Wall Street Access Joins NRP Network

Wall Street Access will join National Retirement Partners, Inc (NRP), effective October 1, 2007.

Jeff Ireland will continue to be the lead account manager for Wall Street Access’ clients and will be working with Barbara Delaney and Bob Goldstein of NRP to introduce the benefits that NRP membership will add to their clients, according to a press release.

“Our involvement with NRP will serve to further improve the quality, administration, and effectiveness for our retirement plan sponsors and their participants, thus creating a better and more efficient experience for our clients,’ said Eric Alexander, president of Wall Street Access, in the press release. “We are pleased to continue on the legacy of superior service that Dennis Fitzgerald began back in 1989 when he started our retirement practice.’

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For more information on Wall Street Access, a provider of personalized attention and electronic trading to institutional and high-net worth investors as well as investment advisory services for 401(k) and other retirement plans of mid-sized companies, visit www.wsaccess.com. More information on NRP and its more than 90 locations of advisers is available at www.n-r-p.com.

Summit to Manage ETFs for UNIFI Retirement Plans

Summit Investment Partners, Inc. (Summit), advisor of Summit Mutual Funds, is managing new lifestyle exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for its UNIFI Retirement Advantage Series platform.

Summit’s ETF options include three lifestyle investment strategies and a natural resources and commodities investment strategy. The lifestyle strategies include conservatives and aggressive styles, and are diversified with broad asset class exposure.

“Unlike traditional target risk or target date lifestyle funds, Summit’s Lifestyle Portfolios and Natural Resources Portfolios are dynamically managed, meaning that their asset mixes are reviewed and assessed on an ongoing basis by a team of experienced professionals,’ said David Mazza, National Marketing Director of Summit, in a press release.

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For more information visit www.summitfunds.com.

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