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The risks of giving advice to 401(k) participants
401(k)-plan advisers are well-positioned to provide investment advice to participants, but it could prove legally treacherous.
3 lessons for advisers from 401(k) and 403(b) class-action settlements
Retirement plan advisers need to discuss record-keeping pricing, investment vehicles and the use of participant data with clients
Treasury proposes curtailing ‘one bad apple’ rule for MEPs
Current rules punish all the employers in a multiple employer plan for a mistake made by just one
401(k) managed accounts becoming more diverse
Empower's new product lets advisers select the underlying investments.
Investor confusion about target-date funds is alarming
Survey highlights the level of misunderstanding, which could lead to disappointed plan participants and suboptimal behavior.
Small businesses face a big retirement challenge
State-backed IRAs offer creative savings solutions for millions of workers.
Automatic enrollment in small-business plans is working
Participation at 83%, versus 58% for plans with voluntary enrollment, Vanguard study finds.
More retirement plan participant data, please
Advisers seek detailed client info to compete more effectively.
Northwestern University beats Jerry Schlichter 403(b) lawsuit
It's the second university to get a complete dismissal, but lawyers say it's too early to tell if this is a harbinger for pending cases.
Most defined-contribution executives not aware of their fiduciary duties
Recent surveys highlight troubling gaps that reduce operational efficiency and increase risks of ERISA lawsuits.
Retirement plan sponsors’ top criteria for choosing an adviser
Trust is the most important quality vetted in the selection process, but other factors go into the decision.
Thank Richard Thaler for that bigger nest egg
How the Nobel Prize-winner's theories have boosted participation in retirement plans.
University of Pennsylvania wins retirement plan suit
Ivy League school is first elite university to win complete dismissal of such a lawsuit.
Harnessing behavioral economics to reinvent employee education
Teaching 401(k) plan participants good decision-making does work, but only with a radically new approach.
Pooled employer plans set to dominate small 401(k) market
Market forces are in place for the so-called pooled employer plan (PEP for short)…
House Democrats contemplate abolishing 401(k) tax breaks
Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation's $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
