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NYSE Euronext launched Van Eck’s Market Vectors-Africa exchange-traded fund (ETF) on NYSE Arca.

Dow Jones Indexes launched the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 Indexâ€″the third in its efforts to build a family of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) indexes.

The SPARK Institute released a “Non-ERISA-Covered 403(b) Plans Request for Proposal Guide” to help employers conduct vendor searches.

Still River Retirement Planning Software released software to support ongoing compliance with 403(b) regulations.

Charles Schwab has added 23 fund families to its Schwab Retirement Advisor Services platform.

Dow Jones Indexes has launched the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 Index, a pan-African benchmark that measures the stock performance of 50 companies that are headquartered in, or...

SEI launched a suite of target-date portfolios utilizing collective investment trust vehicles with retirement dates in five-year increments from 2010 to 2050.

Albridge Solutions Inc. unveiled a detailed managed account performance reporting capability on its wealth reporting application.

vWise Inc. today announced the general availability of SmartPlan 401, a new interactive video-based engagement system.

The S&P Global PowerPicks indexes will provide exposure to the stock recommendations of Standard&Poor’s Equity Research Services analysts.

Prudential Financial, Inc., debuted a newly designed personalized enrollment guide that delivers simplified, reader-friendly content for participants in defined contribution plans who are transitioning to Prudential Retirement or...

PIMCO announced the launch of the PIMCO Unconstrained Bond Fund (UBF), which uses the firm's investment process and is not tethered to benchmark-specific guidelines.

SOLUTIONS 2008, Schwab Institutional’s annual regional workshop series about technology best practices for advisers, kicks off today in Boston.

Principal Financial Group released a tool to help financial professionals walk clients through retirement planning.

Lincoln Employer Markets, a division of Lincoln Financial Group, launched Morningstar Retirement Manager, including Morningstar Associates’ 401(k) managed accounts service.

Ascensus updated its Plan Adoption System (PAS) to provide plan documents that are compliant with the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act.

FundQuest added five new products to their Wealth Architect platform, including investment product ActivePassive Portfolios, the company said.

There are some changes in store for those who rely on Russell Indexes as a performance benchmark.

Russell Investments has added companies in Vietnam to the Russell Global Index for the first time.

The S&P /Citigroup Global Equity Indices will be combined with the S&P /IFCG and Frontier Index Series to form the S&P Global Equity Indices.