Products & Services
Investment Product and Service Launches
Horizon investments updates goals-based strategy; Fidelity lowers investment expenses on 27 index mutual funds and ETFs.
A Solution for Including More ETFs in DC Plans
ETFs are inexpensive, have no sales or service fees, and no surrender penalties, so, considering the DOL conflict of interest regulations, it would seem they would become popular,...
Advicent Launches ‘Narrator’ and Advice Tools
The new adviser support tools from Advicent are aimed at helping firms respond to the Department of Labor’s fiduciary rulemaking.
Pershing Adds Five Recordkeepers to Retirement Plan Network
The new additions expand the geographic presence of the platform.
Investment Product and Service Launches
American Century Investments redesigns and renames large cap equity fund; Wilshire Associates Incorporated announces the launch of the Wilshire Bond Index.
BlackRock Offers Retirement Income Planning Solution to LPL
The tool shows investors how much annual retirement income their portfolio will produce.
Mercer Launches Financial Wellness Program
The solution integrates offerings from five independent financial wellness providers.
Fidelity Reveals New FidelityConnect Website for Advisers
According to one Fidelity executive, the key to getting customers to embrace a new service is to include them in its development.
Trust Builders Offers Calculators to Help with Retirement Readiness
The three calculators for advisers to use with their participant clients are the: Paycheck Analysis, 1040 Analysis and Projections.
vWise, Schwab Retirement Technologies Partner on New Tools
The personalized video and online calculator are both focused on retirement income.
Nationwide to Offer Education Series on Fiduciary Rule
The firm will hold both local events and webcasts featuring its own and outside experts.
Investors Hungry for Ways to Address Uncompensated Risk
Institutional investors are getting serious about reducing uncompensated portfolio risk, according to one investment manager, driving demand for “low volatility” and “managed volatility” strategies.
Fidelity Adds Funds and Share Classes to Index Lineup
Fidelity is launching three new low-cost index funds.
‘Human-Centric Insights’ at Heart of New Hartford Funds Program
Hartford Funds today launched a new educational program that provides advisers with insights on how to strengthen client relationships.
Solutions Help Advisers Stay Ahead of Fiduciary Reform
Working at the “only Millennial Top 10 bank” has its perks, says Yvette Butler, President of Capital One Investing—perhaps most notably the freedom to do things a little...
PSNC 2016: The 30,000-Foot View
Two industry leaders take the big-picture view of employer-sponsored benefit programs, participant trends, and what will likely stay or change in the short and long term.
PSNC 2016: CEO Roundtable
Speakers at this year’s PLANSPONSOR National Conference included the retirement leaders at Morningstar, BlackRock and John Hancock.
Fidelity Debuts Financial Wellness Help Tool
The money “checkup” tool asks people about their goals and reveals where they need help.