401(k)

Auto-enrollment and -escalation, in-plan conversions and custom target date funds are buzzworthy retirement trends, benefits experts explain at EBN’s Benefits Forum & Expo.

Savings are only as safe as the places that hold personal information, expert says.

Retirees can open health savings accounts, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.

Those who left the workforce can open HSAs, which offer tax breaks on contributions and qualified distributions, and tax-free growth on investments.

The answer is in the investment details. If employers offer a match, contribute at least enough money to get it. Matches are 'free money' that give an instant return.

If an employer offers a match, employees should contribute at least enough money to get it.

Each pre-retiree couple is in a unique circumstance, and needs to account for their health and longevity, as well as their willingness and ability to work.

Workers would have to pay taxes on their contributions to an employer's sponsored 401(k) plan under the Trump administration's tax proposal.

Workers would have to pay taxes on their contributions to an employer's sponsored 401(k) plan under the Trump administration's tax proposal.

While an increasing number of these employers say retirement plans help them attract and retain talent, the majority says they don’t have the capabilities to set one up.