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Van Kampen Funds has launched Van Kampen Retirement Strategy Funds, a new series of target-date portfolios.

Mercer launched a new section of its corporate Web site that provides insights and solutions to the challenges posed by the economic environment.

Mercer said it can now provide clients with a carbon footprint analysis of their portfolios, and compare it to a chosen benchmark, such as the FTSE All-Share, S&P...

Financial has added 401k Toolbox's Manage It For Me offering as a qualified default investment alternative (QDIA) solution.

Securian said it now offers advisers tools they can use to help clients face their issues with debt and develop a strategy for setting up a steady stream...

Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc., revised its software to support ongoing compliance with new IRS regulations requiring 403(b) plan sponsors to monitor participant loans and hardship withdrawals.

Charles Schwab&Co. Inc. offers online commentary about recent market events from Founder and Chairman Charles R. Schwab.

Plan sponsors and advisers of 403(b) plans now have access to a specimen document that can help them comply with new legal requirements.

Wachovia Retirement Services has temporarily extended customer service call center hours to help participants “during this time of financial markets volatility.”

Direxion announced its entrance into the exchange-traded fund (ETF) space with the Direxion Shares 3x ETFs, slated to begin trading November 5.

Dow Jones Indexes announced the addition of a dozen new countries to its Islamic Market World Index.

Natixis Global Associates (NGA) announced the addition of the Vaughan Nelson Value Opportunity Fund (VNVAX) to the Natixis Funds lineup.

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division announced plans to expand its participant communication and education beyond retirement-related topics.

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America adding more features to serve the Spanish-speaking workforce to its employee benefit enrollment services.

Standard&Poor’s has launched the S&P /Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Series.

CDM Retirement Consultants., a Towson, Maryland-based open architecture plan provider, is giving sponsors a break on fees.

TD AMERITRADE now offers mobile trading applications for iPhone and iPod touch, now available on the Apple App Store.

The SPARK Institute released a new version of its “Best Practices for 403(b) Plans Information Sharingâ€″Minimum and Comprehensive Data Elements.”

Pacific Life unveiled a sales kit designed to help advisers working with business owner clients use life insurance to close the retirement savings shortfall in defined benefit plans.

Fidelity introduced a series of new educational resources to help Americans better understand their Social Security options, and how it can impact their retirement income.