401(k)

State retirement plans are about reaching the underserved, not about competing with the private sector, officials say.

With rates likely to remain low, investors, and especially participants in sponsored 401(k) plans, need every dollar they can save to achieve their goals in retirement.

To protect client nest eggs, advisors must know which savings vehicles are protected — and they’re not all created equal.

The original purpose for a 401(k) plan was not supposed to be the primary retirement vehicle for U.S. employees, says Harry Dalessio, the head of institutional retirement plan services at Prudential Retirement.

A comprehensive guide to how these provisions affect employees' retirement plannings from organizations of all sizes.

Defined contribution plan participants will seriously diminish their retirement savings if they prematurely cash out all or part of their 401(k) savings account balances.

If the court ends up making this choice, intended family members may lose out — all for want of filling out a one-page form.

While recessions are almost impossible to predict, employers can plan for the financial impact caused by workforce adjustments that inevitably happen every year.

Financial practitioner Aaron Brown takes a look at the logic behind modern day 401(k) plans.

The pandemic is affecting one of the best perks of workplace retirement-savings plans: company matches to employee 401(k) contributions.