Tag: 401(k)

Putnam Investments has added an asset allocation application to its Lifetime Income Analysis Tool, its retirement planning platform.

More employers in the Washington-Baltimore region are offering defined contribution plans rather than pensions, according to an annual survey of human resources officials.

SunTrust Banks has added a guaranteed lifetime income investment option, ClearCourse, to its institutional 401(k) investment platform.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has thrown out a lawsuit by a 401(k) participant alleging, among other things, that his former employer failed to make a matching...

Continuing the trend since the third quarter of 2008, new data from LIMRA found that the percentage of new 401(k) plans sold by leading providers remains lower than...

While they are familiar with automatic enrollment, most large employers surveyed by AARP aren’t implementing it.

A New York-based third party administrator (TPA) is offering a new level of benchmarking to plan sponsor clients.

The Synergy Companies, Inc., a professional employer and human capital management services organization, has selected Ascensus for its 401(k) retirement plan needs.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith is investigating potential claims against Transocean Ltd. concerning whether the company’s 401(k) savings plans imprudently invested in Transocean stock.

Earlier this year, AUL Retirement Services introduced a revised annual plan review for its clients and expanded the customization options for retirement plan advisers.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said a random sample of 1,200 401(k) plan sponsors will be notified this week that they have been selected to fill out an...

A bill that has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would impose new disclosure requirements on defined contribution plans.

The Bank of America Corp. (BofA) was under no obligation to provide detailed disclosures about its 401(k) plan hardship withdrawals.

Fidelity Investments 401(k) highlights from the first quarter of 2010 show strong account balance growth and performance for participants that stayed the course over the past 12 months...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report of activities within its proprietary 401(k) plan business shows an increase in total plan assets to...

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Synapses Inc., a provider of 401(k) education, products, and services, is supplying its Sponsor Profile tool to Madison, Wisconsin-based CUNA Mutual Group for use with CUNA’s 401(k) clients.

401(k) participant transfers were strongly equity-oriented in April, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

Sixty-eight percent of employers reported that their company allows 401(k) participants to contribute 25% or more of their earnings, according to a survey by BLR.

A court cleared Baxter International of wrongdoing in connection with a 401(k) stock-drop lawsuit.