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Explore the latest developments from Principal Financial Group on 401k Specialist, featuring updates on their innovative 401(k) plans, investment strategies, and digital enhancements aimed at optimizing retirement savings and improving financial literacy for both employers and participants.
We Make (Literally) Thousands of Decisions Each Day, But Not About Finances
35,000—that’s the number of decisions we make each day, but seven in 10 of us postpone those that involve finances.…
What it Takes to be a 401(k) ‘Super Saver’
They’re quirky, comfy and oh-so-entitled, but credit where credit is due. Millennials (at least some) are doing 401(k)s…
401k Firms Recive Letters Over Fiduciary Rule
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know how 401k firms and similar financial services companies are handling a possible…
401k Fiduciary Rule ‘Hostile Takeover of Financial Industry by Lawyers’
Ask Charlie Epstein about the fiduciary rule, and expect an earful. Epstein, America’s self-proclaimed 401k Coach, estimates that…
What 403(b) Plan Participants are Doing Right
They’re better than the rest of us in every way. Not only do non-profit organizations and their employees…
401(k) Advisors, Check Your Anti-Annuity Bias
Too many 401(k) advisors, and financial advisors in general, treat annuities as a four-letter word, but they might…
The Top 10 401(k) Target Date Funds Are …
This is just getting boring. The big three—Vanguard, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price—extended their lead in BrightScope’s latest…
401(k) Participants Flock to Multi-Asset Class Investment Approach
Between 2013 and 2015, the number of investors indicating they would use multi-asset class funds in the subsequent…
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…