Tag: 401(k)

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.   

An average 22% of eligible participants participated in state and local government plans during 2010, down from 29% a year before, according to a report.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company is launching the Retirement Gateway, a group variable annuity to fund retirement plans for the small- to mid-size market.

Beginning in April, plan sponsors will be able to produce plan menus that provide access to 20 strategies internally managed by Hedgeable.

Invesco has rolled out PlanForward Foundations, a series of toolkits designed to help financial advisers grow their defined contribution (DC) business.

Every year about this time, we get reports from firms that purport to tell us how much time is spent in preparations for the NCAA basketball tournament—and,...

A retiree has sued SunTrust Banks, alleging that it favored investment plans operated by SunTrust or its subsidiaries that performed poorly and charged higher fees than plans offered...

The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing this week titled, "Securities Lending in Retirement Plans: Why the Banks Win, Even When You Lose."