Tag: 401k

PLANADVISER announced today the winners of the second annual Advisers’ Choice Awards, to be handed out at its annual PLANSPONSOR/PLANADVISER Awards for Excellence dinner. The event will be...

An SEC filing reveals that RadioShack is facing several lawsuits over the company stock investment offering...

An increasingly competitive retirement plan services market is pushing advisers into new territory and could lead to greater adoption of exchange-traded funds in defined contribution plans.

An updated IRS web page tells retirement plan sponsors how to correct the mistake of using...

The Internal Revenue Service offers one-page checklists to help with reviewing retirement plan operations.

Continuing an annual tradition, consulting firm Mercer has compiled a list of the top 10 recommended steps that defined contribution plans should take over the next year.

A new study from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and the Investment Company Institute finds 401(k) plan design changes have led to substantial popularity for balanced funds,...

Most employees participate when offered access to a defined contribution retirement plan, but a strong majority also cite worries and ignorance about tough investing topics.

More investors surveyed prefer a 401(k) over a pension, and they do not want to give up control of all retirement savings actions.

A brief submitted by the U.S. Solicitor General to the United States Supreme Court argues in favor of plaintiffs in Tibble v. Edison International—a case that could have...

With markets less volatile than in October, 401(k) participants slowed transfer activity in November.

Employers sponsoring 401(k) plans use a range of employer match formulas and offer a variety of investment choices with lower fees.

Take three couples entering retirement with the same asset base but very different strategies for making the money last. Think you can predict the winner?

Commentators are questioning the accuracy of Census Bureau data that examines how well off Americans are in retirement.

With acronyms like ADP, ACP, NHCEs, and HCEs, the technicality of 401(k) plan nondiscrimination testing may seem overwhelming.

October saw seven days of “moderate” or “high” trading activity within workplace 401(k) accounts—the most days of elevated trading volume since May 2013, according to Aon Hewitt.

Fiduciaries often cite asset leakage as a major challenge in running a 401(k) plan, but one...

Some retirement plan provisions can create headaches for plan sponsors.