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Security Benefit is adding five mutual funds from American Funds to the SFR Program, a group retirement platform for 403(b)(7), 457(b), and 401(k) plans.

MasteryPOINT unveiled Plan Investment Plus (PIP), an online service it said will help advisers work with plan sponsors in meeting their obligation to review plan investments.

Natixis Global Associates (NGA) announced the launch of the Delafield Select Fund.

RSM McGladrey’s Retirement Resources will add the WisdomTree ETF 401(k) Platform to its existing retirement plan offering.

MetLife launched an online Income Annuities Guide.

Wells Fargo&Co. launched the Wells Fargo Advantage Social Sustainability Fund.

Standard&Poor’s announced the launch of the S&P U.S. Commercial Paper Index.

Everybody talks about the changing face of retirement, but a new index purports to help put a face on that changing face.

International Value Advisers, LLC (IVA) announced the launch of its inaugural mutual funds, IVA Worldwide Fund and IVA International Fund.

MSCI Barra launched the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets Index and a more tradable proxy for this benchmark, the MSCI Frontier Emerging Markets APEX Index.

ExpertPlan, provider of private label recordkeeping solutions for the micro to small retirement plan market, will be adding defined benefit plans to its existing suite of retirement products...

TradePMR and Sterne Agee Financial Services (SAFS) announced the new Hybrid Advisor platform designed to serve both commission and fee-based clients.

Pershing LLC said its BondCentral trading platform expanded to incorporated more structured product choices for the company’s broker/dealer and independent registered investment adviser (RIA) customers.

T. Rowe Price introduced a retirement planning tool on its Web site that calculates a projected monthly income stream throughout retirement for those in any phase of retirement...

Three new model request for proposalsâ€″one each for equity investments, fixed-income investments, and real estate investmentsâ€″aim to help smaller institutional investors select money managers.

Standard&Poor’s launched the S&P Target Date Index Series to bring greater transparency and performance measurement to the growing target-date fund market.

The Hartford Financial Services Group is offering a free step-by-step guide to help survivors as they make important financial decisions following the loss of a loved one.

Kravitz, provider of design and administration of cash balance pension plans, along with Payden&Rygel, an independent investment manager, announced the launch of a fund for cash balance plans.

Fidelity Investments announced new multimedia features on its Web site.

SEI Advisor Network said its new client reporting system for independent financial advisers uses a goal-based approach.