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Products | May 26th, 2011

Mercer to Acquire Portions of Evaluation Associates

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mercer Investment Consulting, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement with Milliman, Inc., to acquire portions of its wholly-owned investment consulting subsidiary, Evaluation Associates...

Products | May 26th, 2011

American Century Introduces Provider Overview Program

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Century Investments recently rolled out its new Retirement Service Provider Overview (RSPO) Program to help retirement plan providers and retirement advisers working...

Products | May 26th, 2011

SPARK Seeking Comments on Lifetime Income Data Standards

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The SPARK Institute is accepting requests from the retirement plan community for possible changes to its lifetime income solutions data standards.

Products | May 26th, 2011

Pru Completes Nation’s First Pension Buy-In

May 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Prudential Retirement says it has completed what it termed the nation’s first pension buy-in transaction.

Products | May 25th, 2011

UBS Offers New Exchange-Traded Note

May 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - UBS Investment Bank announced that it has expanded its ETRACS Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) platform by adding the new ETRACS 2xLeveraged Long Wells...

Products | May 25th, 2011

Mutual of Omaha to Use Investment Comparison Reports

May 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual of Omaha’s Retirement Plans Division has announced it will begin using Fiduciary Investment Reporting Manager (FiRM), a third-party application from Center for...

Products | May 24th, 2011

Lincoln Rolls out Managed Models Product

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Trust Company has introduced “Managed Models,” a customized portfolio product designed specifically for the retirement industry.

Products | May 24th, 2011

Insperity Offers Enhanced 401(k) Contribution Deposit Feature

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Insperity, Inc. has announced a streamlined 401(k) deposit feature for Workforce Optimization Solution clients that use the integrated 401(k) services offered through Insperity...

Products | May 24th, 2011

ftwilliam.com Expands Integrated Web Portal

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - ftwilliam.com, a Software as a Service (SaaS) product from Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, has announced the development of its new, integrated Web...

Products | May 24th, 2011

Northern Trust Expands Capabilities in Australia

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its fund administration capabilities in Australia through the addition of Unit Registry solutions.

Products | May 24th, 2011

Russell and Axioma Team up to Launch Indexes

May 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments and Axioma, Inc., a provider of advanced tools for portfolio optimization and risk analysis, have collaborated to launch a series of...

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Robeco Adds to Consultant Relations Team

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robeco Investment Management announced Martin J. Coughlin has joined its consultant relations team.

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Robeco Adds to Consultant Relations Team

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Robeco Investment Management announced Martin J. Coughlin has joined its consultant relations team.

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Lincoln Launches New Participant Education Program

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lincoln Financial Group has introduced the Lincoln InStep participant education program, resources designed to proactively help plan participants with all aspects of retirement...

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Firms Merge to Form New Alternative Investment Manager

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saguenay Capital and Strathmore Capital announce the merger of the two firms to create Saguenay Strathmore Capital [SSC], a global alternative investment manager...

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Invesco to Introduce Fundamental Pure Style ETFs

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - – Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC announced plans for a suite of nine Fundamental Pure Style ETFs based on the Research Affiliates Fundamental...

Products | May 23rd, 2011

Whitepaper Claims Emotional Barriers Thwarting Good Savings Behaviors

May 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new white paper asserts that those in and near retirement are uncertain about the future, fearful of poverty, not...

Products | May 20th, 2011

Adviser Firm Launches Retirement Planning Web Site

May 20, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement Investment Strategies has launched FinancialPlanStrategies.com to help those near and in retirement.

Products | May 19th, 2011

Invesco to List Convertible Securities ETF

May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC announced that the PowerShares Convertible Securities Portfolio is anticipated to begin trading May 26, 2011, on the NYSE...

Products | May 19th, 2011

Northern Trust Launches Emerging Manager Funds

May 19, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has launched two emerging manager collective funds for institutional investors.