Investment Instruments

State Street Global Advisors launched a new website to provide investors with a comprehensive resource for exchange traded fund (ETF) education.

Investors concerns and pessimism grew in 2011, and with it investors risk tolerance, according to the MFS Investing Sentiment Survey.

The Plan Sponsor Council of America has updated its website to provide online registration, links to webinars, enhanced research and other features to help plan sponsors get the information they need to better manage their companys retirement plans, according to David Wray, PSCAs president.

New York Life Retirement Plan Services announced Wednesday the availability of a new service powered by Anova Consulting Group, a financial services market research and sales training firm, that it says will help retirement plan advisors assess client satisfaction and measure themselves against peers.

Ten member companies have purchased SPARK and its lobbying wing, the SPARK Institute, transforming the retirement plan trade association into a non-profit.

One of the worlds largest pension funds is divesting from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund, said it will no longer invest in the retail giant because of its repeated violation of international labor standards.