Products & Services

National Financial Partners Corp. and its subsidiary, NFP Securities, Inc., recently launched NFP IndeSuite, a wealth management platform for the independent registered investment adviser (RIA).

Emerging Global Shares has launched the Brazil Infrastructure Index Exchange-Traded Fund (NYSE: BRXX).

CUNA Mutual Group has launched a fully guaranteed stable value account designed for 401(k) plans.

Fidelity Investments has developed an application that will allow investors to place stock, option, exchange-traded fund (ETF), or mutual fund trades via an iPhone or iPod touch.

Prudential Retirement's Total Retirement Solutions (TRS) offering has been enhanced to include a new nonqualified product.

Credit Suisse announced today that for the first time, U.S. investors will be able to access the Credit Suisse/Tremont Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Index strategy through an exchange-traded...

Evermore Global Advisors, LLC, has launched the Evermore Global Value Fund and Evermore European Value Fund.

Standard & Poor's has launched the S&P Dynamic Futures Index (S&P DFI).

Invesco PowerShares announced the PowerShares CEF Income Composite Portfolio began trading Friday on the NYSE Arca under the ticker symbol PCEF.

Archimedes Systems, Inc., and Convergent Retirement Plan Solutions LLC announced the launch of RothProfessional.com, a Web portal to aid advisers with Roth individual retirement account (IRA) conversions.

New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global has launched the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF on NYSE Arca.

F-Squared Investments has unveiled the AlphaSector AllWeather Indexes.

Lincoln National Corporation has enhanced its Lincoln Unifier service offering to further help employers comply with the new 403(b) regulations.

USI Consulting Group has introduced a new EFAST2 Solution to assist its Direct Solutions clients in meeting Department of Labor-mandated Form 5500 electronic filing requirements.

A new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that purports to be the first China Infrastructure ETF has launched.

AllianceBernstein is taking steps to smooth out the bumps in the road for its target-date fund family.

Blue Prairie Group is launching its proprietary Fiduciary-based Investment Consulting report.

Albany, New York-based Newkirk, a retirement plan communications provider, has unveiled a suite of retirement readiness communications and reports.

Invesco has launched a Web site featuring educational resources to meet the needs of U.S. defined contribution plan sponsors, consultants, recordkeepers, and advisers.

The Hartford Financial Services Group has launched a new search engine, which it said is designed to help financial advisers target potential sponsor clients.