Products & Services

401(k) Advisors has enhanced its Scorecard System to measure the performance of asset allocation portfolios, known as lifestyle and lifecycle, or target date, funds.

Northern Trust will offer target date collective funds that are globally diversified and incorporate inflationary hedge asset classes such as global real estate and commodities, in addition to...

Invest n Retire, LLC has come out with a product that analyzes the investment allocation of employees’ plan contributions to determine whether the investment option is under-weighted or...

UBS Global Asset Management has come out with a new generation of UBS TargetRetirement Collective Funds that use an actively managed approach.

Reserve Solutions is now offering what it says is a more flexible way for employees to borrow money from their 401(k) accounts.

The Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index Group has unveiled the Markets Defender Basket, an online basket of hedge fund sector indexes, based on the Credit Suisse/Tremont Sector Invest...

Securian Retirement Distributors says that 11 new investment options are now available to qualified retirement plan sponsors.

American Independence has added international securities to its NestEgg Dow Jones Target Date Funds and has reduced the expense ratios of each of the share classes of the...

Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Enforcement Branch Chief and consumer advocate Pat Huddleston has launched Investor's Watchdog, a company that provides investors with intelligence and expertise to...

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has announced the launch of the iShares S&P World ex-U.S. Property Index Fund on the NYSE.

EPIC Advisors, Inc. announced it will now offer retirement plan investment management services as part of its suite of retirement plan products.

John Hancock Funds recently launched a new retirement portfolio calculator on its Web site.

Claymore Securities, Inc. on Monday launched the Claymore/Robb Report Global Luxury Index ETF (exchange-traded fund) on the New York Stock Exchange.

Daiwa Asset Management and global index provider FTSE Group have announced the launch of the FTSE Shariah Japan 100 Index from which Daiwa will create an exchange-traded fund...

SunTrust Banks has introduced GamePlan, a free service to help individuals understand their needs in retirement and overcome procrastination about retirement planning.

Saying that plan sponsors looking to use Qualified Default Investment Alternatives (QDIAs) will turn to investment advisers for help, DALBAR and the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies are banding...

NorthStar Systems International has launched NorthStar 5.0, an updated version of its adviser desktop program.

Vanguard has announced the Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF begins trading Thursday on the American Stock Exchange.

Fidelity Investments has released a diagnostic tool that allows employers to measure the effectiveness of their plans’ usage of automatic features in providing retirement income to employees.

NAVA, Inc. the association for Insured Retirement Solutions, is extending its straight-through processing (STP) initiative to the independent annuity distribution channel with the help of the Financial Services...