Tag: 401k

Less confident of their employees’ ability to sock away a sufficient retirement nest egg, mid- to large-sized companies in a new Hewitt Associates survey said they plan to...

New York accounting firm Eisner LLP has issued a warning that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will begin sending questionnaires to 401(k) sponsors to gather information about their...

More than half (52%) of respondents to a Towers Watson survey said the percentage of their employees working past their desired retirement age is higher than it was...

Securian said participants who received a personalized Annual Checkup on their quarterly statements measuring the adequacy of their deferral rates are setting aside the same amount or more...

Research from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) found that employers adopting automatic enrollment in their 401(k) plans have also generally increased the employer match to participants' accounts—in...

A Bensalem, Pennsylvania, law firm has announced it is considering filing a stock-drop lawsuit against State Street Corporation with potential claims of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)...

BrightScope said its new Personal 401k Fee Report product allows 401(k) plan participants to figure out what they pay in fees.

Participants who were inclined to rebalance their accounts in 2009 tended to follow the market, according to a new report.

A Department of Labor (DoL) administrative law judge has rejected the appeal by a 401(k) plan administrator of an $86,500 civil penalty, ruling that bankruptcy did not relieve...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has rejected claims that a deceased 401(k) participant’s plan balance should have been paid to his estate instead of to his ex-wife, who...

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Spokane, Washington-based Sterling Savings Bank and its holding company, Sterling Financial Corporation, over company stock investments in the bank's 401(k) Plan.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) has filed suit against the owners of a bankrupt Chicago-area company for diverting their employees’ health care premium payments and 401(k) contributions...

The employee who went on a shooting rampage at a St. Louis manufacturing plant is reportedly one of four named plaintiffs in a 401(k) excessive fee class-action lawsuit.

Employers need to take steps to make defined contribution (DC) plans better primary savings vehicles, said Jamie Kalamarides, senior vice president of retirement solutions at Prudential Retirement.

Kring Financial Management has developed a solution for investors who want to manage their retirement plan investments proactively.

While it’s hardly a unique occurrence these days, a law firm is reaching out to 401(k) participants in a potential “stock-drop” suit.

Despite the continued popularity of automatic enrollment among 401(k) plans, research suggests automatic enrollment might work against the long-term goal of increasing workers’ retirement savings by helping bring...

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare will resume and increase its contributions to employee 401(k) retirement savings plans next month, but the company is ending part of its traditional...