Products & Services

TradePMR and Sterne Agee Financial Services (SAFS) announced the new Hybrid Advisor platform designed to serve both commission and fee-based clients.

Pershing LLC said its BondCentral trading platform expanded to incorporated more structured product choices for the company’s broker/dealer and independent registered investment adviser (RIA) customers.

T. Rowe Price introduced a retirement planning tool on its Web site that calculates a projected monthly income stream throughout retirement for those in any phase of retirement...

Three new model request for proposalsâ€″one each for equity investments, fixed-income investments, and real estate investmentsâ€″aim to help smaller institutional investors select money managers.

Standard&Poor’s launched the S&P Target Date Index Series to bring greater transparency and performance measurement to the growing target-date fund market.

The Hartford Financial Services Group is offering a free step-by-step guide to help survivors as they make important financial decisions following the loss of a loved one.

Kravitz, provider of design and administration of cash balance pension plans, along with Payden&Rygel, an independent investment manager, announced the launch of a fund for cash balance plans.

Fidelity Investments announced new multimedia features on its Web site.

SEI Advisor Network said its new client reporting system for independent financial advisers uses a goal-based approach.

Fiduciary Benchmarks, Inc. (FBi) partnered with National Retirement Partners (NRP) to offer NRP clients annual plan fee, service, and success measure benchmarking.

OppenheimerFunds, Inc.'s Retirement Services announced enhancements to its Pinnacle and Record(k)eeper Pro retirement programs.

SunGard is extending and refining the voice authentication capability in its Omni 401(k) platform to help cut the risk of unauthorized access to personal information.

Ascensus partnered with LPL Financial and 401(k) Advisors to deliver Fiduciary Advisor 401(k), according to a release.

Do you have a client looking for a green fund that is also gay/lesbian friendly? IW Financial has a screening tool for you.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management has unveiled four new equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide access to companies involved in the agriculture, coal, gold and precious metals, and...

MetLife has launched a free online tool that it says will help employees choose the most appropriate benefits for “people like me.”

STOXX Ltd., has licensed the Dow Jones STOXX 600 Basic Resources, Dow Jones STOXX 600 Oil&Gas, and Dow Jones STOXX 600 Utilities indexes to ETF Securities Ltd. to...

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, announced the listing of the PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio that will begin trading September 18, 2008, on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, announced the PowerShares Global Biotech Portfolio will begin trading Thursday, on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Considering the retirement savings lost every year by participants who take lump-sum distributions of their plan accounts, Benefit Consultants Group launched a service that “offers a unique approach...