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 BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business launched two dividend-focused equity funds designed to access the emerging markets and Asia/Pacific developed markets.   

 Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC announced the listing of two new ETFs that will provide investors with access to high-beta strategies covering emerging and international developed markets.   

J.P. Morgan Asset Management enhanced its pooled Stable Asset Income Fund (SAIF).  

Standard Retirement Services, Inc., has added to the fiduciary protection available through its retirement plan services.

To coincide with America Saves Week 2012, which begins February 19, Prudential Retirement is launching a campaign called “How Do I Know if I’m on Track for Retirement?”

To coincide with America Saves Week 2012, which takes place February 19 to 26, ING launched an education campaign.

The National Institute of Pension Administrators (NIPA) is expanding its TPA Business Owner Resources to include the 401(k) Sales Champion Workshop.

BlackRock's iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business launched seven new fixed-income funds. 

Schwab launched two platforms as part of the Schwab Intelligent Integration initiative: Schwab OpenView Integrated Office and Schwab OpenView Gateway for Salesforce.

DST Systems Inc. announced a new administrative solution that makes retirement income products more widely available to sponsors of defined contribution retirement plans and their participants. 

 T. Rowe Price launched Ready-2-Retire, a web-based tool that allows investors to envision how they might live in retirement.    

 One of the key reasons for the 403(b) Transparency Taskforce’s new 403(b) model disclosure form is so vendors can show plan sponsors that they offer more than just...

Putnam Investments has been added to the Merrill Lynch Advisor Alliance platform.

Folio Institutional and unitZXchange LLC launched a portfolio unitization service. 

The Principal Financial Group has enhanced its resources, education and training for financial professionals. 

LPL Financial Retirement Partners launched two new tools as part of its Retirement Partners tool suite for advisers.  

Mesirow Financial and PNC Institutional Investments introduced Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Section 3(21) and 3(38) fiduciary services for PNC's Vested Interest retirement plan sponsors. 

Cerulli Associates predicts the IRA marketplace will grow steadily over the next five years and expects assets to rise to $7.3 trillion by 2016.

Cerulli Associates estimates there were approximately 11.5 trillion investable asset dollars in retirement income opportunity (RIO) households in 2010, and this number is expected to reach $13.7 trillion...

ProShares launched ProShares UltraPro 10 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (UINF) and ProShares UltraPro Short 10 Year TIPS/TSY Spread (SINF).