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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then invested, and the growth is typically tax-deferred (in a traditional 401(k)) or tax-free (in a Roth 401(k)) until withdrawn in retirement.
Experts to Tackle Reg Ridiculousness in 401(k) Space: New England Wealth & Retirement Conference
Does anybody want to sound off on what’s happening in Washington? The fiduciary rule, litigation, contribution limit cuts? Anybody at all?
Why Cutting Pre-Tax 401(k) Contributions May Be Good (Wait …What?)
President Trump had promised no change to 401(k)s and Republican lawmakers in the House appear to have agreed.…
Football Fans, 401ks Kick Off ‘New England Wealth & Retirement Conference’
Retirement plan technology, regulation and demographic shifts (most notably from baby boomers to millennials) are three major industry…
How Tech is Driving Industry, Advisor Opportunity: New England Wealth & Retirement Conference
How should retirement plan advisors be thinking about, and incorporating industry disruptors like technology, specifically as it relates…
Great News (Finally) About 401(k) Plans
More companies than ever before are automatically enrolling workers in 401(k) and similar defined contribution plans. And, with…
Dems Dominate 401k Discussion with Alternate Plan Proposal
Senate Democrats seized on rumors of Republican retirement plan contribution cuts, proposing an alternative on Tuesday that would…
Feds Raid Dallas-Based ‘Professional Fiduciary’
The FBI raided Vantage Benefits Administrators, a Dallas-based “TPA, recordkeeper and professional fiduciary.” The Dallas Morning News reports…
Why This Target Date Trend Continues in 401(k)s
The move towards non-proprietary fund products continues, at least in target-date lineups. Diversifying allocations and outsourcing non-core areas…
What Nobel Winner Thaler Thinks of 401(k) Cuts?
401(k) Contribution Limits spark debate as Nobel winner Richard Thaler shares a contrarian take on retirement savings policies.
Why Tax-Cut Trickery Over 401(k) Limits Won’t Fly
Bloomberg is out with one of the sillier opinion pieces about the supposed problems plaguing retirement plans, and…