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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then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
Employers Don’t Know When Their Workers Will Retire
Managing employee retirements is vital as employers face talent loss, skill gaps, and rising costs from retiring or delayed retirements.
(Sigh) 401(k) Participants Continue to Save Little, Spend Quickly, Take Loans
The latest installment of ongoing research finds retirement plan participants behaving badly in the areas of saving, spending…
How Do Retirement Plan Participants Feel About HSA Benefits?
Call it a lotta interest with little education. Across discussions with 401k and defined contribution industry executives throughout…
3 Steps to Retirement Plan Practice Success in 2019
Life as a retirement plan advisor can be tough (to say the least). Managing increasingly high client and…
Fred Reish: More on What ‘Best Interest’ Really Means (In the Real World)
In my last two posts (Bests No. 9and No. 10), I discussed the definition of the Best Interest standard…
Small Businesses Want Open 401(k) MEPs
Simply stating that “It’s the right thing to do,” 66 percent of small business owners who do not…
Ten Litigation Lessons for 401(k) Fiduciaries
401(k) and 403(b) plan litigation is not going away. If you are a plan fiduciary looking to avoid…
Why Employers’ Retirement Plan Misperceptions Could Kill Their Business
In the world of retirement planning, perception and reality often travel different roads. For many years, EBRI’s Retirement…
Top 5 Causes of Workplace Financial Stress (And What It Costs)
We’re stressed about financial stress. The vast majority of workers (69 percent) are stressed over their finances, costing companies…
401(k) Providers Are Top Source of Financial Advice
Fully 64 percent of workers turn to their 401(k) plan provider as their first source for financial advice, including advice outside of retirement.