Same market, different outcome.
A financial adviser from northwest Arkansas said he's seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, joining an increasingly crowded field of GOP hopefuls.
Congress is not likely to permit the IRS to lower employee 401(k) contribution limits, even if inflation continues to decline, said a leading House Democrat.
John Hancock Retirement Plan Services today kicked off a relationship with Edward D. Jones & Co. LP, providing the firm's financial advisers with access to its retirement plan products.
Companies are starting to restore matching contributions to their 401(k) plans after extensive cost- cutting and signs of improvement in the economy.
The chief lobbying official for the Financial Planning Association is stepping down this month.
Tapping 401(k) retirement funds to meet expenses is a last resort for many investors, but the relentless economic downturn took its toll this year, as hardship withdrawals saw double-digit increases, according to record keepers.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. yesterday formed Hartford Life Distributors, an entity that consolidates its distribution forces for 401(k) plans and individual products.
The recession has eaten into people's nest eggs so the government is promoting ways to make it easier to save for retirement.
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston and the Massachusetts chapter of the Financial Planning Association are set to ramp up their groundbreaking free financial-planning coaching service for cancer patients this fall.
You've probably heard it over and over again: contribute up to the maximum amount in your 401(k) plan to improve your chances of a comfortable retirement.
LPL Financial is continuing to add to its platform of retirement offerings and products for reps and advisers focused on the 401(k) market.
About 20% of the defined contribution plans administered by The Vanguard Group Inc. had adopted automatic enrollment by the end of last year, up from just 5% three years earlier, according to a recent study by Vanguard.
Retirement account holders at the Principal Financial Group Inc. can now receive weekly text messages outlining their 401(k) balances.
For the first time in a year, more of Fidelity's 11.2 million plan participants have raised, rather than reduced, their contributions.
Low-cost mutual funds make up most of the assets in 401(k) plans, according to a study released yesterday by the Investment Company Institute, a Washington-based industry trade group.
The median asset levels in 401(k) plans dropped at least 15% from yearend 2007 to mid-June 2009, but the affluent and wealthy saw much heftier losses, according to a report released yesterday.
Adults 55 to 64 were most likely to have health care coverage in 2007, according to a study from the Employee Benefits Research Institute.
The Internal Revenue Service recently ruled that an improper transfer of funds from an individual retirement account from which the client was taking 72(t) payments triggered the 10% early-withdrawal penalty.
Depending on the outcome of health care reform, investment opportunities could be found in a variety of related sectors, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and even certain insurers.
