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The Hartford Mutual Funds announced an enhancement to the investment objective and strategy of The Hartford Tax-Free National Fund.

361° Capital, an investment management firm focused on managing alternative investments for institutions, has launched its first mutual fund, the 361° Absolute Alpha Fund.

The Gabelli Global Deal Fund has changed its name to The GDL Fund, effective January 14, 2011.  

The Turner Funds is introducing three alternative, or long/short, stock mutual funds.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has created RetireSmart, a participant education program.

Sterling Capital Management announced that effective as of February 1, BB&T Funds have been renamed Sterling Capital Funds.

TD Ameritrade Institutional is launching TD Ameritrade Advisor Education, a customizable learning management system for independent registered investment advisers (RIAs). 

Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement and Trust launched a Web site to help advisers avoid “information overload”  when it comes to selecting a plan provider.

ING’s U.S. Retirement Services business is expanding its program for researching, selecting, and monitoring plan investments to support more types of employers.

Teucrium Trading is introducing two, single-commodity exchange-traded products for the energy space.

Russell Investments announced the launch of the Russell Stability Indexes.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney announced that detailed fee and service benchmarking tools have been added to its defined contribution retirement plans.

Wells Fargo launched a Web site aimed at helping women get more comfortable with retirement savings issues.

Fidelity Investments is hosting nation-wide events for the next 30-days, in which it hopes to help near-retirees and those already in retirement switch their focus from savings to...

Securian Retirement has introduced a “Compensation Calculator” for advisers, and a “Fiduciary Focus” guide for advisers to share with plan sponsor clients.  

Ariel Investments, LLC, launched the Ariel Discovery Fund, a small-cap, deep-value, publicly traded mutual fund.

Mid Atlantic Trust Company (MATC) announced nine Model Managers that have been selected for the launch of ModelxChange. 

Charles Schwab and AARP announced a partnership in which Schwab will provide select financial guidance services to AARP members.  

A white paper from the Principal Financial Group will help plan sponsors understand and comply with new fee disclosure rules. 

Interactive Data Corporation, a provider of financial market data, analytics, and related solutions, has developed BondEdge TradeLink.