Compliance | June 23rd, 2010 360 Sponsors at least Partly Done on IRS 401(k) Survey June 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Some 360 of the 1,200 plan sponsor receiving the 401(k) Compliance Check Questionnaire had at...
Products | June 10th, 2010 MassMutual Selected to Serve MI Health Organization’s Plans June 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has been selected by McLaren Health Care Corporation as the new...
Products | June 8th, 2010 Putnam Adds Asset Allocation Tool to Retirement Platform June 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Putnam Investments has added an asset allocation application to its Lifetime Income Analysis Tool, its...
Products | June 4th, 2010 SunTrust Adds Guaranteed Income Option to 401(k) Offering June 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –SunTrust Banks has added a guaranteed lifetime income investment option, ClearCourse, to its institutional 401(k) investment...
Benefits | June 3rd, 2010 Data Indicates 401(k) Plan Sponsors on the Move for New Providers June 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New data from LIMRA finds that, continuing the trend since the third quarter of 2008,...
Benefits | June 3rd, 2010 Insurance Broker Decries 401(k) Disability Policy Uncertainty June 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Danbury, Connecticut, insurance broker says the U.S. Treasury Department has “effectively” done away with...
Compliance | June 3rd, 2010 Employer not Obligated to Make Discretionary 401(k) Match June 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has thrown out a lawsuit by a 401(k) participant...
Benefits | June 2nd, 2010 AARP Finds Most Employers not Embracing Auto Enrollment June 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey from AARP finds that the vast majority (94%) of employers report that...
Compliance | May 21st, 2010 IRS Provides 401(k) Questionnaire Details May 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) said a random sample of 1,200 401(k) sponsors this week...
Administration | May 19th, 2010 Goldman Makes a Grab for 401(k) Business May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs, now fighting a U.S. government fraud lawsuit over whether it misled investors, is...
Benefits | May 19th, 2010 Fidelity Reports 401(k) Balances up 55% Since Market Bottom May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments 401(k) highlights from the first quarter of 2010 shows strong account balance growth...
Benefits | May 18th, 2010 BofA Merrill Lynch Sees Uptick in Participant Contributions, Use of Advice May 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Retirement & Benefit Plan Services quarterly report of activities within...
Products | May 14th, 2010 Credit Union Provider Using Synapses Participant Profiles May 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Synapses Inc., a provider of 401(k) education, products and services, is supplying its Sponsor Profile...
Investing | May 12th, 2010 401(k) Participants Flocked to Equities in April May 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participant transfers were strongly equity-oriented in April, according to the results of the Hewitt...
Benefits | May 6th, 2010 Larger Co.’s Allowing High 401(k) Plan Contributions May 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Sixty-eight percent of mostly larger employers report that their company allows 401(k) participants to contribute...
Opinions | May 6th, 2010 IMHO: Why Bother? May 06, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Here’s a question to ask yourself: “Why do you offer a 401(k) plan?”
Benefits | April 30th, 2010 Survey Suggests Gaps in Plan Sponsor Goals, Roles April 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new survey reveals a potential disconnect between plan sponsors and plan...
Benefits | April 19th, 2010 NC County Cuts 401(k), 457 Matches April 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A North Carolina county has decided to cut back on its 401(k)...
Products | April 13th, 2010 Bundled Fidelity 401(k) Headed for RIA Channel April 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Fidelity Investments has released a new bundled 401(k) platform that is being distributed through registered...
Compliance | April 8th, 2010 Lawyer Disqualification Move Rebuffed in 401(k) Suit April 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge in West Virginia has ruled that lawyers simultaneously representing plan administrators and...