Products & Services

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.

The Retirement Plans Group of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., is instituting a number of improvements to its co-fiduciary investment selection and monitoring service.

SEI offers three new funds to defined contribution and defined benefit retirement plans, sub-advised by Independence Investments LLC.

Guides from the Principal Financial Group will provide 403(b) sponsors with step-by-step actions to take over the next several months.

American Trust Investment Advisors launched the no-load American Trust Energy Alternatives Fund.

The Turner Funds introduced the Turner Quantitative Broad Market Equity Fund, a no-load mutual fund that uses its proprietary quantitative model to determine stock selection.

FINRA and the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans provide resources for employers and employees to prevent retirement scams.

A no-load, open-end mutual fund from IndexIQ is designed to give investors access to hedge fund-like performance.

Investors have a new way to track the performance of stocks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states.

Lord, Abbett&Co. LLC introduced the Lord Abbett International Dividend Income Fund (LIDAX).

Baron Funds unveiled its Baron Retirement Income Fund, which invests in growth companies to provide investment growth along with income that outpaces inflation.

Allstate introduced a Web-based customer survey tool that goes beyond the numbers to consider individual’s hopes, dreams, fears, and readiness for their retirement years.

The Vanguard Group launched a fund that seeks to track the investment performance of the FTSE All-World Index, a benchmark of approximately 2,900 stocks in 47 countries.

TIAA-CREF added another 403(b) offering by introducing a Web-based application for plan sponsors to manage participation transactions.

Great-West Retirement Services now offers a virtual classroom to educate participants in the defined contribution plans it manages.

The iSectors ETF-based asset allocation models employ post-modern portfolio theory and behavioral finance.

AIG Retirement launched 403(b) University, a vendor-neutral resource with up-to-date information and tools for 403(b) plan administration and compliance assistance.