Tag: Plan design

Ford Motor Co. will reinstate its 401(k) match in 2010, according to a company announcement.

New research sponsored by AUL Retirement Services finds 403(b) plan sponsors are confident they understand their responsibilities and are not worried about IRS audits.

Some 47% of polled Gen Y employees with an employer-sponsored retirement savings program said retirement savings has to take a back seat to funding everyday costs, such as...

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

The California Institute of Technology has chosen TIAA-CREF to be the single administrative services provider for the Caltech Retirement Program, beginning January 1.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) said it is investigating how it can best encourage the use of lifetime annuities or other similar instruments.

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

A new analysis from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College suggests the best way to boost 401(k) saving among minorities is to improve plan design and...

Target-date funds with high equity allocation at retirement have come under fire lately, but T. Rowe Price is sticking with its strategy.

Fidelity reported that more than a fourth of companies that cut their 401(k) match are now reinstating the match programs as the economy shows signs of recovery.

Regions Financial Corp. Chief Executive Dowd Ritter told employees the bank will restore its 401(k) matching contributions and restart its accruals on employees’ pension plans in January.

MG Advisory Services, LLC, a provider of products and services to financial advisers, broker/dealers, and TPAs, has expanded its RetireTool(k)it product to include plan proposals explaining the open-architecture...

Black & Decker Corp. is restoring pay cuts and the firm’s 401(k) match, according to published reports.

The Washington Times has told staff that it is suspending its 401(k) match.

Saying the company "will continue to be committed to being highly competitive and paying for performance," J.P.Morgan Chase's Director of HR John Donnelly informed employees that 401(k) match...

Half of employers now offer workers outside investment advisory services, including advice, guidance, and/or managed accounts, according to Hewitt Associates.

The recent economic turmoil brought great change to the markets, but a recent survey by a defined contribution plan consultant indicates most of its clients and prospects came...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Retirement & Benefit Plan Services' quarterly report on plan and participant activities within its proprietary 401(k) business found 60% of participants started or...

Nearly half (49%) of 63 surveyed CFOs at financial services firms said their companies are reducing employee bonuses in the next six months, according to Grant Thornton LLP.

A recent Watson Wyatt survey of large employers found that 35% of those that reduced their 401(k) match anticipate reversing that decision in the next six months—up from...