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Early next year, Morningstar plans to release a new 401(k) platform that would provide competitive recordkeeping selection and investment lineup services through an online portal.

TIAA Announces Super Regional Mall Fund; Northern Trust Launches Exclusive Partnership with Software Firm; and Wilshire Launches Crisis Index.

Prudential Financial is offering a guide for optimizing employee benefits programs.

The solution pays off retirement plan loans for participants who face circumstances beyond their control.

Spark 401k is designed for businesses with fewer than 100 employees to deliver a retirement planning experience that offers the benefits available to larger companies.

Nationwide advisers can provide small plans with LPL’s 3(38) investment fiduciary service.

The new 401(k) platform is designed to increase productivity in plan administration, while enhancing compliance by reducing the room for error, according to the firm.

The paper analyzes the use of economic-scenario generators in supporting rating agency and regulatory requirements, its business applications in the insurance and pension industries and more.

A new solution from MAXIS Global Benefits Network promises to help multinational organizations pursue competitive rates and better predictability around benefits costs. 

The company says the benefits can protect employees from dipping into retirement savings.

Women in Pensions Network Board President Amy Glynn, of GRP Advisor Alliance, explains that “isolation is one of the biggest impediments to pension industry career advancement for women.”

The firm has released a white paper describing how the solution helps employers curb health care costs.

BMO Global Asset Management expands availability of stable value fund; American Funds offers new fixed income funds; and Franklin Templeton offers Global Macro Strategies Fund.

Mercer Complete Care helps employees understand their health benefits and make optimal provider choices, among other things.

A major obstacle to enrollment, according to DST Systems, is the perception that the process could be intimidating and time consuming. 

Vanguard Closes Dividend Growth Fund; Schwab Offers Fund Tracking the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index, and more.

The guide includes questions to be asked of a recordkeeper.

Equity compensation plan participants will now have access to wealth management and brokerage services.

One new feature of the GuideSpark open enrollment solutions is “Help Me Choose” which informs and guides employees with personalized recommendations for health plan selection.

Quarterly reports of details of Mutual of Omaha funds will now only include funds in a 401(k) plan’s lineup.