Products & Services

National Life Group will increase emphasis on marketing 457(b) plan solutions.

VALIC, a retirement plan provider for nonprofit institutions, released a plan fee equalization feature within its recordkeeping services.

Millennium Trust Company released a white paper that addresses the growing problem of uncashed checks faced by retirement plan sponsors.

Invesco PowerShares, a provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), will change the names and underlying indexes of 10 ETFs.

Fidelity Investments launched the Fidelity Advisor Event Driven Opportunities Fund for financial advisers and defined contribution plan sponsors as an investment-only option.

The Principal Financial Group is offering services with eSignature capabilities to better streamline the transfer from one retirement plan provider to another.

Retirement plan provider Securian Retirement announced the launch of a new open-architecture product offering.

Great-West Life has launched a website to help employers better educate workers on retirement planning and saving.

Aon Hewitt has launched SimPlus Savings, a suite of services aimed at assisting retirement plan sponsors and fiduciaries with plan-related tasks.

Investment analytics firm ClearVest opened its unified investment management platform to investors and financial advisers seeking access to alternative investments.

Prudential has launched Prudential Day One Funds, its target-date fund series.

Alliance Benefit Group-Illinois (ABG-IL) has released an application to keep interested parties updated on plan contribution limits.

State Street Global Exchange expanded participation in the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service (TUCS).

Community Bank System, Inc., through its subsidiary Benefit Plans Administrative Services, Inc. (BPAS), reached an agreement to acquire an actuarial and consulting practice from EBS-RMSCO, Inc.

Asset management firm MFS launched two mutual funds designed to provide equity exposure with less overall volatility.

Transamerica Retirement Solutions released a new mobile application that allows plan advisers and financial consultants to directly compare retirement plans.

Investment and consulting solutions provider AssetMark released a business assessment tool to help advisers measure practice values and identify growth opportunities.

Twenty TIAA-CREF mutual funds are now available through the Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and Merrill Edge investment platforms.

Principal PlanWorks, from The Principal Financial Group, is designed to improve the retirement readiness of retirement plan participants.

Investment service provider BNY Mellon released a liquidity administration service as part of its fund-of-hedge-funds (FoHF) offering.