401(k)

RFPs, quality considerations and meticulous paper trails will help plan sponsors stay out of court given the inherent limitations of benchmarking exercises.

To achieve a purpose-driven life after work, critical questions must be asked to seed difficult conversations.

Retirement plans that shift the approach away from the traditional can reap the rewards, according to experts in an EBRI webinar.

A new approach empowers lay fiduciaries to lead with the wisdom and confidence of a trained “exemplary” fiduciary.

Tech solutions can help prevent plan participants who are quitting their jobs from forgetting about the 401(k) savings accounts they leave behind.

More than 15 years after the landmark legislation was passed into law, we now understand the challenges of workforce mobility — but we also know how to respond to them.

Some of the otherwise helpful mental shortcuts we use in our day-to-day make it hard to focus on what our lives will be like decades down the road.

The word “fiduciary” has become an overused marketing term for many in the financial-services industry.

By focusing on certain key areas, retirement plan sponsors can make the most of this annual process.

Locales in Florida top the ten best cities for retirement, for their affordability and access to quality healthcare.

The current system doesn’t support the growing independent workforce, hybrid teams and isn’t supported by evolving digital technology — which could have big repercussions for employers.

Plan participants gave firms low marks in fundamental areas, though some performed better than others.

Duncan McNiff, a senior consultant at Portfolio Evaluations, is helping employers prepare their employees for the future.

As more and more employees gear up to leave their jobs in a post-pandemic hiring frenzy, economists fear the issue will only get worse.

Unsurprisingly, since they’ve owned 401(k)s for longer, boomers make up a lot of the 401(k) millionaires — the average age is 58.

14.8 million participants switch employers every year — and 33% of workers have stranded a 401(k) savings account in a former employer’s plan at least once.

Employees often ignore their 401(k)s when they change jobs, leaving valuable assets behind.

This company released a corporate report card so employees know what their retirement investments are going toward — and whether or not it lines up with their own values.

In spite of a year of record-breaking unemployment and job insecurity, Americans are digging their way out.

When employees change jobs, auto portability can help avoid risky and premature cash outs.