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The Principal Financial Group now offers Voluntary Long-Term Disability Employee Choice for income protection.

ETF Securities USA LLC's ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (SGOL) began trading on the NYSE ARCA on September 9, and its ETFS Physical Silver Shares (SIVR) began trading...

Minneapolis-based FAF Advisors has formed a strategic sales alliance with Jupiter Distribution Partners of Greenacres, Florida.

Employee benefits software provider ftwilliam.com has released a Spanish language version of the summary plan description (SPD) for its defined contribution plans.

Fidelity Investments has announced enhancements to its seven state-sponsored 529 College Savings Plans.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) has launched an enhanced Web site for financial representatives to help them support clients and grow their business.

Transamerica Asset Management Group has introduced a new institutional share class to the Transamerica Funds lineup.

Equity Administration Solutions, Inc. (EASi), a stock plan management software company, has introduced a Universal Direct Broker Interface (DBI) capability.

OppenheimerFunds Retirement Services announced business-building tools for advisers, as well as new tools for plan sponsors to communicate about target-date funds and increase participation rates.

Clients of fee-based financial advisers will now have access to the Fidelity Personal Retirement Annuity (FPRA) product because of a new alliance between Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company...

SunGard said it enhanced its Roth IRA analysis capabilities for its Wealth Station wealth management platform in order to accommodate new conversion rules.

The Principal Financial Group is now offering a business insurance rider on its Universal Life Flex policies.

Vanguard has introduced seven bond index funds with ETF shares featuring expense ratios of 0.15%.

Fiduciary Benchmarks and Bdellium, designer of quantitative evaluation systems, have launched the Retirement Readiness Index (RRI) for 20,000 retirement plans.

With the new Roth Conversion laws set to go in place January 1, Fidelity Investments said it offers an online Roth IRA conversion calculator for its independent registered...

Transamerica Retirement Services has introduced a new mutual fund platform for retirement plans that includes target-maturity funds from three fund families, and has no proprietary fund requirements.

Delta Global Asset Management, a registered investment advisory (RIA) firm, selected FundQuest to provide outsourced technology, back-office, and investment research services.

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC said its new Web site for advisers offers interactive content about investment solutions, market insights, and practice management.

Fidelity Investments said it expanded its Transition Solutions program, which gives brokers information about independent business models.

Standard Retirement Services, a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc., will begin offering its proprietary managed account service to 403(b) plans next month, the company announced.