Tag: 401(k)

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...

The number of employers planning to offer annuities to participants in their defined contribution plans is expected to grow, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt.

With one eye cast toward the recent closely watched excessive fee case Hecker v. Deere & Co., a federal judge in Illinois has thrown out a similar participant...

More than three-fourths of surveyed plan sponsors of a defined contribution plan continued their matching company contributions during the economic downturn.

Sixty percent of investors in 401(k) plans administered by The Vanguard Group who maintained retirement balances over the last two years now have the same or higher balances...

Almost three-fourths of polled 403(b) plan sponsors said they did not change their employer match during the 2008 to 2009 plan year.

Great-West Retirement Services has appointed Scott Sitzes as regional sales director.

While exchange-traded-fund (ETF) assets will continue to grow rapidly, ETF providers see 401(k) accounts as a continued challenge, according to Cerulli Associates.