Products

New offerings include ERISA 3(21) investment guidance services through Wilshire Associates and ERISA 3(38) investment management services through Mesirow Financial.

Pentegra Fiduciary SmartPath details each fiduciary role in a retirement plan and focuses on helping plan sponsors and advisers clarify the many nuances associated with fulfilling their obligations.

The new tool helps employers compare expenses such as administrative and fund-lineup fees against that of three major recordkeepers.

By studying millions of data points, the PruNow tool will seek to identify plan design inefficiencies and offer solutions, while projecting ROI.

The Web-based platform uses real-time analytics and projection models to manage risk.

The firm currently offers 3(21) service in some instances, but the approach will be significantly expanded with this business change.

In a series of live action videos, Empower takes on some truly quirky, bad and perhaps not-so-serious retirement planning ideas.

The solution provider retirement plans with data-driven insights about the health and performance of the plan.

The package provides access to human advisers as well as an automated managed account built with ETFs from Schwab and other providers.

The new product series offers a range of indexed account options including one providing access to international markets.

Enhancements include more options for administering 401(k) accounts and configuring how employee groups are managed in the system.

The document is titled, Does a Borrow-to-Fund and De-Risk Strategy Still Make Sense?

The firm has rolled out three new features designed to encourage participants to visualize their retirement readiness goals and take action. 

The program is designed to help savers utilize help from family and friends to reach 529 plan goals. 

In addition to 45,000 plans that were available in the prospecting system, the firm has added another 40,000 “to supercharge sales efforts.”

Amid the effort to roll back the fiduciary reforms, retirement advice providers that moved early to get into compliance with the proposed conflict of interest standards are left...

Schwab Partners with eShares; and USAA Deploys Military Retirement Comparison Tool.

Betterment for Business announced plans to complete a payroll integration with ADP in the second half of this year. 

The new worksite financial wellness platform provides customized education, coaching and participant monitoring. 

The two firms collaborated to launch ClearFit, a turnkey solution for small plans which combines Morgan Stanley fiduciary and investment services with Ascensus administration.