Tag: 401(k)

The Department of Labor (DOL) hopes to remove the trustee of a 401(k) plan based in Elgin, Illinois.

Consulting firm Mercer has compiled a list of the top 10 recommended steps that defined contribution (DC) plans should take over the next year.

Millennium Trust Company released a white paper that addresses the growing problem of uncashed checks faced by retirement plan sponsors.

It’s no secret that the 401(k) market presents a wealth of opportunities for advisers.

It is possible to estimate the amounts necessary to make the value of defined benefit (DB) plans equal to income paid by defined contribution (DC) arrangements.

Total U.S. retirement assets reached $21.7 trillion at the end of September, up 3.9% from the $20.9 trillion measured at the end of the June.

A new report urges U.S. retirement plan regulators to examine and emulate other countries’ efforts to improve employee spend-down options for post-retirement years.

A federal district court has issued a judgment that authorizes the appointment of an independent fiduciary for an Indiana 401(k) plan.

More than half (60%) of 401(k) participants age 55 and older believe they are ill-prepared for retirement, says new research.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) appointed Mark Fortier as managing director and head of global defined contribution (DC) research and product development.

Perception is reality—at least when it comes to movements in investor optimism.

A federal court order appointed an independent fiduciary for a Holtsville, New York retirement plan.

A new research paper finds that defined contribution (DC) retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, play a growing and important role in...

Principal PlanWorks, from The Principal Financial Group, is designed to improve the retirement readiness of retirement plan participants.

A Department of Labor (DOL) lawsuit has resulted in a supermarket chain, headquartered in Brookings, Oregon, to restore assets to its retirement plan.

Data from the quarterly Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll reveals many Americans are falling behind on key retirement savings goals.

Research from Cerulli Associates, a Boston-based research and analytics firm, shows retirement rollover contributions to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) reached $321 billion during 2012.

A paper published in The Journal of Retirement argues that asset-allocation glide paths popularized in target-date funds (TDFs) fail to deliver superior end-point wealth.