Franklin Templeton expands active fixed income ETF suite; Industry veterans form equity strategy firm; and Robeco adds emerging markets ESG strategy.
UBS enhanced its equity compensation plan services and digital platform, and Carver Edison’s Cashless Participation technology is now available to all public companies who use E*TRADE Corporate Services to manage their employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs).
MassMutual’s RetireSMART Mobile App not only allows users to enroll in their employer’s DC plan, but also to determine how much to contribute from each paycheck and then select their investments.
Investors, plan sponsors and advisers will be able to search for collective investment trust (CIT) data on the Nasdaq Fund Network (NFN) using new tickers.
The audit allows retirement plan recordkeepers to pinpoint and fix shortcomings within their plan-sponsor-facing digital user experience, according to Corporate Insight.
Wilmington Trust and Federated offer CITs to DC clients, and Cohen & Steers closes real estate fund share classes.
Discussing college finances can be intimidating. These two firms want to open up that conversation for employees.
John Hancock announces second round of reduced fees, and Voya Financial releases new TDF solution.
PSCA's new 401(k)/403(b) Day campaign can be used any time during the year and includes five pieces that highlight different retirement savings concepts.
Transamerica alters subadvisers, fees for Large Growth Fund, and Roundhill launches esports and digital entertainment ETF.
The tool creates separate financial wellness reports for employees and their employers.
“Broadening the membership benefits available to member organizations to include not only health insurance coverage options but, health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) lets us better meet differing needs,” explains Tim McNichols, director of business development for LIG Solutions.
Ascensus partners with NextCapital for investment and fiduciary solutions, and Axioma releases Canadian risk model to suite of funds.
Employees can access prescription cost information and comparative cost information about medical procedures and treatments on a single portal.
The discount is for businesses that set up a new 401(k) plan ahead of the October 1 government deadline for safe harbor plan designs.
Employees that do not get good primary care drive up employer health costs, so a former hospital administrator started a marketplace to help employers encourage primary care use.
The offering "highlights a plan’s strengths, points out opportunities to make improvements and enables sponsors to take action within the application to make those changes," Kristin Andreski, with ADP, tells PLANSPONSOR.
Northern Trust enhances securities lending offering; Global X adds ETF suite to Model Market Center; and Cohen & Steers makes changes to REIT mutual fund.
It includes automated payroll deductions and employer contribution capabilities.
"The app has the transactional excellence that people expect coupled with moments of education and celebration to help our customers build confidence," says Joleen Workman, with Principal.