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401(k) Investments
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401(k) investments refer to the various assets and financial instruments available within a 401(k) retirement plan, which employees can choose to grow their retirement savings. These investments are selected from a menu of options provided by the plan sponsor (usually the employer) and managed through a plan administrator.
What’s Next for ETF Adoption in 401(k)s?
RETIREMENT-PLAN RENAISSANCE MAN SKIP SCHWEISS wears multiple hats at TD Ameritrade Institutional. He’s managing director of advisor advocacy…
How to Deal With Target Date Funds’ Fatal Flaw
THE TARGET DATE FUND STORY is supposedly elegant and simple—select the date around when the participant plans to…
401(k) Managed Accounts Work: Vanguard Study
The benefits of managed accounts are many and varied, according to a new report from Vanguard. The study,…
Target Date Funds Increasingly Add Alternative Options to 401(k)s
Alternative investments continue their march, and are now being added to target-date funds. The Wall Street Journal reports…
Major U.S. Pension Fund to Dump Stocks, Bonds for Alternative Investments
What do they know that we don’t? In an indication of just how far so-called alternative investments have…
TDF Innovation: The Latest and Greatest
From the inaugural issue of 401(k) Specialist magazine: Once they were loathed, now they are loved. Who’s on…
Morningstar to Launch First Environmental, Social, and Governance Scores for Funds Globally
Better world, better environment and better returns …is it possible? So-called environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing advocates…
Active Mutual Funds Take Major Hit in July
U.S. equity fund outflows are at their highest peaks in over 20 years, with international equity reaping the…
Target-Date Funds Win, Target-Risk Funds Lose
Back-to-back reports from Morningstar find good news for target-date funds, bad news for target-risk funds. The Chicago based…
Wells Fargo to Offer Financial Engines’ Advisory Services to 401(k) Clients
Although long-rumored, Wells Fargo officially announced Wednesday that it will offer Financial Engines’ suite of retirement planning solutions…