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Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC is planning to expand its geographic coverage through a series of cross-listings in Mexico.

Franklin Templeton created a guide to help advisers and their clients understand how global investments may increasingly serve as a core component within portfolio allocations

Raymond James Asset Management Services and RiverFront Investment Group announced four model portfolios on the Raymond James Freedom Unified Managed Account platform. 

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Pure Gold Miners ETF (NYSEArca: GGGG) and the Global X Oil Equities ETF (NYSEArca: XOIL).

RidgeWorth Investments is introducing five monthly podcasts that will offer asset class updates and information for investment professionals. 

Transamerica Retirement Services unveiled a mobile application that it says allows employees to enroll in a retirement plan in as little as three minutes.

The International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) is celebrating National Employee Benefits Day with a special Web site for the occasion.

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. announced that Mobile ProxyVote.com is live and compatible with mobile devices.

Charles Schwab has developed a “Select List” of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to help investors choose the best one for their portfolio.  

Merrill Lynch has developed mobile applications for the iPhone, iPad, and BlackBerry devices, for clients of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Merrill Edge. 

Wells Fargo’s Institutional Retirement and Trust business has successfully completed all phases of its retirement systems conversion.

RIA In A Box has created Microsoft Word-based templates with step-by-step instructions for the new ADV 2A and 2B forms.

The third edition of the book 401(k) Sales Champion, A Guide For Financial Advisors To Acquire And Retain 401(k) Plans will be released July 1, 2011

Dana Investment Advisors, Inc. announced that the Epiphany Large Cap Core Equity fund it sub-advises has been renamed the Dana Large Cap Core Fund (symbol EPCNX).

Fidelity Investments is making a tool available to advisers that helps them prospect more than 1.5 million retirement plans.

Retirement plan solutions provider Ascensus has been selected by 3D Asset Management (3D), a registered investment advisory firm, to partner on its ETF AdvisorPlan product.

The Principal Financial Group obtained an independent audit addressing its procedures for public and private employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) clients.

The Retirement Plan Advisory Group (RPAG) acquired the Defined Contribution Plan (DCP) Suite of Studies, conducted by Warren Cormier. 

Motley Fool Asset Management has launched the Motley Fool Great America Fund.

Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon company, says its independent study examines how a dually registered adviser can combine a fee-based and commission-based business.