Products

ING U.S. Retirement Services has been selected as the retirement plan service provider for the Mount Holyoke College Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Security Benefit, a Guggenheim Partners Company, launched EliteDesigns as the inaugural product for its new Personal Retirement Savings (PRS) initiative.

Turner Funds has reopened the Turner Emerging Growth Fund to new investors after being closed for 11 years.

Mutual of Omaha’s Retirement Services recently added funds to its investment lineup, including Vanguard Target Retirement Funds.

TD Ameritrade Trust Company created an investment program that allows plan sponsors and independent registered investment advisers (RIAs) to offer exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to 401(k) plan participants.

Strategic Insight, an Asset International company, has released a report analyzing how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are being adopted by advisers.  

Still River Retirement Planning Software and RetirementWORKS developed a retirement consulting unit, along with four white papers, to present its new strategies for serving the retirement marketplace. 

The Principal Financial Group launched a financial education campaign designed to “help people put their financial pictures into clear focus and help make their dreams reality.”

CIO Emeritus, S. Kenneth Leech, will no longer serve as portfolio manager for non-global portfolios.

Smart401k announced a partnership with vWise, Inc. to bring an education and advice component to employer-sponsored retirement plans.

Putnam Investments is launching FundVisualizer, a tool for researching mutual fund data, designed to be "visually compelling."

Marketeria, a marketing and content management firm for financial advisers, will be offering its clients use of the Arkovi social media archiving solution.  

First Trust Advisors L.P. plans to launch thirteen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) into its current line of sixteen AlphaDEX funds.

Through a new Web site, www.retirementpowerplay.com, Pershing aims to help financial professionals grow their business by targeting “money in motion.”

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced that its newest high-yield municipal bond exchange-traded fund (ETF) began trading on the NYSE Arca on Thursday.

ProShares launched exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that provide magnified exposure to high-yield and investment-grade corporate bond markets.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) and the Wharton School of Business have published a study that found 17% of investors use two or more financial advisers–and most don’t...

Van Eck Global has launched what it says is the first U.S.-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to give investors pure-play exposure to the developing Russian economy.

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, has formed a strategic alliance with Roubini Global Economics, an independent, global economic research firm.

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Waste Management exchange-traded fund (ETF).