Products & Services

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.

Global index provider FTSE Group (FTSE) has licensed GlobalX Management Company to create a new exchange traded fund based on the FTSE Colombia 20 Index.

TD AMERITRADE Institutional released Veo Next Generation, the first in a series of enhancements to its technology platform.

INTECH Investment Management LLC has announced the formal launch of its Market Neutral strategy.

PIMCO has launched the PIMCO Global Advantage Strategy Bond Fund, "designed to help fixed-income investors seize opportunities created by dramatic shifts in the global economy."

Van Kampen Funds Inc., a subsidiary of Van Kampen Investments Inc., has announced the launch of the Van Kampen Global Tactical Asset Allocation (GTAA) Fund.

The 403(b) Company offers a 403(b) Administrator service that can help sponsors get through Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Labor (DoL) plan audits.

Invesco Aim launched an enhanced Invesco Aim PlanForward Module 3 Benchmarking and Reviewing 401(k) Plans.

vWise Inc. has announced the launch of its new SmartPlan Advisor system.

Morningstar, Inc., has announced plans to provide what it calls "investor-centric, analyst-driven qualitative research and ratings" for European and Asian funds.

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has announced the official debut of the MassMutual RetireSmart Academy.