Products & Services

Perspective Partners, a firm specializing in measuring 401(k) plan effectiveness, has launched a savings stimulus campaign providing free assistance to businesses.

Mercer has recently added two personalized online retirement planning tools to its base service offering for defined contribution (DC) plan administration clients.

Transamerica Retirement Services said it has launched a program to help retirement plan participants weather the financial storm, create a successful investment plan, and regain confidence in their...

PT Marketing said its new 401k Appointment Setting program introduces financial service and insurance professionals to companies with 401(k) programs.

The American Society of Pension Professionals&Actuaries (ASPPA) has begun offering education, including a new credential and certificate program, for professionals who specialize in the tax-exempt and governmental retirement...

RiverSource Investments announced the launch of the RiverSource Recovery and Infrastructure Fund.

Morningstar, Inc. has launched a family of asset allocation indexes, designed to benchmark target-date and target-risk investment products.

Is most of your office life managed in Outlook? Well AdviceAmerica now offers a client relationship management solution that can be operated there too.

Automated Compliance Solutions (ACS) said its new compliance program management software for broker/dealers can give smaller broker/dealers bigger tools.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company announced the launch of its new online Beneficiary Resource Center to help beneficiaries and advisers file a life insurance or annuity claim.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) announced that the SPDR Barclays Capital Intermediate Term Credit Bond ETF started trading on the NYSE Arca Wednesday.

Reliance Trust Company, a division of Reliance Financial Corporation, has introduced a new 401(k) plan aimed at plan sponsors with a minimum of $25 million in plan assets.

RolloverSystems has introduced WealthConnect, a suite of online retirement readiness education and planning tools for 401(k) plan participants.

MetLife has unveiled its redesigned Web site, including a broker and consultant homepage.

Select Sector SPDRs, a family of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), has lowered the average expense ratio for its nine sector ETFs from 0.23% to 0.21%.

Job losses have certainly been in the headlines of late -- and on people's minds.

DailyAccess Corporation has added Old Mutual Asset Management's Target Plus Portfolios to its product platform.

Plan sponsors will get a walk-through of the 2009 Form 5500 reports and a new electronic filing Web site from a scheduled February 19 Webinar from the Department...

Invesco's Global Asset Allocation Group has unveiled Premia Plus, a risk premium capture strategy.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services (RPS) has increased its sales support by adding eight regional vice presidents and a new internal sales desk with 10 sales associates.