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San Francisco-based RS Investments has announced the launch of three new fixed-income funds.

Transamerica Asset Management Group (TAMG) has extended indefinitely the reduction to the purchase threshold for NAV purchases of Transamerica Short-Term Bond announced earlier this year.

Fitch Ratings has released the criteria rating report titled “Investment Manager and Alternative Funds Criteria.”

CPI Qualified Plan Consultants, Inc., said the mutual funds of Wasatch Funds have been added to its retirement plan platform.

INTECH Investment Management LLC has launched its first Enhanced Global Equity strategy. 

Vanguard plans to introduce its first actively managed equity fund that invests primarily in small- to mid-capitalization U.S. value stocks.

The vendor Advisor Software, Inc., said it will expand its offering to registered investment advisers (RIAs) with the acquisition of asset management firm Advisor Partners, LLC.

PlanServe Data Systems has released a new technology platform for supporting common remittance, compliance, and other data requirements of 403(b), 457, and other multi-vendor employer benefit plans.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based TEAM Financial Asset Management, LLC, has launched the TEAM Asset Strategy Fund (TEAMX), the company announced.

Index provider Standard & Poor's has launched three new indexes.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is rolling out internal designation programs for financial advisers specializing in the sales and servicing of corporate defined contribution plans.

The Hartford Mutual Funds renamed its Global Equity Fund as The Hartford Global Research Fund.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the investment management business of State Street Corporation, announced that the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Corporate Bond ETF (SCPB) began trading on...

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced plans to introduce its new RetireSmart participant engagement platform in the second quarter of 2010.

The SPARK Institute has released a draft of new guidelines for ERISA-covered 403(b) plans that, due to new regulations, must now file a full Form 5500.

Index provider Russell Investments is teaming up with Axioma, Inc., a provider of tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, to create a series of factor-based indexes.

Diversified Investment Advisors, Inc., has released a white paper about 403(b) plan compliance with statutes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

FaithShares Trust has rounded out its family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) aiming to avoid investments objectionable to investors of various religious faiths.

FundQuest said it has improved the ability of advisers to offer custom reports on demand.

Symetra Life Insurance Company has launched Retirement Passport Group Variable Annuity for the 403(b)/457 market.