Products & Services

MassMutual’s Retirement Services Division unveiled a Web site feature giving participants easy sign-up for their 401(k) plan.

Invesco PowerShares expects to list the frontier countries portfolio exchange-traded fund (ETF), designed to provide investors access to equity markets in the Middle East and North Africa.

Schwab Institutional announced enhancements to its package for start-up registered investment advisers (RIAs).

ProShares announced new funds that leverage desirable exposure to the oil and financial sectors.

Lady Advisor provides resources for female financial advisers.

Navellier&Associates decided two new financial blogs will allow them to communicate more effectively with advisers and investors.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) launched the Absolute Return Tracker (ART) Fund.

SunGard released a new version of the StreamCore Compliance Dashboard, a vendor-neutral compliance application to help broker/dealers meet transparency and supervision requirements during clearing and settling.

SunGard released WealthStation 3.0, an end-to-end wealth management platform.

Ascensus, recordkeeper to retirement plans in the micro to large market segments, has redesigned its participant Web site with what it calls a “common sense” approach.

Paychex, Inc., added auto enrollment as an optional plan feature for its 401(k) offering.

Nationwide formally launched the Nationwide Income Planning Desk to serve as a consultant for advisers on income solutions for their clients.

The Index Allocator allows investors and advisers to create hypothetical index asset allocation strategies.

Newkirk now includes an investment change notice to its participant communications offering.

Sun Life Financial Inc. announced enhancements to its program for succession planning.

Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC will list two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the NASDAQ Stock Market.

Wisdom Tree and Dreyfus are launching an exchange-traded fund (ETF) family with exposure to foreign currencies.

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services and National Financial launched HybridOne to meet the needs of firms and advisers that conduct both commission- and fee-based business.

The system is designed to aid the paperless offices of introducing broker/dealers, investment professionals, and independent registered investment advisers (RIAs).

American Funds, JennisonDryden, OppenheimerFunds, and Van Eck Global are now available on FundVest, Pershing's mutual fund platform.