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A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan that allows employees to contribute a portion of their pre-tax or after-tax income towards retirement. These contributions are then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
401(k) Critics Warren, Ghilarducci, Others Increase Retirement Plan Attacks
Teresa Ghilarducci doesn’t like 401(k)s. The professor of economic policy analysis at the New School for Social Research has…
What’s Happening with Health Savings Accounts?
Wait, what? A new report from the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) finds health and wellness resources, which…
Elizabeth Warren Brings Donuts, Introduces 401(k) ‘Lost and Found’
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., who most recently brought (what else?) Dunkin’ Donuts to fellow Dems occupying the House…
One Thing 401(k) Participants Want More Of In Their Plans
Guaranteed income options in 401(k)s—many participants want ‘em, few have ‘em, at least according to new research from…
Why Most 401(k) Plans Don’t Offer ETFs
Why has there been almost no ETF penetration of the 401(k) marketplace, which is entirely dominated by pooled funds?
Empower’s Ed Murphy Calls for Unity, Focus at 401(k) Conference
Ed Murphy isn’t going to take it lying down. Despite criticism of the 401(k) savings vehicle, most recently…
5 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the 401(k) Advisor Space
What’s ahead for the retirement advisor space? Opportunity, if recent IMCA research conducted in conjunction with Cerulli Associates is…
Low-Fee Focus Spurs 401(k) Business Model Innovation
Forty-year industry veteran Scott MacKillop (you read that right) is on a mission to disrupt the 401(k) and…
401(k) Fight! ‘America’s 401(k) Coach’ Rips John Oliver Over Retirement Plan Slam
Leave it to Charlie Epstein to take issue when his 401(k) industry is attacked. The object of his ire this week is…
401(k) Fee Fighter Jerry Schlichter Settles Another Case
Notch another win for star attorney Jerry Schlichter. The nemesis of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Edison International and the…