Tag: 401k

A new service scans for unauthorized withdrawals and transfers from 401(k) accounts.

Most Americans look for a retirement plan when considering a job offer, yet only 50% of employers offer one.

Lack of an accessible roll-in process could be to blame for more cash-outs, a new survey finds.

While market returns and auto-features are expected to tamper the impact of Boomer-driven outflows, advisers see the need to prompt additional savings to keep plans healthy.

An even simpler enrollment process helped drive up retirement plan participation rates and positive participant behaviors, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Fidelity’s first-quarter 2015 update shows retirement plan participant accounts earned marginal growth in the first three months of the year—just enough to set new record account balances.

Financial software and platform provider Sapiens International Corporation introduced improved eligibility and enrollment capabilities within its defined contribution recordkeeping platform.

A study concludes that retirement plan loan policy is economically meaningful in shaping participant borrowing.

Poor retirement outcomes may result from a lack of financial know-how, Guardian finds in a new study.

The economy is improving, but American workers are still worried about their financial well-being, both for the short term and as they contemplate their future retirement, according to...

A former SEC attorney says retirement plan participant lawsuits don’t benefit anyone, but he has launched a new initiative designed to hold plan fiduciaries accountable for their actions.

Retirement security will likely be jeopardized for more Americans because of the shift away from defined benefit (DB) plans and fewer workplace plans, a paper contends.

LandAmerica Financial Group will pay $5 million to settle claims it held company stock in its 401(k) plan when it was imprudent to do so.

The DOL sued retirement plan fiduciaries in Connecticut for failing to forward contributions and loan repayments withheld from participants’ paychecks as required by ERISA.

Ameriprise Financial has agreed to settle a closely watched Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) suit, Krueger v. Ameriprise Financial, for $27.5 million in plan reimbursements and remedies.

A federal district court has ruled float income is not a retirement plan asset belonging to participants.

Total U.S. retirement assets grew 6% during 2014, according to the Investment Company Institute.

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