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Vanguard is expanding its 11-fund target-date series with a new fund for investors who plan to retire and leave the work force in or within a few years...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has enhanced and renamed its small business retirement plan platform, MLConnect, to” more closely align with small business owners’ evolving challenges and priorities.”

The Hartford Mutual Funds has unveiled three new offerings: The Hartford Global Real Asset Fund, The Hartford Global All-Asset Fund, and the Hartford International Value Fund.

DoubleLine Funds Trust has launched the DoubleLine Core Fixed Income Fund.

The MetLife Mature Market Institute is offering free planning tips for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Baby Boomers.

linkedFA, a social networking service for financial professionals, has partnered with LiveOffice to enable preapproval and archiving of social media posts and RSS feeds.

A New York-based third party administrator (TPA) is offering a new level of benchmarking to plan sponsor clients.

The Principal Variable Universal Life Income II aims to help owners address both a desire to growth their business and business stability, the company said.

Invesco PowerShares plans to list the Powershares International Corporate Bond Portfolio on the NYSE on June 3.

The Synergy Companies, Inc., a professional employer and human capital management services organization, has selected Ascensus for its 401(k) retirement plan needs.

Forward Management, LLC, has announced that Accessor Funds are now the Forward Funds.

RidgeWorth Investments has launched a fee benchmarking tool for financial advisers who work with plan sponsors.

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CUNA Mutual Group has teamed up with Madison Asset Management to reengineer its Ultra Series Target Retirement Date Funds to support an outcome-based retirement planning model.

Invesco’s Global Asset Allocation team has now launched, and recently been awarded its first mandate in, its Balanced-Risk Commodity strategy.

Earlier this year, AUL Retirement Services introduced a revised annual plan review for its clients and expanded the customization options for retirement plan advisers.

Navellier & Associates announced it launched Navellier Select, L.P., an alternative investment fund-of-funds, in January 2010.

linkedFA, a social networking site for financial professionals, has partnered with NASDAQ.com to offer resources on its site.

Commonwealth Financial Network has released Commonwealth CRM 4.0, the latest version of the independent broker/dealer and registered investment adviser (RIA)’s proprietary contact management system.

Genworth Financial Wealth Management (GFWM), a division of Genworth Financial, Inc., said advisers on its platform will now have the option to custody with Pershing Advisor Solutions.