Tag: 401k

Insperity, Inc. announced a streamlined 401(k) deposit feature for its Workforce Optimization Solution clients.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and other groups are urging a federal appellate court to rehear a case which found fiduciaries at Kraft Foods may have breached their...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report on plan participant contribution activities found many plan sponsors are using a combination of automated and...

Fidelity Investments announced two records set among Fidelity-administered 401(k) plans.

Nationwide Financial Services, Inc. has added the Nationwide Bank FDIC Insured Deposit Account option to its menu of retirement plan offerings.

Mutual of Omaha has announced the appointment of two new retirement plan wholesalers, Joe Gibson and Daniel Roebuck, and the promotion of Joe Reese and Paul Tavella to...

A U.S. District Court has certified as a class action a suit against YRC Worldwide that claims it offered company stock as a 401(k) investment option when it...

A court approved a $3 million settlement of a case accusing PFF Bancorp Inc of continuing to purchase and invest in company stock for its 401(k) plan and...

National Advisors Trust announced an agreement with EPIC Advisors, Inc. to provide a branded 401(k) program with open-architecture and daily valuation services to its shareholder adviser firms.

A free 401(k) fee calculator on AARP’s Web site aims to help investors better understand 401(k) fees and their potential impact on retirement savings.

More than seven in ten 401(k) plan participants said they do not pay fees to plan providers in a recent AARP survey.

Millennium Brokerage Group launched Physicians 401k, a multiple employer plan (MEP) designed for physicians and their practices.

In an amicus brief, the U.S. Department of Labor asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a federal district court’s dismissal of a 401(k) stock-drop...

TD Ameritrade Trust Company created an investment program that allows plan sponsors and independent registered investment advisers (RIAs) to offer exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to 401(k) plan participants.

It should come as no surprise that the vast majority of plan sponsors who have adopted automatic enrollment have chosen to default that initial deferral at 3%...

Strong performance across equity sectors coupled with positive returns in the bond markets helped push total U.S. retirement market assets to an estimated $16 trillion by year-end.

ftwilliam.com, a provider of integrated Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for third-party administrators (TPAs) and others in the retirement industry, is introducing a DB(k) document. 

Broad Financial's Education Center provides financial advice regarding IRA and 401(k) plans.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Advisor Alliance program now has partnerships with 12 recordkeeping partners.

We had wrapped up a very successful half-day adviser event ahead of our annual Awards for Excellence dinner last week.