on plan contribution limits.